Nick Vent, County of San Diego, Environmental Health Dept., HMD
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This week's clip is from the fourth program of the series, IMPLEMENTING THE RESPONSE and features Nick Vent. Nick is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist and Supervising Environmental Health Specialist with the County of San Diego, Environmental Health Department, Hazardous Materials Division (HMD). He is the supervisor and an instructor for San Diego County's Joint Hazardous Incident Response Team (HIRT) and most of the Fire and Law Enforcement agencies in the County of San Diego. Nick has a degree in Occupational Health and was an analytical chemist for 10 years. He also was the Facility Manager and chemist for a Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility in San Diego for 3 years, and has now been with the HMD for over 27 years. Nick Vent has responded to or managed over 11,000 incidents. In this clip, Nick discusses the Escondido, California 'bomb house' which was packed with the largest cache of homemade explosives, bomb-making chemicals, hand grenades and other explosives ever discovered in the U.S.
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Capt Greg Socks (ret.), Montgomery County Fire & Rescue
This week's preview clip from our latest program, IMPLEMENTING THE RESPONSE, features Greg Socks. Greg is a retired Captain of the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue and a consultant/trainer at Docimo & Associates. In addition, Greg has served as the Hazmat Coordinator at Washington County Hazmat in Maryland. Educated at Montgomery College and Catonsville Community College, Greg is also an instructor for the Southeastern Georgia Marine Group, providing NFPA compliant training for over 100 southeast firefighters protecting the ports of Savannah, Georgia.
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Greg Noll, Hildebrand & Noll Associates
This week's preview clip from our latest program, IMPLEMENTING THE RESPONSE, features Greg Noll. Greg is a senior partner in Hildebrand & Noll Associates, a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning, response and incident management issues. Previous to entering the consulting business, Greg Noll was the Hazardous Materials Coordinator with the Prince George's County, MD Fire Department where he managed the Level III Hazardous Materials Team. In 2011, Greg was awarded the John M. Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Fire Chiefs - the highest award given by IAFC. He had previously been the recipient of the IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee's Level A Award for his lifetime contributions to the hazardous materials training and education community. Greg is a Certified Safety Professional and a member of many national safety committees, including the NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel (chair).
In this clip, Greg discusses whether or not responders should take offensive or defensive approaches when implementing a response to a hazmat/WMD incident.
Bill Hand, Harris County (TX) HMRT (ret.)
This week's preview clip from our latest program, IMPLEMENTING THE RESPONSE, features Captain Bill Hand. Bill spent 31 years with the Houston Fire Department before joining the Harris County Hazardous Materials Response Team. He responded to thousands of hazmat emergencies involving almost every type of container and chemical possible. He is also a former WMD Specialist with Texas Task Force One US&R Team. Bill has been a Hazardous Materials trainer and lecturer nationwide since 1980 and has served as a technical committee member for numerous Emergency Film Group programs.
In this clip, Bill discusses the importance of selecting the correct personal protective equipment and clothing responders should wear based on the type of incident they are responding to.
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Active Shooter: Rapid Response
In the two years since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, there have been at least 95 school shootings including fatal and nonfatal assaults, suicides, and unintentional shootings — an average of nearly one a week.
How do communities protect themselves from assailants with an agenda?
Schools, malls, movie theaters – places that are part of our everyday lives, our children’s lives – have proven to be easily accessible to assailants with an agenda. Nowhere are we truly safe anymore. A community’s preparedness and organization when a mass shooting occurs is essential to the least number of causalities possible.
"Active Shooter: Rapid Response" DVD shows how preparedness for and response to these fast-breaking and dangerous events is a joint effort between police, fire, EMS, community and facility emergency management. The role of trained and equipped tactical medics is depicted as well as the more traditional activities of EMS during mass casualty incidents: scoop and run rescue, triage, treatment, and transport. In addition to providing emergency medical service, firefighters are also depicted assisting law enforcement in forcible entry, firefighting, and managing building sprinkler systems.
