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Permalink Reply by CJ..Asst 63 on January 7, 2008 at 12:48pm

My refinery has 2 catagories: ERT and 1st responder. The 1st responders are a basic group that have industrial fire brigade. They basically show up and hold the hose until the ERT's get there.
our ERT's must have Hazmat tech, rope and confined space, emt, advanced industrial fire brigade, USCG boating license for our spill boats andn we send them to Texas AM Foam school.

Permalink Reply by Lawrence W on January 7, 2008 at 5:28pm

I work for a major electronics manufacturer. Our Fire Brigade and Haz-Mat response teams are separate from each other. Many members cross train for both teams, but not all of them do.

Each team has a basic training course (Industrial Fire Brigade - 40 Hrs. and Hazardous Materials Technician - 40 Hrs.). Once these are complete, many of the 'Specialty Skills' are taught by our in house instructors who are all volunteer firefighters outside of the plant. Once the basic training courses are complete and the candidate is comfortable with our equipment on site (which sometimes takes a couple of monthly training courses) they are expected to function to their level of certification.