3.1. Class Specifics – Vendor will be required to provide the following: 3.1.1. Computer and projector equipment for class use; 3.1.2. All hazardous material technician and mobile decontamination equipment for class use, if not provided by the host agency; 3.1.3. Class will last a minimum of one hundred sixty (160) hours, taught during four (4) consecutive weeks of five (5) eight (8) hour days from approximately 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday or at a schedule mutually agreed upon by the vendor and the host agency and approved by Fire and Hazardous Material Training and Certification Bureau of the FMD; 3.1.4. Classes will include up to thirty (30) persons without a particular gender mix; 3.1.5. Vendor will provide one (1) fire service instructor II for every ten (10) students when delivering hands-on or field scenario exercises; and 3.1.6. Vendor will provide one (1) instructor at least at the level of Fire Service Instructor I for every fifteen (15) students when delivering classroom instruction. 3.2. Class Curriculum 3.2.1. All class curriculum must adhere to the 2022 Edition of NFPA 470 (Chapter 11); must be approved by the FMD at least thirty (30) days prior to beginning instruction and must be approved by the FMD at least thirty (30) days prior to a change in curriculum. 3.2.2. To ensure that students have the minimum prerequisite educational requirements vendor shall write and administer at the beginning of the class an entrance examination covering topics found in CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(ii), First Responder Operations. Class topics shall include the following: A. Instruction in basic information as outlined in HazMat Technician, from CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii), NFPA 470 (Chapter 11) and HMTUSA Section 117A. B. Monitoring and Detection with hands-on instruction utilizing the host agency’s standard equipment or vendor will provide equipment that follows the current national trends typical for observing and recognizing hazardous materials. C. Chemistry of Hazardous Materials: a class for a minimum of forty (4) hours, similar to the Fire Chemistry I and II courses offered by the National Fire Administration a Hazardous Materials Chemistry by Develacqua. D. The vendor shall provide a computer lab with the ability for each student to have hands-on instruction in the following: 1. Basic research techniques including CAMEO, ALOHA, SIRI; 2. Familiarization with basic reference materials including Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, Merck Manuals; and 3. Familiarization of basic government agencies as Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials (SAX), CRC, Centers for Disease Control, Emergency Response Guide (ERG), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, etc. E. Medical Decontamination techniques must be integrated throughout the class utilizing: 1. Techniques from the Regional Hazardous Materials Response Team Field Operations Guide; 2. Techniques using mobile documentation unit for both technical and medical decontamination; and 3. Other state-of-the-art techniques. F. Field exercises shall include thirty-two (32) hours of training. G. Exercises shall be comprehensive, including all expected packaging for hazardous materials, required documentation and chemical stimulants. H. Instruction should be presented in compliance with the local emergency response plan, if available.