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Vance Bennett, California Specialized Training Institute
This week's clip features Vance Bennett. Vance is currently an instructor in the Hazardous Materials Section of California Specialized Training Institute and has been teaching courses in emergency response for 20 years. After retiring from the US Coast Guard where he served as Chief of Port Operations in Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands and Palau, Vance joined the Coast Guard Reserves as a training officer of the Pacific Strike Team. In addition for eight years he was the course manager for the USCG Hazmat train-the-trainer program. Vance was educated at San Joaquin Delta College and San Francisco State University and possesses several hazmat certificates and instructor/trainer credentials.
In this clip, Vance discusses issues with oil spills that hazmat responders faced in the past.
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Lt. Tony Mussorfiti (ret.) FDNY
This week's clip from "Planning the Response" features Tony Mussorfiti. Tony served 23 years with Fire Department of New York as a Firefighter, Lieutenant, Hazardous Materials Technician, and Hazardous Materials Instructor. Along with Battalion Chief Robert Ingram, he established the FDNY Hazardous Materials Technician Training School and emergency response programs. Prior to his retirement, he was assigned to the FDNY Center for Terrorism and Domestic Preparedness, where he was involved with the development of response protocols for terrorist incidents. He has represented the FDNY as a member of the United States Department of Defense and Department of Justice Inter-Agency Board (IAB) Training & Exercise Sub-Group. Tony has been involved with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Hazardous Materials Training and International Counter-proliferation Program since its inception. He has served as a member of the technical committees responsible for the NFPA’s standard for response to hazardous materials incidents and ASTME 54, Standard Practice for Response to Radiological Emergencies.
In this clip, Tony discusses facts, science and circumstances versus emotion when analyzing a hazmat/WMD incident.
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Mike Hildebrand, Hildebrand & Noll Associates
This week's clip features Mike Hildebrand. Mike is a senior partner and hazardous materials consultant with Hildebrand & Noll Associates. Mike was formerly Director of Safety and Fire Protection for the American Petroleum Institute and was a member of the NFPA Standards Council. He also served as a Team Leader on the Prince George's County (MD) HazMat Team. The writer of numerous articles and texts, Mike co-authored the widely-circulated text Hazardous Materials: Managing the Incident, which introduced the concept of the 8 Step Process.
In this clip, Mike discusses the primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency plans an incident commander needs to have ready at a hazmat/WMD incident.
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Ludwig Benner, Ludwig Benner & Associates
This week's clip features Ludwig Benner. Ludwig is president of Ludwig Benner & Associates, a firm specializing in investigation. As a chemical engineer and registered Professional Engineer, his investigation experience includes a variety of vehicle, aircraft, fire, hazmat, and industrial incidents. Previously he conducted or managed hazmat transportation accident investigations for the National Transportation Safety Board. He also teaches courses on investigation issues..
In this clip, Ludwig discusses clues hazmat responders need to look for in order to change the outcome of an incident.
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Jan Dunbar, Sacramento Fire Dept. (ret.)
This week's clip features Jan Dunbar. Retired from the Sacramento (CA) Fire Department where he served since 1965, Jan Dunbar was Division Chief of Special Operations, responsible for developing the hazardous materials response team program, supervising the swift water rescue program, and the development of a county-wide response approach to terrorism and terrorism training. He has served as Chairman of the California State Fire Marshal's committee to develop a hazardous materials specialist course, was a member of NFPA's Technical Committee on Chemical Protective Clothing, and IAFC's Committee on Hazardous Materials. He currently is a consultant for the California State Office of Emergency Services, and on occasion to James Lee Witt and associates, LLC.
In this clip, Jan discusses the role of the Incident Commander at a hazmat/WMD incident.
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Dan Keenan, Oakland CA Fire Dept.
The first preview clip of EFG's newest program "Planning the Response" features Dan Keenan. Dan has been a firefighter and hazmat responder for the City of Oakland Fire Services Agency since 1991. He is certified by CSTI (California Specialized Training Institute) as a Hazardous Materials Instructor. Dan felt a need to promote hazardous materials training with the use of live chemical demonstrations and this interest fueled the development of his course called "Fun With Chemistry."
