Session

NFPA Hazmat Standards Update

Friday, June 9, 2023

2:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Location: Calloway A/B

Speaker(s)

Richard Edinger, EFO

Deputy Fire Chief (ret.)
Chesterfield Fire County Fire and EMS
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Gregory G. Noll, CEM, CSP

Principal
GGN Technical Resources
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) publishes standards outlining the training competencies and professional qualifications for responders to hazardous materials incidents. These documents guide the development and delivery of hazmat training and testing that is performed to validate the acquisition of knowledge and skills. This presentation will provide an overview of the NFPA standards making process, review the NFPA hazmat standards and recommended practices, and provide insight into these documents and how they affect and influence hazardous materials training and response.

Learning Objectives:

Using lecture, workshop attendees will receive an overview of the NFPA standards making process.
Using facilitated discussion, workshop attendees will become familiar with the various documents managed by the NFPA HazardousMaterials / WMD Response committee.
Using facilitated discussion, workshop attendees will receive updated information, discuss recent document revisions and gain an understating of the impact of these documents on hazmat training delivery and skills testing.