Phil Ambrose, Author at Hazsim

From the Field: Pa. Hazmat Team Trains on Readings, Decon

By Phil Ambrose / October 11, 2023 October 12, 2023

Team 800 using the Hazsim Pro Training System

Formed in 1980, Pennsylvania’s Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800 grew from an initial 15 volunteer members to 70 members today. Still volunteers, the members belong to fire, EMS and law enforcement agencies across the county and respond to both hazmat and RIT calls. Recently, Team 800 and firefighters from other departments conducted decontamination …

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Training Debrief: Yakima, Washington

By Phil Ambrose / June 22, 2023 June 22, 2023

Hazmat Training Debrief will give you a quick recap of interesting hazmat training going on. This week we look at a recent on-scene hazardous materials incident commander class conducted by InSource Fire Service Training and Consulting for the Yakima Fire Department. What agency led the training? City of Yakima Fire Department / Washington State Fire …

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HazSim to Reveal Next-Gen Platform at FDIC, Dragertown

By Phil Ambrose / April 14, 2023 April 14, 2023

HazSim’s revised firefighter training platform, that improves usability for frontline firefighters and training officers, will be on display at Dragertown at the 2023 Fire Department Instructors Conference For more than 10 years, HazSim has been the standard for training hazardous materials experts on how to properly use gas-detection meters in hot-zone evolutions. This month, HazSim …

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HazSim, Hazmat Nation Raise Money for Firefighter Cancer

By Phil Ambrose / June 17, 2022 June 17, 2022

HazSim and Hazmat Nation hosted its 5th annual networking event at IAFC’s hazmat conference and raised money for the Firefighter Cancer Support Network More than 200 hazmat professionals attended the fifth annual Hazmat Nation networking event last week in Baltimore in conjunction with the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ hazmat conference. “This gathering has been a great way for …

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HazSim Plays Key Role in Hazmat Training Event, Video

By Phil Ambrose / April 21, 2022 April 21, 2022

A large Florida hazmat team put their equipment and personnel through ultra-realistic training and made a high-quality video to share with other teams When Polk County (Fla.) Fire Rescue’s hazmat team wanted to conduct a high-impact training event for a common, but volatile hazard, it turned to HazSim to provide enhanced realism. The team went …

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9 Ways to Boost Your Hazmat Grant-Funding Chances

By Phil Ambrose / April 27, 2021 May 8, 2021

Grant funding is a game changer for many hazmat teams, but nobody ever won a game from the bleachers — you have to take the field.

How to Overcome Hazmat Odor Fade

By Phil Ambrose / March 31, 2021 March 31, 2021

Here’s a great tool to springboard into refresher hazmat training! Even the most hazmat-phobic firefighter understands that chemical agents are added to odorless natural gas to make it obvious when there’s a leak. Beyond that most baseline of basic knowledge, firefighter understanding how odor agents work and how to detect the danger behind the smell …

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FEMA AFG Grants: Deadline for applications February 12th at 5 PM ET

By Phil Ambrose / January 5, 2021 January 5, 2021

The FY2021 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) opened Monday, January 4th and closes on Friday, February 12th at 5 pm ET, so if you haven’t already begun preparing, hurry and head over to FEMA’s Guidance Materials ASAP to take advantage of this tremendous opportunity to fund your department’s health, wellness and safety! For More Information about …

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Hazmat: Why we train in the life-saving zone

By Phil Ambrose / January 4, 2021 January 5, 2021

Our profession is complex and dangerous. Oddly, some often need to remind themselves of this. Many of us are not only hazmat professionals but also EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, company commanders, law enforcement officers, EH&S specialists, lab safety specialists, risk managers, confined-space technicians, USAR technicians, WMD specialists, apparatus operators, grief counselors, supervisors, parents, spouses … and …

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HazSim PRO 2.0

By Phil Ambrose / December 10, 2020 January 5, 2021

HazSim founder Phil Ambrose originally developed the HazSim Pro to increase the situational awareness of his peers and improve safety training through realistic experiences. The HazSim Pro is currently used to train thousands of personnel in Fire, Military, Oil and Gas, and Power facilities across North America. The system is used for basic hazwoper, HazMat …

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