Instructor: Karen Joseph, MPA

Individuals such as investigators, analysts, and technicians, sometimes encounter Hazardous Materials at the scene to which they respond. Having a basic understanding of these materials Hazardous Materials only exist in 2 states, controlled (normal) and uncontrolled (emergency). In a normal state hazardous materials are handled, packaged, contained, stored, and used properly. They are still hazardous but are not dangerous. Only in the uncontrolled state are they harmful.

​This webinar will educate the students about basic strategies to safeguard health and safety in the event there is the potential to exposure of a hazardous material at the crime scene being investigated.

LEARNING GOALS:  The purpose of this training is to provide students with basic knowledge, information, and skills so they may respond in an appropriate manner in an event involving an encounter with hazardous materials. At the completion of this course the participants will be able to:

1. Describe the process used to analyze the incident to determine the presence of the basic hazard
2. Describe the proper utilization of the DOT 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook
3. Describe the nine classes of the Department of Transportation (DOT), Chart 17, Markings, Labeling, and Placarding Guide
   Class 1: Explosives
   Class 2: Gases
   Class 3: Flammable/combustible Liquids
   Class 4: Flammable Solid/Spontaneously combustible/Dangerous When Wet
   Class 5: Oxidizer and Organic Peroxide         
   Class 6: Poison (Toxic) and Poison Inhalation Hazard
   Class 7: Radioactive
   Class 8: Corrosive
   Class 9: Miscellaneous