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Street Smart Chemistry - 80 Hour

This enhanced 80-hour class is designed to train Emergency Responders and other people who need to know the chemistry of hazardous materials. It addresses the need to know how to respond safely to incidents involving toxic and hazardous materials from a chemical perspective. It covers general and organic chemistry as well as such topics as toxicology, environmental monitoring, weapons of mass destruction, chemicals as weapons, explosives, incendiaries, types of clandestine laboratories, uses for chemical glassware and the chemistry of fire. This class has multiple hands on sessions that will demonstrate uses of chemistry. No prior knowledge of chemistry is assumed.


This class covers the following concepts:
 
bulletAtoms, elements and the periodic table
bulletForms and changes of matter
bulletFormulas and bonding of inorganic molecules
bulletInorganic chemical formulas and nomenclature
bulletChemistry of the elements
bulletCorrosive materials
bulletOxidizing agents
bulletWater and air reactive materials
bulletBasic and Advanced Organic chemistry
bulletWaste streams
bulletToxicity
bulletAir monitoring
bulletChemistry of fire
bulletPesticides
bulletDOT chemistry
bulletBiological agents
bulletNuclear agents
bulletIncendiary agents
bulletChemical agents
bulletExplosive agents
bulletClandestine Laboratories
bulletLaboratory Glassware and its uses
 

 

 

 

 

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