International Association of Fire Fighters’ Emergency Responder Training Program

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• Personal Author:
  Smith J
• Description:
  The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) applied for a NIOSH five-year competitive cooperative agreement grant and received notification of funding for FY 2017-2021 in the amount of $5,685,000. This award was used to fund a unique Emergency Responder Training Program Training Project Grant (TPG) administered by the IAFF's Hazmat Training Department. This grant supports a comprehensive nationwide hazardous materials training program and delivery system for fire fighters, paramedics, and other emergency responders across the United States. Using a cadre of instructors who are both certified fire service instructors and hazardous materials responders, the IAFF offers real-world, hands-on and participant centered Hazmat response training that is second to none. IAFF training is unique because it takes their programs directly to the students in their own communities. This process allows for tailored deliveries to address the unique concerns and challenges facing local responders. The IAFF has a long-standing relationship with NIOSH. From 1998 through 2021 the IAFF has conducted approximately 3,800 classes, trained 76,000 students, and logged 1,400,000 million contact hours. The IAFF training model focuses on the needs of firefighter recruits and delivers the following operations level training programs: Hazmat Operations (HMO), Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations (ERT: Ops), Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations-Refresher (ERT: Ops-R), Responding to Drug Lab Incidents (R-DRI) and Confined Space Operations (CSO). All IAFF programs are compliant with the National Fire Protection Association® 1072: Standard for Hazardous Materials / Weapons of Mass Destruction Emergency Response Personnel Professional Qualifications and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Standard for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (29 CFR 1910.120). Outcomes: The International Association of Fire Fighters satisfied their goal of training recruit firefighter and emergency response personnel in hazmat response to safely and efficiently diminish a hazmat incident in a defensive manner before hazmat teams with an offensive skill set can properly mitigate and eventually terminate the incident. The tools learned from their IAFF delivered hazmat training continues to emergency responders safe from harm in additional to citizens and property. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Firefighters Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Emergency Responders Fire Fighters First Responders Hazardous Materials Training
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068368
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, T03-OH-009230, 2022 Dec; :1-22
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  International Association of Fire Fighters, Washington, D.C.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20070930
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c2842aa2a4bc831ff21706342ecd34bd0efaa95cff968dcfce26e454bed37da2eb8e67c162aeb7e0b4472d0fa0e9fd1554411c6d4f09346bcb9eae8f02e1083b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219215/cdc_219215_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.19 MB ]