Dan is a past recipient of the James H. Meidl "Instructor of the Year" Award sponsored by California State Fire Marshal. He is a consultant to HazTech Systems Inc., manufacturers of the HazCat Kit ®. He has been teaching Field Identification of Unknowns classes for over ten years. He has made use of his experience and expertise to teach Advanced Field Identification of Unknown Hazardous Substances to federal EPA On-Scene-Coordinators at their Nationwide Training conference. Dan is also a consultant with Davis Defense Group where he teaches response to Chemical Warfare Agent laboratories.
In this clip, Dan discusses the pivotal role that Hazmat Technical Specialists have at an incident.
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David Binder, Tanner Industries, Inc.
This week's clip features David Binder. Dave is the Director of Quality, Safety & Regulatory Affairs and Lead Trainer in Ammonia Safety & Emergency Response Training (ASERT) program with Tanner Industries, Inc. in Southampton, PA. He has been in the ammonia industry and emergency response training and planning since 1992. Dave facilitates ammonia safety and emergency response training programs throughout the world for industry, fire departments, emergency response and emergency management personnel.
Dave is also very involved and in leadership positions with the Philadelphia Local Emergency Planning Committee, the National Association of Chemical Distributors, and is a faculty member of Wood Food Logistics Organization Institute. He has also been presented with several prestigious awards, including EPA Region III's Partnership Award and the Private Industry Award by the Philadelphia Fire Department's Hazmat Task Force.
In this clip, Dave discusses the unknown dangers first responders face at a WMD incident.
Chris Hawley, Computer Sciences Corp.
This week's clip features Chris Hawley. Chris is a Deputy Project Manager with Computer Sciences Corporation. He is responsible for several WMD courses with the DOD/FBI/DHS International Counterproliferation program, providing threat assessment, hazmat, and anti-terrorism training worldwide. Previous to this position Chris was the Special Operations Coordinator for the Baltimore County, MD Fire Department. Chris has been a firefighter and a HazMat responder for over 20 years. He is the author of several HazMat and Terrorism response texts with Delmar Thomson Publishing, and is the co-author of 'Special Operations: HazMat Crimes and Terrorism'
In this clip, Chris discusses the different types of detection devices that responders can use at a hazmat incident.
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Dan Keenan, Oakland CA Fire Dept.
This week's clip features Dan Keenan. Dan has been a firefighter and hazmat responder for the City of Oakland Fire Services Agency since 1991. He is certified by CSTI (California Specialized Training Institute) as a Hazardous Materials Instructor. Dan felt a need to promote hazardous materials training with the use of live chemical demonstrations and this interest fueled the development of his course called "Fun With Chemistry."
Dan is a past recipient of the James H. Meidl "Instructor of the Year" Award sponsored by California State Fire Marshal. He is a consultant to HazTech Systems Inc., manufacturers of the HazCat Kit ®. He has been teaching Field Identification of Unknowns classes for over ten years. He has made use of his experience and expertise to teach Advanced Field Identification of Unknown Hazardous Substances to federal EPA On-Scene-Coordinators at their Nationwide Training conference. Dan is also a consultant with Davis Defense Group where he teaches response to Chemical Warfare Agent laboratories.
In this clip, Dan discusses the issues and dangers when cylinders are involved in a hazmat incident.
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Maria Duazo, Contra Costa Health Services Department
Maria Duazo is featured in this week's Analyzing the Incident clip. Maria is a Hazmat Specialist and emergency responder with the Contra Costa Health Services Department and often takes the role of Public Information Officer for the agency. She conducts hazmat programs on chemical safety and is an outreach instructor with the California Specialized Training Institute. She is also a past recipient of the California Fire Marshal's Instructor of the Year award.
In this clip, Maria discusses how details of the incident can help in sizing up the unknowns of the hazardous materials involved.
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Cheryl Weaver-Docimo, Docimo & Associates, LLC
This week's 'Analyzing the Incident' clip features Cheryl Weaver-Docimo. Cheryl is the corporate liaison and a trainer for Docimo & Associates, LLC of Stamford, Connecticut. A paramedic and 26-year veteran of the fire and EMS services, she also serves as a volunteer and a career staff member with various departments in South Central Pennsylvania. In addition, she has ten years of experience in radiological technology and 19 years combined experience in education for emergency services, healthcare and the general public.
