HM 247

HM 247
HAZWOPER First Responder Operations Level Annual Refresher

This course is designed as a refresher training course for those individuals who have current certification as a HAZWOPER First Responder at the Operations Level. This training is required within one year of the initial course completion and yearly thereafter. Topics include: basic hazard and risk assessment techniques; personal protective equipment; hazardous material terms; control, containment, and confinement operations; decontamination procedures; incident command system; toxicology; and, pre-event and event-specific planning. This course satisfies the annual refresher training requirements of Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910.120(q).

Prerequisite: HM 245 HAZWOPER First Responder Operations Level

Previously coded as SH 247.