Description
Course Dates:
May 5 – 8, 2025 (On-line Delivery Lecture)
6 – 930pm (each day)
Course Test Location:
May 10, 2025
Mason County Fire District 6
50 East Seattle Street
Union, WA, 98592
Course Objective:
This refresher course provides students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform hazardous materials first response. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze a hazardous materials incident, plan an initial response, implement the response, and evaluate the progress of the actions taken.
Major topics covered in this course include firefighter safety, regulations and standards, chemistry, recognition and identification, DOT emergency response guidebook, site management, container behavior, defensive control measures, personal protective equipment, decontamination, and terrorist and other criminal activity. This extended course also includes evidence preservation and sampling as well as response to illicit laboratories.
Written and practical examinations for final IFSAC/Pro Board Certification.
NFPA 1072 Standards for Hazardous Materials Awareness/Operations
Instruction Methods:
Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, virtual classroom exercises, case studies, Microsoft Teams Virtual audio/visual material, learner presentations/reports, quizzes.
Course Materials:
Includes handouts, quizzes, class projects and discussion.
Text: IFSTA Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 6th Edition
(Studenst Responsibility)
Class Size:
10 students minimum; 25 students maximum.
Registration Instructions:
Step 1 – Download to your computer the IFSAC/Pro Board Candidate Application Form. To open the Candidate Application Form your computer must have a PDF reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader DC – Free Version.
Step 2 – At the top of the application form click on ‘Add text’ and move the ‘Add text’ symbol to the Candidate Signature Line. Type the following, “Your Full Name – electronic signature” Ex: John Smith – electronic signature
Step 3 – Please email your completed application form to leslie@fowlerfire.com
Step 4 – Please click on Add to Cart for completion of the registration process.
Prerequisites: Must be eighteen years or older.
