Hazmat Ops Instructor Guide.pdf - Livonia Professional Firefighters

UNIT 3: RESPONDING TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
FACILITATOR NOTES
FIRST RESPONDER OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
Unit 3 Total Time: ä 8 hours
Index
How can shipping papers provide clues to
hazardous materials identification
[pg 3-9]
How is the NIOSH Pocket Guide used as
a reference source [pg 3-21]
How is pre-incident planning conducted
[pg 3-25]
What resources should be considered
when pre-incident planning [pg 3-27]
How does the APIE process apply to First
Responder actions [pg 3-33]
What role does PPE play in minimizing
exposure [pg 3-61]
What are steps to effective decontaminiation
[pg 3-83]
How does isolation perimeter relate to
safety zones [pg 3-89]
Which First Responder actions can be applied
to a simulated hazardous materials
incident [pg 3-97]
Unit 3 Objectives
Introduce Unit 3 by showing the video on Pre-Incident
Planning and First Responder Actions and reviewing its content
through a whole-group discussion. Relate that it applies all of the
foundation material learned so far to actual First Responder actions at
an incident scene.
‹ Emphasize that documentation, about hazardous materials in question,
is one of the five major clues to identifying hazardous materials.
‹ Briefly review the objectives for Unit 3: Responding to Hazardous
Materials. This section of the course integrates all previous learning
into highly participative synthesis exercises.
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