Open Live Burn
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – 1830 hours
Tuition : $50.00 - Saturday, June 21, 2025 – 0800 hours
Tuition : $50.00
Important:
- Program application must be signed by company officer and submitted prior to date to secure admission
- Limited to the first 15 registered participants
- Burns start at times listed above, participants should arrive 30 minutes prior to check-in
For information contact:
Brian Facemyer, Academy Director
856-769-3500 x4119
Hazardous Materials Technician 80-Hour Course
- Week 1: Monday April 28, 2025-Friday, May 2, 2025
- Week 2: Monday, May 5, 2025-Friday, May 9, 2025
- Times: 0800-1600 hours
- Location: Salem County Fire Academy
- Class size: 16 students
- Registration deadline: Monday, April 21, 2025-1600 hours
- Course Cost: $900.00
- Prerequisites: Haz Mat Awareness and Operations, ICS 100 & ICS 200 (Training MUST be documented at the time of enrollment)
The program is designed to be responsive to the needs of the first responder with a potential for a hazardous materials response mission. It is offered in the M- F weekday format in this offering. The program meets all the requirements in 29 CFR 1910.120 (OSHA), NFPA 472 and 1072 regulations for a Technician Level III responder course as well as all NJ DEP guidelines. The course is extensively hands-on and uses realistic field evolutions. All students will be trained to wear and work effectively in level A, B & C chemical protective garments. In order to ensure the program has met its goals and its students are fully qualified as a Technician Level III Responder, he / she must demonstrate their ability to satisfactorily accomplish all tasks assigned to them and achieve a passing grade on all written quizzes and tests. All instructors teaching this course are experienced responders that have successfully mitigated hundreds of transportation and/or plant related incidents involving hazardous materials. Certificates will be issued to all students meeting all course objectives. A NJ Division of Fire Safety written examination will be available at the conclusion of the course which would lead to State/NPFSPQ certification as well if all written testing and skill objectives are met.
- Students are required to obtain the course textbook, IFTSA Hazardous Materials Technician, 3rd ed
- Students will be required to bring helmet, safety glasses, work gloves, steel toe boots and SCBA
Contact Brian Facemyer at 856-769-2900 x4119 or email bfacemyer@salemcountynj.gov to register or for additional information.