I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Hazardous Materials Operations

2. Course Prefix & Number:
EMTS 1106

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 2

Lecture Hours: 1

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course teaches the necessary skills to protect one's self, one's fellow responder, and the public from exposure in a hazardous materials incident. The course meets the requirements of the OSHA 1910.120 for the First Responder Operation level. Students will learn how to recognize and identify the presence of hazardous materials, the proper protective clothing to use, how to decontaminate properly, how to establish an Incident Command System, and the proper standard operating procedures to maintain safety at the incident scene. The course follows chapters 5 and 6 of NFPA 472, Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Incidents.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

7. Other Prerequisites
Medical Clearance (doctor's signed letter)

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Northland Community and Technical College FIRE 1150 - HazMat Operational, 2 Credits 

Lake Superior College FIRE 1430 - Haz Mat Operations, 2 Credits 

3. Prior Learning - the following prior learning methods are acceptable for this course:

• Military Experience
• Demonstration
• Portfolio

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Emergency Response Technician Certificate

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Verbally communicate with other responders and incident command situation reports, logistical needs and safety concerns over the radio.
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Communicate with other responders, members of the local government and population, and chemical response teams to develop and implement a response.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Follow the 2020 DOT Emergency Response guide book with detailed instructions on how and when to evacuate or shelter in place an area .
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals	Work as a team member to identify and mitigate hazardous materials emergencies.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Discuss and understand basic Hazardous Materials regulations, standards, and laws;
• Recognize and Identify typical hazards associated with HazMat; 
• Conduct defensive operations, including damming, diking, divering, vapor suppression and dispersion; 
• Recognize the properties and effects of hazardous materials; 
• Implement a planned Response; 
• Select the appropriate personal protective equipment for the hazard; 
• Conduct technical Mass Decontamination Mass Decontamination
• Recognize and preserve evidence and assist with sampling of product; and
• Properly fill out NFIRS report for mitigation work being conducted by the responder to be passed up to the incident commander and filed with the state and federal system.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Regulations, Standards, and Laws
2. Recognizing and Identifying the Hazards
3. Operations
4. Properties and Effects
5. Understanding the Hazards
6. Estimating Potential Harm and Planning a Response
7. Implementing the Planned Response
8. Responder Health and Safety
9. Operations Mission-Specific
10. Personal Protective Equipment
11. Technical Decontamination
12. Mass Decontamination
13. Evidence Preservation and Sampling
14. Product Control
15. Victim Rescue and Recovery
16. Response to Illicit Laboratories
17. Operating Detection, Monitoring and Sampling Equipment

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Recognizing and Identifying the Hazards
2. Operations
3. Properties and Effects
4. Understanding the Hazards
5. Estimating Potential Harm and Planning a Response
6. Implementing the Planned Response
7. Responder Health and Safety
8. Operations Mission-Specific
9. Personal Protective Equipment
10. Technical Decontamination
11. Mass Decontamination
12. Evidence Preservation and Sampling
13. Product Control
14. Victim Rescue and Recovery
15. Response to Illicit Laboratories
16. Operating Detection, Monitoring and Sampling Equipment