Tactical Chemistry for Emergency Responders, Day 1

Apr 30 2025 | 9am - 5pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-30 09:00:00 2025-04-30 17:00:00 Tactical Chemistry for Emergency Responders, Day 1 This training opportunity is sponsored by Kansas Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning (HMEP) funds. This is a 16-hour course delivered on a shift-friendly schedule over the course of 2 days. The course covers the chemistry of hazardous materials with live demonstrations, hands-on activities and lots of chemical identification exercises using a variety of air monitoring and sample identification equipment including pH paper, oxidizer paper, multi-gas instruments, PIDs, mass spectrometers, flame photometry, and Raman and FTIR spectrometers. Students will get hands-on experience with two dozen different chemicals. Target audience: Hazmat personnel emergency services personnel in the nine-county Kansas City metropolitan area: Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri. There is no cost to attend, but you must register. You must register for each day separately. MARC offices, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Mo. 64105 noreply@marc.org America/Chicago public

MARC offices, 600 Broadway, Suite 200, Kansas City, Mo. 64105

Safety & Security | Emergency Services

This training opportunity is sponsored by Kansas Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning (HMEP) funds. This is a 16-hour course delivered on a shift-friendly schedule over the course of 2 days.

The course covers the chemistry of hazardous materials with live demonstrations, hands-on activities and lots of chemical identification exercises using a variety of air monitoring and sample identification equipment including pH paper, oxidizer paper, multi-gas instruments, PIDs, mass spectrometers, flame photometry, and Raman and FTIR spectrometers. Students will get hands-on experience with two dozen different chemicals. Target audience: Hazmat personnel emergency services personnel in the nine-county Kansas City metropolitan area: Leavenworth, Johnson, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray counties in Missouri.

There is no cost to attend, but you must register. You must register for each day separately.

Additional information

Lunch and refreshments will not be served, you are on your own each day.

Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, students will learn and describe:

1. Chemical and physical properties
2. Periodic table
3. Salts
4. Hydrocarbons
5. Hydrocarbon derivatives
6. Detection and identification technologies

Required Prerequisites:
Hazmat personnel in Mid-America LEPC/HEAP service area in the Greater Kansas City region: Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte in Kansas; and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray in Missouri.