Online Resources
Online Training Resources
The NFA has amazing in-person classes that are provided at their beautiful campus in Emmitsburg, MD, or remote across the United States. They also have online classes to assist in providing continuing education credits.
This National Consortium provides amazing Hazmat training across the United States to many governmental agencies. Included within this amazing resource are online, in-person and direct delivery hazmat training opportunities for law enforcement, fire & rescue, emergency medical services and emergency response. Visit NDPC’s YouTube Channel
Center for Domestic Preparedness
Located in Anniston, AL, the Center for Domestic Preparedness provides training to all emergency responders across the United States, along with many international partners. Among the high quality traditional forms of instruction provided, they also provide advanced instruction in the field of CBRNE sampling and response.
Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center
Located in Socorro, NM in conjunction with New Mexico Tech, the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center is all about explosives. This amazing facility provides detailed classes in-person at their facility where emergency responders are able to identify the hazards and effects of energetic materials. There are also valuable online offerings as well.
NCBRT / Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education
Located on the campus of Louisiana State University, this organization has a focus in biological agent response with a focus on Law Enforcement. With direct delivery training, they will come out to facility locations and provide specific training in awareness, protection, response, among other items.
National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (Texas)
Located in College Station, TX, this massive campus provides extensive training to Texans and many members from across the world. Specifically for hazmat response, this campus and their partnership within the National Consortium provides detailed Hazmat training in initial training, ranging all the way to advanced classes.
This campus not only provides specific Hazmat Training, it also has an area coined “Disaster City” where technical rescue classes are conducted, at times in conjunction with high quality Incident Management training.
These classes are best undertaken in person, but TEEX also provides distance learning classes as well as online offerings in a wide field of specialties for any emergency responder.
Center for Radiological Nuclear Training
Located in Mercury, NV, north of Las Vegas, this facility is located at the Nevada Nuclear Storage Site. Both in-person and online programs are available to responders seeking to understand the risks, hazards, and response to radioactive emergencies.
Security and Emergency Response Training Center
Located in Pueblo, CO, this 52 square mile campus has a direct focus on transportation emergency response. With offerings offered in-person, distance learning, and now online, SERTC is the national premier provider of training for specialist training in the hazmat field.
Emergency Response Assistance Canada
This is in my humble opinion, the hazmat version of the NFA in Canada. They are the training and response group for all Canadiens, sorry Yanks’ you gotta pay for this one. From what I have heard and seen, this is amazing high quality training for any responder out there.
This amazing international organization provides valuable training to emergency responders across North America. They focus directly on training emergency responders in the field of transportation vessel response and mitigation of incidents. Transcaer provides both in-person offerings and online based trainings for responders seeking a better understanding in some of the most serious hazards faced in the emergency response realm.
More amazing transportation training from industry experts. BNSF offers online trainings to any emergency responder looking to identify many of the hazards faced in todays modern rail environment.
CHEMTREC is the phone number responders need to know to get the help they need during the first minutes of an operation (1-800-424-9300). They also provide online training to shippers, manufacturers, and emergency responders in the realm of hazmat.
This great location provides news and insight in the world of Hazmat. As the webpage confirms, this is the Nation of Hazmat. To get geeky with your mad self on simple continuing training ideas in the field of Hazmat response.
These guys are the Hazmat masters. From FDNY, they provide amazing continuing education content and talk about the most modern equipment out there. Check them out at their webpage, YouTube, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.
Hazardous Materials Fusion Center (IAFC)
The IAFC has a significant focus in all realms of the fire service. At this link, they provide training specific in the field of Hazmat Response. Simple training resources provide valuable continuing training for emergency responders of ALL fields.
First Line Tech has been one of the main drivers to decontamination updates in the past years. They now have a training page to provide valuable training to ANY responders in need of decon training.
While having a significant focus on Military training, this page still provides quality training on many WMD type of events.
http://dothazmat.vividlms.com/
Continuing training from the U.S. Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. This continuing training provides transportation regulation training to many members of many fields, not just Emergency Response.
Similar in essence to Hazmatica, Hazsim doesn’t exactly provide ongoing training, yet it provides easy to use tools that will convert a users cell phone into a simulated air monitor to enhance in person training scenarios.
https://www.federalresources.com/training-expertise/
The original Hazmat IQ format and all associated training can be found here, along with contact information on how to get these highly trained experts out to your location to assist with a wide variety of hazmat trainings. Within their YouTube channel, there are also multiple Chemicals of the Month, with detailed guidance on how to run through the Hazmat IQ chart systems.
A great resource to identify PPE selections that now shift away from Level A PPE to other options such as the Multi-Threat 94 suits, with specific research on improvements in hazmat response
Online Technical Rescue Training
https://paratech.com/paratech-university/
Quality online training from one of the premier equipment providers across the nation. These guys know their stuff, and provide continuing training in the fields of structural collapse and trench rescue. There are also in person offerings available upon request.
https://www.animatedknots.com/
This is a great place to see how the Knot is tied, because the old adage, “if you don’t know the knot, tie a lot” is never the case in Technical Rescue.
