Cold Weather Compliance Training

1.5 Days/12 Hours

Course teaches the basic skills required to properly plan for, respond to, and clean up oil/petroleum products spills in the most adverse weather conditions– cold weather environments.

Emphasis is placed on cold weather personal protective clothing, response strategies and techniques to be utilized in the proper selection of response equipment and manpower for oil spill containment, recovery, and cleanup in snow and ice environments.

Twelve hours of classroom instruction and hands-on ice and snow field exercises are conducted over two days. Field exercises include various ice slotting techniques, surface removal techniques, and cold weather decontamination procedures.

Course Contents:

Cold and Frozen Water Oil Spills
Cold Weather Oil Spill Response PPE
Ice Characteristics
Source Containment Techniques
Moving Ice – Spill Response Containment
In situ Burning – Ice and Snow Applications
Surface and Subsurface Oil Removal
Spill Trajectory Analysis – Ice and Snow
Decontamination – Cold Weather Operation

Field Exercises:

Ice Slotting Exercises
Ice/Snow Decontamination
Surface Removal Techniques (Skimmers, Augers, Chainsaws

When: Check back here for scheduled 2019 class dates.

Where: Hastings Fire Department
115 5th Street West, Hastings, MN 55033

Cost: $200 (Lunch provided-Green Mill Catering)
*Preferential attendance given to current RSRC Members

Sign Up: Email info@wakotacaer.org