IAFF HazMat Worker Health & Safety Training

国际消防员协会（IAFF）建议继续其工人健康和 安全培训计划，培训工人和社区合作伙伴，以防止工作- 相关危害，并改善与工人相关的健康和安全。建筑环境已经成为 由于人口增长、基础设施老化以及 商业产品和生产工艺中的复杂化学品（威廉姆斯，2016）。 无论是应对住宅结构火灾还是化学工业工厂， 几乎在每次事故中都有可能遇到危险材料。然而，在最近的一次 在一项调查中，不到一半的受访者表示他们对危险物质“准备充分” 70%的人表示HazMat培训是他们最大的需求（Pike，2018）。应答者 还面临其他新出现的问题，包括职业性癌症风险，行为健康问题， 以及对个人和社区复原力的更大需求。IAFF致力于解决 通过培训和教育所有可能应对或受到影响的人来解决这些问题 危险品处理紧急情况根据NIEHS的战略计划，IAFF寻求 有机会与有着共同目标的组织合作， 工人及其社区。通过这笔赠款资金，IAFF将提供专业 课程包括危险物质技术员，密闭空间救援，前线安全，同伴支持 培训、复原力培训、救灾同伴支持培训、安全规划 自杀预防培训和社区危险物质教育的干预。 通过这一持续的合作协议，协会将： 1.利用先进的地理信息系统和协作联系人数据库， 针对目标人群开展外联活动，同时考虑到增加多样性和培训 服务不足的人群。 2.整合新技术（如电子平板电脑、IAFF在线工具库和 资源、移动的热点、基于Web的应用程序等）课程交付，确保 为所有学生提供一致的、引人入胜的部署，同时还改善了 技术普及到所有人群。 3.采用多个强大的质量保证协议来提供定义的基准， 衡量培训效果，并根据需要实施计划改进。的 IAFF致力于确保培训计划达到并超过NIEHS 最低培训标准文件。

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) proposes to continue its worker health and safety training program to train workers and community partners in order to prevent work- related harm and improve worker-related health and safety. The built environment has become more complex due to increased population growth, aging infrastructure, and increased use of complex chemicals in commercial products and manufacturing processes (Williams, 2016). Whether responding to a residential structure fire or a chemical industrial plant, responders have the potential to encounter hazardous materials at almost every incident. Yet, in a recent survey, less than half of the respondents stated they felt “adequately prepared” for HazMat incidents and 70% stated that HazMat training was their greatest need (Pike, 2018). Responders also face other emerging issues including occupational cancer risks, behavioral health issues, and greater need for individual and community resilience. The IAFF is committed to addressing these issues through training and education of all of those who may respond to, or be impacted by, HazMat emergencies. In alignment with the NIEHS’s strategic plan, the IAFF seeks opportunities to collaborate with organizations that share the common goal of protecting workers and their communities. Through this grant funding, the IAFF will deliver specialty courses including HazMat Technician, Confined Space Rescue, Frontline Safety, Peer Support Training, Resiliency Training, Disaster Response Peer Support Training, Safety Planning Intervention for Suicide Prevention Training and Community HazMat Education. Through this continued cooperative agreement, the IAFF will: 1. Utilize advanced GIS and collaborative contact databases to identify and coordinate outreach to target populations, giving consideration to increasing diversity and training of underserved populations. 2. Integrate new technologies (such as electronic tablets, an IAFF online library of tools and resources, mobile hotpots, web-based applications, etc.) for course delivery, ensuring consistent, engaging deployment to all students while also improving access to technology across all populations. 3. Employ multiple robust quality assurance protocols to provide defined benchmarks, measure training effectiveness, and implement program improvements as needed. The IAFF is dedicated to ensuring the training program meets and exceeds the NIEHS Minimum Training Criteria Document.