Risk-Based Response for Hazmat Responders

Proper planning starts with recognizing and analyzing risks. This course covers the importance of the risk assessment process to hazmat response training. Attendees will learn how to incorporate the results of their hazmat risk assessment into hazmat training design and development. After completing this course, they will be able to identify key resources to help complete the assessment at the local, regional, and/or state level.

Objectives:

In this course, you will learn:

The general terminology and processes related to risk and hazard analysis and risk management.
The history and evolution of risk-based response for use by responders to hazardous materials incidents.
Risk-based management processes that can be applied prior to and during hazardous materials incidents.
How to apply risk-based response principles during hazardous materials response training.

Rick Edinger

Public Safety Consultant

Rick Edinger has worked in public safety services for more than 50 years. He has served as a firefighter, medic, telecommunications dispatcher, hazmat responder and chief fire officer assigned to fire suppression, EMS, emergency communications and emergency management roles in several states.

Chief Edinger currently serves as chairperson of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee for Hazardous Materials / WMD Response. He retired in 2018 as Deputy Chief of Emergency Operations from Chesterfield County Fire and Emergency Medical Services (CFEMS), a metro-sized, all-hazards, emergency response organization in central Virginia.

Chief Edinger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fire Science Technology from Columbia Southern University and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program. He also holds a number of certifications in incident management disciplines and has deployed to state and national level incidents. His areas of expertise include incident and organizational management, organizational safety, and risk avoidance.