In this clip, Cheryl discusses detection of radiological hazards and container labels.
Bill Hand, Harris County (TX) HMRT (ret.)
This week's clip from EFG's newest program 'Analyzing the Incident' features Bill Hand, who discusses the clues that responders can get from containers that hold the hazardous materials to help size up an incident.
Capt. Bill Hand spent 31 years with the Houston Fire Department before joining the Harris County Hazardous Materials Response Team, where he responded to thousands of calls involving almost every type of container and chemical possible that could cause an incident. He is also a former WMD Specialist with Texas Task Force One US&R Team. Bill has been a Hazardous Materials trainer and lecturer nationwide since 1980.
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Jan Dunbar, Sacramento Fire Dept. (ret.)
This week's clip from EFG's newest program 'Analyzing the Incident' features Jan Dunbar, who discusses the dangers of closed containers in a hazmat incident.
Retired from the Sacramento (CA) Fire Department where he served since 1965, Jan was Division Chief of Special Operations where he was responsible for developing the hazardous materials response team program, supervising the swiftwater rescue program, and the development of a county-wide response approach to terrorism and terrorism training. He has served as Chairman of the California State Fire Marshal's committee to develop a hazardous materials specialist course, was a member of NFPA's Technical Committee on Chemical Protective Clothing, and IAFC's Committee on Hazardous Materials. He currently is a consultant for the California State Office of Emergency Services, and on occasion to James Lee Witt and associates, LLC.
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Robert Ingram, WMD Branch Chief, FDNY
In this first preview clip of EFG's newest program, 'Analyzing the Incident', Chief Ingram discusses the difficulties of identifying chemicals in small containers and the impact exposures of these chemicals may have on the health of first responders.
Chief Ingram has spent almost four decades in the Fire Service, with over 30 of those years working for the New York City Fire Department. He was the Chief in Charge of HazMat Operations from September 11th, 2001 until August of 2007 and currently is assigned to the FDNY Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness as the WMD Branch Chief. He is also a member of the NFPA 472 Committee, IAFC HazMat Committee, and an IAFF Master instructor.
Greg Noll, Chairman NFPA 471 Committee
Greg Noll is a senior partner in Hildebrand Noll Associates, a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning, response and incident management issues. Previous to entering the consulting business, Greg Noll was the Hazardous Materials Coordinator with the Prince George's County, MD Fire Department where he managed the Level III Hazardous Materials Team.
In 2011, Greg was awarded the John M. Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Fire Chiefs - the highest award given by IAFC. He had previously been the recipient of the IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee's Level A Award for his lifetime contributions to the hazardous materials training and education community.
Greg is a Certified Safety Professional and a member of many national safety committees, including the NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel (chair).
In this clip, Greg explains differences between Procedure-Based and Risk-Based responses.
Chris Hawley, Computer Sciences Corporation
Chris Hawley is a Deputy Project Manager with Computer Sciences Corporation. He is responsible for several WMD courses with the DOD/FBI/DHS International Counterproliferation program, providing threat assessment, hazmat, and anti-terrorism training worldwide. Previous to this position Chris was the Special Operations Coordinator for the Baltimore County, MD Fire Department. Chris has been a firefighter and a HazMat responder for over 20 years. He is the author of several HazMat and Terrorism response texts with Delmar Thomson Publishing, and is the co-author of 'Special Operations: HazMat Crimes and Terrorism'.
In this clip, Chris discusses the development of risk analysis in hazmat incidents.
Capt Greg Socks (ret.), Montgomery County Fire & Rescue
Greg Socks is a retired Captain of the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue and a consultant/trainer at Docimo & Associates. In addition, Greg has served as the Hazmat Coordinator at Washington County Hazmat in Maryland. Educated at Montgomery College and Catonsville Community College, Greg is also an instructor for the Southeastern Georgia Marine Group, providing NFPA compliant training for over 100 southeast firefighters protecting the ports of Savannah, Georgia.
In this clip, Greg discusses the role of the Hazmat Safety Officer at an incident.
