W.E. Train Consulting provides customized hazmat training for emergency responders, focusing on recognizing hazardous materials, evaluating exposure, and executing safety measures. The training includes legal and regulatory contexts related to hazardous material transportation, aimed at minimizing risks to health and safety during incidents. Participants will learn about past hazardous material events and the importance of compliance with regulations to protect human health and the environment.

1. Hazmat TrainingHazmat Training

2. W.E. Train ConsultingW.E. Train Consulting
To maintain the highest quality W.E. Train Consulting performs face-to-face
training, which means the trainer can adjust, slow down, repeat, or re-phrase
until each student understands the regulations. Training is customized to
your products and to your systems.
This Training is intended to provide emergency responders with the
knowledge, skills, and personal health strategies they need to safely and
effectively:
• Respond to hazardous materials incidents that occur at fixed sites and
during transport.
• Rectify hazardous situations that develop within routine calls.

3. Training ObjectivesTraining Objectives
 Recognize and identify the clues that determine the presence of
HazMat/WMD
 Research and evaluate exposure information.
 Consult references for information
 Make decisions and execute First Responder actions
 Implement defensive control measures that minimize risks to health and
safety

4.  Hazmat transportation regulatory context
 Overview of legal, and regulatory process
 Hazmat legislation and regulations
 USDOT regulations
 Compliance and enforcement
 Other regulatory requirements, standards, and guidelines
 Issues involving multiple/overlapping regulations
Topics cover in Training

5. Why Regulate Hazmat Transportation?Why Regulate Hazmat Transportation?
 The dangerous goods transported, if released or ignited, could cause harm
to human health or the environment.
 Some releases are catastrophic.
• Texas City, TX, cargo ship explosions, April 1947
• Waverly, TN, LP gas tank car, February 1978
• Caldecott Tunnel, CA, April 1982
• Baltimore, MD, rail tunnel fire, July 2001

6. Basic USDOT Definition of HazardousBasic USDOT Definition of Hazardous
MaterialMaterial
A substance or material, that when transported in commerce, is capable of
posing an unreasonable risk to:
 Health
 Safety
 Property

7. Email: info@WEtrainConsulting.com
Website: www. wetrainconsulting.com