STCI's - 30th YEAR

Course Registration / Application

Course Full - Complete Form to Be Waitlisted 

Time:        0800 - 1700 

Location:  Independence Fire Department, 950 N. Spring Street, Independence, MO 64050 

Objective: Prepare and train the regions hazardous materials response force comprised of regional fire departments personnel trained by STCI to function as duty officers for regional hazardous materials response teams.

Goals:  Meet and exceed NFPA 472 training for Hazardous Materials Officers and Incident Commanders, 29 CFR 1910.120, and other best practices.  This will also coordinate with DHS’s core capabilities list as part of the National Preparedness Goal, Specifically Environmental Response / Health & Safety.  Training to be delivered by STCI in a twenty-four contact hour course for up to twenty personnel in three, eight hour sessions, using STCI’s combination of small group and didactic materials.  Measurable skills (JPRs) to be completed and documented cited with reference to NFPA® 472 Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents (2013 ed) Chapter 10. Topics coordinated with key elements in the regulations & national consensus standards. Instructors to be subject matter experts from the region and from across the nation.    

Prerequisite: Training should include meeting all competencies for the awareness, operations core competencies, and all competencies at the technician level.  NIMS training requirements include completion of: ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, IS-800 Beneficial to have completed ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-701, IS-703 & IS-706.     

Once the course is successfully completed, the participant should be able to analyze, plan, identify the response objectives, identify potential response actions, determine level of PPE, provide recommendations to the incident commander for the development of an IAP, implement a response that favorably changes the outcome consistent with the Emergency Response Plan.  

•Additional topics discussed will be directing resources, providing information transfer to media and elected officials, terminating the incident and conducting a debriefing and critique. 

Hazardous Materials Officer Training Course 

Host: Independence Fire Department

Jan.28-30th, 2019  (8a-5p each day) 

Submitting this application confirms you meet the above pre-requisites and are available to attend the course.  THIS IS A FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY THE MISSOURI DIVISION OF FIRE SAFETY - FIRE EDUCATION / ADVISORY COMMISSION.