24 Hour Ohio Hazardous Materials Officer/Hazardous Materials Safety Officer
Course Description
This three day, 24-hour course covers the competencies in National Fire Protection Association, Competencies for Hazardous Materials Officers and, Competencies for Hazardous Materials Safety Officers. The course will provide participants with the
necessary skills, knowledge, and tools to perform both the Hazardous Materials Officer and the Hazardous Materials Safety Officer functions within the incident command system at a hazardous materials incident.
Course Objectives:
This course explores all five NFPA required HazMat tasks as they relate to the duties of the HazMat
Officer and the HazMat Safety Officer. As the HMO, you will assist the Incident Commander (IC) with
analyzing the complexity and estimating the potential outcomes of the HazMat/WMD incident, planning
the best way to respond to that incident, implementing the response objectives for the IC, evaluating the
successfulness of the response objectives, making changes when needed and bringing the incident to a
proper termination. As the HMSO, you will assist the IC or the Safety Officer (SO) with the tasks of
analyzing the safety of the scene, evaluating hazards and response information, assisting in planning a
safe response, ensuring the implementation of a safe response, evaluating the progress to ensure the
response objectives are being safely met, and assisting in terminating the incident.
Recommended Participants:
• Fire Fighters and Hazmat Teams that respond to transportation incidents
• Spill / Safety response team members
• Supervisors of employees at EHS facilities (Extremely Hazardous Sites)
• Hazardous waste site workers
• Personnel identified in a facility Emergency Response Plan (ERP) that respond to mitigate release of Hazardous Materials or other emergencies
Recommended Prerequisites: ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 300, ICS 700, ICS 800, HazMat Technician
Course Dates: December 8, 9, and 10, 2025
Course Times: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Course Location: Fairfield County Emergency Management Agency @ 240 Baldwin Drive, Lancaster, Ohio 43130
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