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Hazardous materials are a constant presence in daily life, making hazmat preparedness a critical responsibility for all emergency response disciplines, including firefighting, law enforcement, and medical services. Once limited to specialized teams, hazmat training is now recognized as essential for all responders.
While large-scale events involving tankers, railroads, chemical plants, or industrial facilities make the headlines, most hazmat incidents actually occur in more everyday locations such as pools, schools, restaurants, even private homes and vehicles. These scenarios highlight the need for discipline-specific training for all responders to be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to identify and address chemical risks safely and effectively.
Equipping all first responders with knowledge and skills tailored directly to their roles and responsibilities ensures a unified, efficient approach to managing hazardous material incidents in any setting.
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At Signet North America, we recognize that each organization has unique hazmat and ICS training needs. That’s why we offer a comprehensive range of courses, each completely customizable to fit your specific goals.
Signet’s Training Is Built For Any Public Safety Discipline
Hazmat For Firefighters
Firefighters often encounter hazardous materials, even during responses to incidents that are not specifically identified as Hazmat.
Hazmat For Law Enforcement
Hazmat training is essential for law enforcement personnel, as they are commonly among the first to arrive at incidents involving hazardous materials.
Hazmat For EMS Responders and Hospitals
Hazmat incidents can present numerous significant challenges for EMS responders and hospitals that go beyond patient care.
Hazmat For Industrial Response Teams
Industrial response teams can have very specialized training needs above and beyond regulatory requirements which Signet specializes in creating.
Popular Training Offerings
HAZMAT TOYBOX: Signet’s “TOYBOX” course is geared towards helping hazardous materials emergency response personnel recognize and maximize the potential of their response equipment.
25-40 Hour Course
Many agencies have acquired response equipment through various grants and other programs, but have rarely if ever used it, oftentimes because they never received adequate training to effectively utilize it. That’s where the Signet TOYBOX course comes in. We delve into your “Box Of Toys” and develop the course based upon your agency’s equipment inventory and needs.
Upon completion of the course, students will possess skills and competencies in making decisions as to the selection, use, and limitations of their equipment to maximize their response capabilities, efficiency and effectiveness.
NFPA 470 HAZMAT TECHNICIAN: Gain the knowledge and skills to safely identify, contain, & mitigate hazardous materials incidents
80-Hour or 160-Hour Course.
Signet’s flagship Hazmat Technician core course is specifically designed to bring students from a knowledge base of zero to Hazmat Technician as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(q) and/or NFPA 470, depending on your specific team needs. Customization fully allows for more extensive coverage of any subject matter area, as certain aspects or levels of detail may be adjusted from the base curriculum at any time for specific customer applicability, providing that any changes do not detract from personnel meeting minimum federal standards. These regulations allow for some degree of flexibility to meet the requirements of this section. Modifications can affect the timeframe of each course.
NFPA 470 HAZMAT SAFETY OFFICER: Develop the expertise to manage hazmat response operations and ensure team safety
16 Hour and 24 Hour Course
Summary Description
Signet’s NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials Safety Officer course prepares the hazardous materials technician to fulfill the roles and responsibilities required of the Hazmat Safety Officer role in the Incident Command System. In addition, it will assist in preparing an organization’s overall hazardous materials response management program and protocols.
Hazmat AIR MONITORING: Master the use of air monitoring equipment to assess and manage atmospheric hazards
16 Hour Course
This course is geared towards emergency response personnel who wish to acquire specific working knowledge and skills related to the use of and interpretation of information provided by hazardous materials air monitoring equipment. Topics covered include fundamental hazmat behaviors as they relate to chemical detection equipment, making decisions as to the selection, equipment limitations, interpretation of data, and sample collection for lab analysis. This class includes extensive hands-on field exercises to apply the various concepts discussed. Students will work in small groups to ensure maximum involvement and participation in the class. The experience will heavily involve live application of the material learned during this exciting 16-Hour course.
Highway EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Prepare your team to respond to the wide variety of hazmat incidents involving highway transporation.
40 Hour Course
Summary Description
Signet North America’s 40-hour Highway Emergency Response course (as well as our 8 and 16 hour Refresher courses) is designed to prepare emergency responders to handle the wide variety of hazardous materials incidents involving highway transportation. This includes chemical cargo tanks, dry vans and modern alternative fuels vehicles. Topics include container features, valves, venting systems, basic repairs, drilling and transfer techniques, and grounding and bonding, all incorporated into an extensive hands-on-experience.
