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Appendix D - Training Program

Equipment Issue and Familiarization

  1. Attached is a list of available equipment and their quantity for your use during HAZWOPER exercises.  If you wish to use it during the exercises, annotate how many you would like nest to the item.  DO NOT arbitrarily ask for all equipment.  This checklist will serve as your hand receipt during equipment issue and return.  you will be accompanies by an instructor during issue and return.

  2. Upon return, all items will be returned to their original location.  To help equipment return run smoothly, it's best to assign several people different responsibilities, e.g. 2 people returning boots, 5-6 people cleaning and returning suits, 2-3 people cleaning and returning gloves, etc.)  Suits, gloves, boots, and respirators will be returned as follows:

  1. SCBAs will be refilled by those students receiving training on fill operations.

  2. Level A suits will be dried out with blow dryers, sprayed with disinfectant and returned to the storage location, according to size, on a hanger.

  3. Level B suits will be dried, sprayed with disinfectant, rolled up, and returned to the shelves according to size.

  4. Rubber gloves will be dried, paired up with rubber bands and returned to the shelves according to size.

  5. Boots will be neatly placed on the shelves according to size.

  6. Respirators/facepieces will be disinfected with alcohol pads and returned to the appropriate shelves according to brand and size.

  1. All students will participate in the cleaning and returning of equipment until all items are returned to the instructor's satisfaction.