Training
Tactical Chemistry for Emergency Responders

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Overland Park Training Center 12401 Hemlock Overland Park, KS 66213

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, halogen detectors, multi-gas instruments, PIDs, Raman and FTIR spectrometers. Students will get hands-on experience with over three dozen different chemicals.

This is not your average chemistry class. The class is 16 hours long and delivered on a shift-friendly schedule over the course of two days.

Day 1 (select one):

  • Feb. 20
  • Feb. 21
  • Feb. 22

Day 2 (select one):

  • Feb. 23
  • Feb. 24

Priority registration is for members of the Mid-America HazMat and Emergency Preparedness Alliance. The alliance service area spans eight counties in the Greater Kansas City region: Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte in Kansas; and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray in Missouri.

Tactical Chemistry class objectives

Registration

Please contact GTI to register for this course. 

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Focus Area: Safety & Security