- Date
- 2009-02-21
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementeducationcommunicationaccident
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On February 21, Beaver Island volunteer firefighters completed a 24-hour hazardous-materials classroom session and written test, followed by a practical exercise at the East Side Fire Hall. The exercise used two simulated victims and required teams to identify the material, communicate with incident command, manage oxygen limits, and perform decontamination. The article reports a post-exercise debriefing and continuing state-certification training.
Evidence limits
The victims and accident were simulated. This record does not establish a real hazmat incident, individual medical outcomes, or completion of the later final certification exams.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2009, "Hazardous Duty."Reports a 24-hour classroom session, written test, and East Side Fire Hall exercise involving two simulated victims, decontamination, oxygen limits, incident command, and communication difficulties. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the training report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteer firefighters complete hazardous-materials training exercise, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fire-department-hazmat-training-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2009, "Hazardous Duty." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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