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Large Scale Hazmat: El Dorado Chemical Fire
EDA:463-0310

Large-scale hazardous materials incidents present a number of challenges to fire and emergency personnel. This course will explore a 2009 chemical plant fire in College Station, Texas, that involved over 1,000 tons of agricultural chemicals and dozens of departments and agencies. Students will use this real-world example to address concerns related to large-scale hazardous materials incidents

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