Civil Support Skills Course

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Civil Support Skills Course

• Length 8 weeks, 4 days
• Modules
• Chemistry
• This module is 80 hours long and provides
  students with the basic knowledge of chemicals
  chemical processes and chemical reactions. It
  focuses on core concepts such as elements, atoms,
  atomic structure, electron configurations,
  chemical bonding, organic compounds, states of
  matter, gases, solutions, acids and bases,
  oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry,
  equilibrium, and thermodynamics.
• Awareness
• The Awareness module is 16 hours and meets the
  objectives of NFPA 472 and OSHA 29CFR1910.120.
  Topics include the laws and standards of
  hazardous materials, identifying placards and
  containers, recognizing when there is the
  presence of a hazardous material, understanding
  material safety data sheets and shipping papers,
  and using the Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
• Operations
• The Operations module is 32 hours includes topics
  such as an overview of hazardous materials, using
  the recognition and identification clues in risk
  assessment, basic monitoring, decontamination,
  estimating the likely harm and risks, and
  determining the options of intervention and
  non-intervention. The second module provides
  hands-on skills including mitigating the spread
  of hazards through applications of dikes, dams,
  and diversions, applying foam, and performing
  emergency decontamination
• Technician
• This module is 80 hours and addresses 29 CFR
  1910.120 subpart q and NFPA Standard 472. Topics
  include hazards and risks, sources of assistance,
  personal protective equipment, hazardous material
  terms, control and confinement, toxicology,
  decontamination, site safety practices, surveying
  instruments and assessment, and HAZMAT
  mitigation.
• HAPSITE
• Basic HAPSITE. This module is 32 hours with
  topics including the Characteristics and
  Components of the HAPSITE GC/MS, Theory of
  Operation, Operating the HAPSITE GC/MS to include
  Start-up and Tuning, Identification of Unknown
  Compounds using Full Scan, Data Analysis and
  Identification of unknown compounds. Further
  training consists of Survey for Unknown Compounds
  in MS mode only, Data Analysis and Information
  Reporting, Identification of the Presence of Low
  Concentration Contaminants, and Systematic
  Operations.
• Site Entry and Sampling (CSSC Specific)
• The Site Entry and Sampling module is 32 hours
  and trains the response team member on the proper
  procedures for conducting Site Entry and Sampling
  Operations. Students identify and assess CBRN
  hazards at suspected HAZMAT sites. Training
  topics include initial on site actions,
  establishing a Tactical Operations Center, the
  Decontamination Line, Sampling Techniques,
  Sampling Operations and the application of the
  incident Management System.