Guidelines for Hazardous Materials Response, Planning and Prevention/Mitigation Training

The Guidelines are designed to be used as a working reference manual by public sector managers of hazardous materials training. It is organized and indexed to facilitate user cross-referencing of sections and content. Most material addresses the content of courses and the tools to be used in self-assessment of courses. However, course content constitutes only one factor in the training equation that determines the competency of public sector employees involved in hazardous materials planning and response. Therefore, other HMEP curriculum support programs provide additional information and guidance for the public sector training management responsibilities described above. The Guidelines is organized into four components:

• Introduction
• Hazardous Materials Incident Planning Curriculum Guidelines
• Hazardous Materials Incident Prevention/Mitigation Curriculum Guidelines
• Hazardous Materials/WMD Incident Response Curriculum Guidelines