FEDAN Fire Solutions delivers high quality Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) awareness training to equip your staff on safe handling and how to respond to chemical spill. With our highly qualified instructors and subject matter experts who have served on HAZMAT teams ranging from fire departments to military. This course has been designed in accordance with NFPA 472 standards for competence of responders to HAZMAT/weapon of mass destruction incidents and 473 standards for competence of EMS personnel responding to HAZMAT/Weapon of mass destruction.

Objectives of this training
The objective of this HAZMAT awareness and response training is to:
a. Provide delegates with the knowledge, skills, and strategies they need to safely and effectively work at the proximity of hazardous materials (Caustic, ethanol, sulphuric acid and any other bases and acids)
b. Manage initial activities of emergency involving hazardous materials that occur at fixed sites and during transport.
- Rectify hazardous situations and make necessary notification.
- Provide delegates with simple and clear individual strategies for preparing for and responding to terrorist attack which may involve extremely hazardous or unfamiliar conditions.

Learning outcome
Upon completion, participants will:
a. Gain an understanding on legal obligation (employee/employer).
b. Acquire safe chemical handling skills.
c. Acquire skills to safely transport chemicals
d. Acquire safe storage skills.
e. Acquire basic strategies to safeguard their health and safety when exposed to chemicals.
f. Acquire knowledge on how to handle chemicals during loading and unloading.
g. Have an understanding on how to store various chemicals.
h. Understanding the potential hazards associated with specific chemicals incidents.
i. Understanding the role of first responder in HAZMAT incident.
j. Implement defensive control measures that minimize risks to health and safety during chemical spill.
k. Acquire basic first aid skills in the event of specific chemical spill.
l. Use the personal protective equipment.

Training Duration
This training will be conducted in 3 -5 days of 8 periods of 45 minutes. This includes classroom presentations and discussion.

Target group
a. Members of the fire response team.
b. Persons working at the proximity of hazardous material.
c. First responders.
d. Emergency Medical Service personnel.
e. Hospital staff working in radiography sections.
f. Law enforcement officers.
g. Any Company with employees who perform the following tasks:
- Offers hazardous material for transportation.
- Package, mark or label hazardous materials for transport.
- Load or unload hazardous materials for transport.
- Receive and forward packages containing hazardous material.
- Manufacture packaging for use in transporting hazardous.
h. Other persons who may respond to incidents involving hazardous materials both private and public.