# IAFF HazMat Worker Health & Safety Training

> **NIH NIH U45** · INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FIRE FIGHTERS · 2020 · $200,000

## Abstract

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) proposes to continue its worker health and safety training program
to train hazardous materials workers and chemical responders including potential disaster response workers with
relevant information, program-solving skills, and the confidence needed to use these tools. The major objective of this
training is to prevent work related harm by assisting in the training and education of workers. IAFF training has proven
to transmit skills and knowledge to various types of workers in how best to protect themselves and their communities
from exposure to hazardous materials during routine daily work as well as during potential disaster response.
Through this continued cooperative agreement, the IAFF will:
 1) Identify and target workers and first responders with likelihood of responding to assist in emergencies;
 2) Enhance the capabilities of workers through the delivery of existing or updated curricula related to worker
 safety and health training programs enhanced with advanced skills, new training methodologies, innovative
 techniques, and lessons learned;
 3) Maintain, update, and/or create training curricula consistent with the threats posed to workers and first
 responders and ensure curricula is reviewed and/or accredited by third party agencies as available;
 4) Utilize innovative program evaluation protocols to demonstrate training effectiveness and ensure the training
 program meets and exceeds the NIEHS Minimum Training Criteria Document resulting in workers who are
 capable of performing in an effective, efficient, and safe manner.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10214203
- **Project number:** 3U45ES006167-29S1
- **Recipient organization:** INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FIRE FIGHTERS
- **Principal Investigator:** Elizabeth Marie Del Re
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $200,000
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 1992-09-16 → 2021-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10214203

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10214203, IAFF HazMat Worker Health & Safety Training (3U45ES006167-29S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10214203. Licensed CC0.

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