Featured Incident Command System (ICS) Training
ICS for Executives and Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs): Equip leadership with the skills to manage complex emergencies using ICS principles
8 Hour Course
Summary Description
Any incident can have a mix of political, economic, social, environmental, and cost implications with potentially serious long-term effects. Also, more and more incidents are multiagency and/or multijurisdictional. As the Executive or Senior Official, you need to be aware of how ICS and interagency (regional) multiagency coordination systems can work to ensure cooperative response efforts.
NIMS ICS 100-200: Build a foundation in ICS fundamentals, including incident command structure, communication, and resource management
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NIMS ICS 300-400: Advance your ICS knowledge to handle large-scale or complex incidents
40 Hour Course
Summary Description
The Incident Management System (IMS) is an internationally-recognized model for planning, controlling, and coordination of single and multi-agency crisis management and emergency responders. IMS has been proven effective for managing a variety of situations, both everyday events and critical incidents including: school crisis management, dangerous goods (HAZMAT) incidents, natural disasters, fire, event pre-planning, facility emergencies and many others.
Other Specialty Courses
Customized HAZWOPER
Signet’s HAZWOPER courses are customized through discussions with you to meet your exact needs while adhering to all regulatory standards. Topics will be based on specific site needs, but typically include:
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- Chemical Hazards of Materials
- Covers chemical and physical properties of the specific chemicals utilized by your facility and/or community.
- Air Monitoring and Detection Equipment
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Exercises
- Practical hands-on exercises both in the classroom and in the field to familiarize and train personnel proper techniques to respond safely and effectively within your defined response plans .
- A “What if Analysis” will be used to identify what potential areas/incidents could cause the potential chemical exposure of personnel.
- Decontamination
- Requesting Assistance
- Provide personnel with information describing and explaining the parameters of when external resources should be called upon.
- Explain and define routine cleanup of a small spill including chemical residues that should be routinely cleaned up by personnel.
- Chemical Hazards of Materials
Emergency Medical Response First Responder Course
Signet’s 40-hour Emergency Medical Response First Responder course is designed for facility-based first response teams responsible for the initial management of medical emergencies while waiting for personnel with more advanced training to arrive. Topics typically include:
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- Roles / Responsibilities
- Medical / Legal
- Patient Assessment / Vitals
- Airway
- Lifting and Moving
- O2 Therapy
- Cardiac & Respiratory Emergencies
- Medical Emergencies (Seizures, Diabetic, etc)
- Poisonings / Overdose
- Bandage & Splinting
- Bleeding / Shock
- Soft Tissue
- Musculoskeletal
- Head/Neck/Spine
- Chest / Abdominal Injuries
- Environmental Emergencies (Cold/Heat, Bites/Stings)
- Triage
- Psychological Emergencies
- Childbirth / Pediatrics
- Geriatrics
Wildland Fire Safety and Awareness for Non-Firefighting Personnel: Equip non-firefighting personnel with the knowledge to stay safe during wildfires
8 Hour Course
Summary Description
Many organizations such as utility providers, transportation personnel, law enforcement, etc., have the potential to find themselves in dangerous situations involving wildfires. Signet’s Wildland Fire Safety for Non-Firefighting Personnel course is specifically designed to bring participants to an understanding of the inherent hazards found in wildland fire situations and safety measures that can be taken.This fully customizable 8-hour course introduces students to characteristics and interactions of the wildland fire environment (fuels, weather, and topography) that affect wildland fire behavior for safety purposes as well as safety measures to be taken. The materials in this course are based on elements of the National Wildfire Coordiating Group wildland fire behavior curriculum. Customization fully alows for more extensive coverage of any subject matter area, depending on the previous experience and specific requirements of each individual.Signet North America utilizes each customer’s specific equipment to the greatest extent possible for training, as we feel that it is important to train on the equipment one has in order to discover and understand uses, identify strengths and shortcomings, and address each of these in order to do everything possible to ensure a stronger, more competent organization at the conclusion of the educational experience.
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Beyond Courses: Drills and Exercises
Signet North America goes beyond classroom learning. Our team of certified professionals can design, implement, and evaluate realistic emergency drills and exercises to solidify your team’s preparedness. We specialize in crafting exercises for groups of any size and developing incident action plans, after-action reports, and continuous improvement processes.
Why Choose Signet North America?
Customization
We tailor every training experience to your organization’s unique needs and applications.
Experience
Our team boasts over 150 years of combined experience in emergency response and training.
Convenience
We bring the training directly to your location, minimizing disruption to your workflow.
Real-World Focus
Our instructors, firefighters, create realistic scenarios using extensive mobile training equipment.
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