This module is part of FireLearn, an online Fire Fighter I & II course designed to enhance students’ learning experience by allowing them to experiment with key concepts and skills in the safety of a virtual environment.
This online training module brings content to life with interactive audio, video, Flash™ animation, photographs, illustrations, and case-based scenarios. It is designed to serve as either a distance learning solution to reduce classroom lecture hours or as a review tool to help students master more challenging subject matter presented to them in the classroom.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe hazardous materials personal protective equipment.
- Identify the purpose, advantages, and limitations of: structural fire-fighting protective clothing, high temperature-protective
- lothing, chemical-protective clothing, liquid splash-protective clothing, and vapor-protective clothing.
- Discuss respiratory protection in a hazardous materials incident.
- Describe the levels of hazardous materials personal protective equipment.
- Identify skin-contact hazards encountered at hazardous materials incidents.
- Describe the safety precautions to be observed, including those for heat and clod stress, when approaching and working at hazardous materials incidents.
- Describe the safety precautions to be observed, including those for heat and cold stress, when approaching and working at hazardous materials incidents.
- Describe the physical capabilities required and limitations of personnel working in personal protective equipment.
- Describe techniques used to isolate hazard areas and deny entry.
- Describe the importance of the buddy system and back-up personnel.
