According to OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 (q), every emergency responder who responds to the scene of a hazardous materials incident must be trained to a minimum of the awareness level. This requirement ...

Designed to meet OSHA's 1910.120 requirements for first responder hazmat awareness training ... the duties of a first responder at the awareness level. A more intensive and detailed programis ...

the first-due unit will contain emergency responders trained to the awareness or operations level. NFPA 472 states that emergency responders trained to the hazardous materials operations level ...

But right now, Sudbury fire fighters only have what's called an "awareness level" of hazmat training, the lowest level of training for emergency services. The other two levels are ...

“For the non-techs, it gives them that awareness level so some of the smaller departments in the rural areas [that] don’t have HAZMAT tech folks, but at least they are aware that those ...