Participants may also use these courses to meet refresher training requirements. As always, this training is provided at no cost to personnel belonging to organizations that are active participants in the Houston LEPC or the Clean Channel Association. Houston LEPC has partnered with the Clean Channel Association to provide Hazardous Materials Technician and Incident Command System Training. Three-day classes are taught at the Clean Channel Association and meet the requirements for Hazardous Materials Technician.
Number is parentheses indicate available quotas.
Houston LEPC has partnered with the Harris County Sheriff's Office to provide Hazardous Materials First Responder-Awareness and Incident Command System Training. Number is parentheses indicate available quotas. In the Five-Year Strategic Plan, the Houston LEPC committed itself to emphasizing a standardized incident management system. The National Interagency Incident Management System is the recognized response model used by the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.