Propane Incident Equipment Refresher Course

About this Course

This program provides response agencies an opportunity to get their tools off the truck and get real world practical refresher training with what they have.

Course Overview

Using scenarios, students will use the departments supplied equipment to mitigate the incident/training evolutions.

Tactical response topics covered

We will cover tactical and operationally achievable response options using your current response tools including.

• Incident monitoring and evacuations,
• Vapor management,
• Management of heat sources, allowing a tank to cool on its own or manage how much it warms up.
• The why, where, and how to correctly apply water.
• Freeze patching and the challenges of making it work well.
• Past incidents and to see what happened and what we can learn from them.
• We’ll discuss the importance and options of identifying product levels.
• How temperature and pressure information is applied.
• How to manage a liquid or vapor leak.
• What information they need to identify and provide to incoming resources (if requested).
• When they could and when it’s not recommended to remain on scene.

Practical evolution using our custom props & equipment

We provide the instructors, our MC331 bobtail and transport trainer, plus several different size small cylinders including a side mount motor fuel tank prop, Underground tank system and residential tank options. We’ll work with the tools your agency has available and discuss tactical options for all of it.

Practical evolution using locally supplied equipment

We will provide an assortment an scenario options to work with the tools your agency has available on tanks and training props you provide while discussing tactical options.