HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

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Volpentest HAMMER Training and Education
Center Operated by Fluor Hanford for the U.S.
Department of Energy
OverviewOctober, 2006
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HAMMER Attributes
HAMMERKey Point

• HAMMER can provide Electrical Safety
• Training at the scale you want from
• Individual Breaker Boxes to Full-sized
• Towers

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DOE Office of EnvironmentalManagement Support

• HAMMER
• Helped transform Hanfords safety performance
  from one of the worst to one of the best in the
  DOE complex
• Provides exceptional radiological, hazardous
  waste, and respiratory protection training to
  Hanford (and Non-Hanford) workers
• Provides outstanding hands-on occupational safety
  and health training for Hanford crafts and
  operators
• Successful at technology deployment

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Support for OtherFederal Government Agencies
HAMMER provides training for

• Department of Homeland Security
• National Guard
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of State
• Department of Defense

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Example of Partner Projects
National Hydrogen Safety Training Program, A PNNL
HAMMER Partnership HAMMER is developing
hydrogen first responder training to coordinate
with work being performed at the Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory.
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HAMMER Attributes
HAMMER Campus

• Computer and Web-Based Training Rooms, Learning
  Resource Center
• Radiological Worker Practice and Practical
  Evaluation Areas
• Crane Rigging, Lock Tag, Confined Space, and
  Trench Rescue Props
• Large Open Bays for Hazardous Waste Training
• Several Electrical Safety Props

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HAMMERMaster of Blended Learning

• HAMMER uses
• Work Related Scenarios
• Hands-On Training
• Mock-Ups
• Field Exercises
• Classroom Instruction
• Real-Time Video Links
• Simulations
• Distance Learning

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Adjacent National Utility Training and Education
Center under Development
Full-sized Utility Mock-ups
Owned and operated by a non-profit organization
that partners with HAMMER
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HAMMER Attributes
Electrical Safety Training at HAMMER

• Classroom to

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HAMMER Attributes
Electrical Safety Training at HAMMER

• Props to

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HAMMER Attributes
Electrical Safety Training at HAMMER

• Field to

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HAMMER Attributes
Electrical Safety Training at HAMMER

• Grand Scale

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HAMMER Attributes
HAMMERA World-Class Training Facility

• HAMMER
• Safe - Prop safety plans, prop inspections,
  Voluntary Protection Program Star status, VPP
  Star of Excellence site
• Versatile - Multi-use, life-sized props in
  realistic settings for multi-customer needs
• Efficiently Managed Operated - Small attentive
  staff additional support contracted on as
  needed basis
• Non-Badged Site - Easy access for Non-Hanford
  responders, military, police
• Spacious - 80-acre campus adjacent 10,000-acre
  Patrol Training Academy with 1.3-mile Emergency
  Vehicle Operations Course adjacent 80-acre
  National Utility Training and Education Center
  under development 75-acre expansion area.

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HAMMER Attributes
HAMMERKey Point

• HAMMER can provide Electrical Safety
• Training at the scale you want from
• Individual Breaker Boxes to Full-sized
• Towers