Online Fire Training
Fire Safety Research Institute
Any firefighter in our modern environment NEEDS to take the lessons from UL/NIST and place them into their current tactical decisions on the fireground. This free training provides responders critical tools in fire dynamics that are scientifically backed with thousands of hours of real world research. This is an amazing tool for any current fire agency.
Fire Prevention/Fire Marshal Training
Amazing continuing education for fire investigators that are seeking further knowledge in the field of fire investigation.
This training may be local to Washington State, but it still holds true to IFC standards and can be used in any region that adheres to the International Fire Code
This resource hits heavily into the NFPA and the International Fire Code, with tons to background knowledge and experience from the masters of the craft.
Other Online Training
https://ruraltraining.org/about/rdpc-overview/
This National training resource provides quality training to members of small agencies that are in need of quality training for todays threats. There are a wide variety of training opportunities in-person and online for emergency responders seeing a wide variety of training.
https://www.iafc.org/learn-and-develop/online-learning
A wide realm of training opportunities provided online to emergency responders. The IAFC works to provide quality training to firefighters in all fields.
NFPA: https://www.nfpa.org/Training-and-Events/By-type/Online-Training
The NFPA is the book on fire protection. Over the years, they have expanded into Hazmat, EMS, Technical Response, Terrorism and other fields. Here there are many valuable resources to understand the industry standard practices across the United States.
https://my.iaff.org/Web/Contacts/SignIn_LMS.aspx?ReturnURL=/Web/SignInRedirect.aspx
For IAFF members, this links to the IAFF training center. With a wide catalog of Hazmat training, Health and Safety, and other Union issues this resource provides Union members amazing training at the tips of their fingers.
https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/weekly-drills/
This is where we learn from our mistakes in the fire service. Any close calls from agencies are provided here for others to view and learn from. Take time to learn from the mistakes we have learned over the years.
https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/training-drills
National journals truly provide training from a wide breadth of backgrounds. Firehouse trainings prove no different. With countless reports and guidance, this is a quality source of training in simple to understand lessons.
A great resource for all kids that want to learn more about how the world works. I truly hope they don’t actually have an upper age limit.
YouTube Pages
https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is an amazing place to obtain quality videos and examinations of previous Hazmat events as well as other critical issues.
https://www.youtube.com/user/pickyourpoisonshow/videos
Although they stopped producing videos a few years back, this place provides in depth answers on how serious chemicals affect the human body.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ULfirefightersafety
More quality training from the experts. TONS of high quality videos to help responders learn the true dynamics of fire.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC03qBZJpLlbfkyiOc3byrnw
For the fire investigators out there, this page provides even more in depth videos of the behavior of fire.
https://www.youtube.com/user/paratechinc
For the rescue guys out there, this one is right up your alley. Many high quality videos based in the realm of structural collapse, trench rescue, and heavy lifting.
https://www.youtube.com/user/hiliftjacks/videos
Amazing training videos of the original Hi-Lift jack that has been upgraded and modified to the First Responder Jack.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ResQJack/videos
Great auto extrication training videos.
https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewStarnesFire/videos
InSight training is all about Thermal Cameras. They go highly in depth between different brands, the strengths, weaknesses, and benefits to different TIC systems.
https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Derek Muller is one of the best scientific presenters out there! Tons of quality videos about various forms of science. Many of his videos can help responders understand how the world works which truly helps us understand Hazmat, fire, and Technical Rescue that much better.
https://www.youtube.com/user/01032010814
More fun science videos in a similar realm to the Veritasium YouTube page. This one has more “odd” science experiments, but still can help answer some of those lingering questions you had when you were young.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFl907chpCa7R39l29VY5DygA8RgBQZBf
This Video Series one comes from Donut media, a car review YouTube page. More specifically, this video series labeled “Science Garage” explains cars down to the atom, as they say. Very interesting videos and animations on how vehicles work, with truly provides an in depth explanation on how vehicles work.
https://www.youtube.com/@nobletraining
As noted with the previous links, this is the Video Series from Federal Resources, the providers of Hazmat IQ. With multiple videos of the month and explanations on how to run through their Hazmat IQ chart system.
Training Mobile Apps
Hazmat First Responders 5th Edition (Links: iOS | Android )
Essentials of Firefighting 7th Edition (Links: iOS | Android )
Drager Gas Detection Training (Links: iOS | Android )
Research Mobile Apps
NIOSH Mobile Pocked Guide (Links: iOS | Android )
CAMEO Chemicals (Links: iOS | Android )
ERG 2020 (Links: iOS | Android )
Emergency Response Decision Support System (Web Link)
Response Mobile Apps
Hazmat IQ eCharts (Links: iOS | Android )
AskRail (Links: iOS | Android )
PulsePoint Respond (Links: iOS | Android )
Rail Locator (iPad) (Links: iOS )