Course details
HAZWOPER Refresher for Emergency Responders: Decontamination
Course Overview
This HAZWOPER training course is designed to focus on ways to avoid contamination, the decontamination process including methods and equipment used in decontamination, the limitations associated with decontamination, the decontamination line itself, and emergency decontamination procedures.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Define what contamination is and measures you can take to reduce it
- Discuss what decontamination is, its purpose, and decon procedures
- Describe physical and chemical methods of decontamination and what factors can affect the limitations and effectiveness of decon
- Identify the contamination reduction corridor and other control zones and their boundaries
- Describe the decon line and the sequence of decontamination that takes place there including decisions about disposal
Topics Covered
- Contamination Basics
- Purpose of Decontamination
- Decontamination Extent, Limits, & Effectiveness
- Personnel Decontamination Equipment
- Vehicle & Equipment Decontamination
- Equipment Selection Factors
- Contamination Reduction Zone
- Equipment Disposal or Decontamintation
- Emergency & Mass Decontamintaion
This course takes approximately 30 minutes to complete
A passing grade of 80% or higher required. Up to 3 attempts are provided.
A certificate will be provided upon the successful completion of this course