Rem Gaade, Chief, Hazmat & Special OPNS (ret.) Toronto FD
This week's 'Risk-Based Response' clip features Rem Gaade. Rem is a former Chief of Hazardous Materials and Special Operations, Fire Fighting Division of the Toronto Fire Department, with 35 years of fire service experience. He was chairman of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs' HazMat committee for eight years and is a member of the Standing Committee on Hazardous Materials and Activities of the National Fire Code of Canada. He is now an Emergency Management consultant specializing in HazMat and Terrorism issues in his company, Gaade and Associates.
'Risk-Based Response' DVD now available!
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Glen Rudner, Security and Emergency Response Training Center i...
This week's 'Risk-Based Response' clip features Glen Rudner. Glen is the former Regional Hazardous Materials Response Officer in Northern Virginia at the Department of Emergency Management. He also previously served with the Alexandria, VA Fire and EMS Department as a Hazmat Specialist. He has been a developer, co-developer and Subject Matter Expert on several State and Federal hazardous materials programs. Glen is currently an instructor at the Security and Emergency Response Training Center in Pueblo, Colorado. He is also a member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel.
In this clip, Glen discusses the importance of responder safety.
Nick Vent, County of San Diego, Environmental Health Departmen...
This clip features Nick Vent, discussing the Escondido, California 'bomb house' which was packed with the largest cache of homemade explosives, bomb-making chemicals, hand grenades and other explosives ever discovered in the U.S.
Nick is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist and Supervising Environmental Health Specialist with the County of San Diego, Environmental Health Department, Hazardous Materials Division (HMD). He is the supervisor and an instructor for San Diego County’s Joint Hazardous Incident Response Team (HIRT) and most of the Fire and Law Enforcement agencies in the County of San Diego. Nick has a degree in Occupational Health and was an analytical chemist for 10 years. He also was the Facility Manager and chemist for a Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility in San Diego for 3 years, and has now been with the HMD for over 27 years. Nick Vent has responded to or managed over 11,000 incidents.
Danny Snell - F.I.R.S.T Trainer, Retired Houston F.D. Chief
This clip features Danny Snell. Danny is currently working as a trainer/consultant for F.I.R.S.T, (First in Rescue, Safety, and Training) in the Houston, Texas area. In addition he is a Task Force leader, a Hazmat WMD Manager at Texas Task Force 1, Urban Search and Rescue Team.
Danny retired from the Houston Fire Department, after 37 years of service, where he was successfully promoted through the ranks. He reached the positions of Assistant Fire Chief, Executive Assistant Fire Chief, and HMRT (Hazardous Materials Response Team) Coordinator.
In this clip, Danny discusses the differences between the Operational level and mission specifics competencies of NFPA 472.
Paul Penn - EMS Response at Hazmat/WMD Incidents
Paul Penn has more than thirty years of emergency, environmental, and health & safety management experience. He is the founder and current president of EnMagine, Inc.; one of the creators of of HAZMAT for Healthcare™ and has been delivering that training and the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) programs nationwide.
Paul has been an active participant in many of the groups that define today’s healthcare emergency management including the ASTM Hospital Disaster Preparedness Committee, California Disaster Interest Group, Federal OSHA First Receivers and EMS HazMat stakeholders groups, the National Response Team regarding hazardous materials training for hospitals; and is a founder and still a member of the conference committee of the Continuing Challenge, the nation's largest hazardous materials emergency response conference.
In this clip he discusses how often EMS is the first to show up on the scene of a hazmat incident and how critical EMS hazmat response training is.
Chief Robert Ingram FDNY
Here’s the second preview clip from EFG’s newest program, ‘Risk-Based Response’, featuring Robert Ingram, WMD Branch Chief, FDNY.
Chief Ingram has spent almost four decades in the Fire Service, with over 30 of those years working for the New York City Fire Department. He was the Chief in Charge of HazMat Operations from September 11th, 2001 until August of 2007 and currently is assigned to the FDNY Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness as the WMD Branch Chief. He is also a member of the NFPA 472 Committee, IAFC HazMat Committee, and an IAFF Master instructor.
In this clip, Chief Ingram discusses why some core competency sections of NFPA 472 were developed into mission specific competencies.
