# IAFF HazMat Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex

> **NIH NIH UH4** · INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FIRE FIGHTERS · 2023 · $1,120,000

## Abstract

The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) proposes to continue its worker health and safety training
program to train workers, across multiple disciplines, within a 150-mile radius of DOE weapons complex
facilities in order to prevent work-related harm and improve worker-related health and safety. Through this
grant funding, the IAFF will deliver specialty courses including Hazardous Materials Technician, Confined
Space Rescue and Responding to the Interface (covers management of wildland fires that have, and continue
to, impinge on various DOE sites), as well as additional refresher training and Train-the-Trainer modules to
ensure program sustainment. The IAFF training has a successful history of development, update, and delivery
of such technical training programs, evidenced by high student pass rates, highly-rated survey responses, and
repeated positive third-party program reviews. The proposed IAFF training will be accessible to all
populations that may be responsible for preventing, responding to, or assisting in recovery of a HazMat
emergency including, but not limited to, fire and EMS personnel, law enforcement members, emergency
management and public health officials, industrial responders, as well as local community partners.
Through this continued cooperative agreement, the IAFF will:
 1. Utilize advanced GIS and collaborative contact databases to identify and coordinate outreach to target
 populations, giving consideration to increasing diversity and training of underserved populations.
 2. Enhance the capabilities of workers on or around DOE sites through the delivery of updated and
 improved curricula, that includes embedded training on important emerging topics, to improve overall
 worker health and safety, and encourage increased worker and community resiliency.
 3. Integrate new technologies (such as electronic tablets, an IAFF online library of tools and resources,
 mobile hotspots, online apps, etc.) for course delivery, ensuring consistent deployment to all students
 while also improving access to technology across all student populations.
 4. Employ multiple, robust quality assurance protocols to provide defined benchmarks and measure
 training effectiveness. The IAFF is dedicated to ensuring the training program meets and exceeds the
 NIEHS Minimum Training Criteria Document resulting in workers who safety-conscious, strong
 decision makers, positive role models, and who may serve as worker-trainers in their field.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10675615
- **Project number:** 5UH4ES009759-32
- **Recipient organization:** INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FIRE FIGHTERS
- **Principal Investigator:** Thomas Hill
- **Activity code:** UH4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $1,120,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-16 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10675615

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10675615, IAFF HazMat Training at DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex (5UH4ES009759-32). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10675615. Licensed CC0.

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