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The Hydrogen Fuels Training and Education Research and Outreach Project

This new program is part of an ongoing partnership between the IAFC and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); the project is funded by the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The objective of the project is to research and examine distance-learning training systems and strategies focused on hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell technologies and then apply to the findings from the research into the design and implementation of a hazardous materials distance-learning training system.

Hydrogen Response Considerations

The Hydrogen Response Considerations program is a two hour awareness training program complete with printable reference material and self paced learning available both online and in a CD format.

Specifically this program will focus on:

Module 1:  Introduction to Hydrogen – Response consideration for hydrogen that the emergency responders might come in contact with in their community.
                                                                       Compressed Gas Tube Trailer (DOT E-8944) Introduction Photo courtesy of Praxair, Inc.

Module 2:  Hydrogen Properties and Hazardous Behaviors – This module will provide you with information on how to identify the basic physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and its resultant hazardous behaviors as it relates to the first responder community.

Module 3: Identifying Hydrogen in Your Community – This module will assist the responder in determining where hydrogen is present in a given situation. Identify stationary facilities, specialized containers, transportation vehicles transporting hydrogen and hydrogen powered vehicles.

Module 4:  Appropriate Response to a Hydrogen Incident – This module will lead participants through the continued scenario from Module 1 to safe mitigation and after action report.


                                                                                               DOT Placards courtesy of the U.S. Department of Transportation

The program contains a course test and evaluation at the end. Access the Hydrogen Response Considerations Training Program.