H306: TEMA HAZMAT Operations Level Course - Sevier County

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                            APRIL 11,12,15,16,18, & 19 FROM 6PM-10PM

                                      APRIL 13 & 20 FROM 8AM-5PM

H306 TEMA Hazardous Materials Operations Level Course         40 Hours

This course covers the basic operating procedures for first responders and teaches a systematic response to hazardous material incidents. The curriculum defines hazardous materials, describes the roles, responsibilities and risks associated with an incident. The curriculum addresses the types, uses and sources of information needed to identify hazards, as well as the basic options, requirements and limitations of methods used to control, contain or confine a hazmat incident.  The course is written to the NFPA 472 and OSHA 1910.120 standards.

TLETA POST Certified

Prerequisites:

TEMA HazMat Awareness

IS 100, IS 200, IS 700, IS 800 (FEMA Online courses)

TEMA Radiological Monitoring (8hr) or TEPP's - Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transport (MERRTT) 16 hr. course

SCBA qualified

Prerequisite Reciprocity: Either one of the following Tennessee Fire and Codes Academy’s (TFACA) hazardous materials courses are considered equivalent to the TEMA Hazardous Materials for Operational Level Response course:

Recruit/Firefighter I – F100  (400 hrs) course (NFPA 2008)

and

Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations FF171-01 or FF171-02 course (NFPA 2008).Students who successfully complete this course will have met the standards under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 and NFPA 472 (2013)/NFPA 1072.