COURSE OVERVIEW

Learn methods for removing contaminants without water, focusing on speed, efficiency, and safety. Students practice absorbent selection, application techniques, contamination containment, and cross-contamination prevention. Through realistic scenarios, they evaluate when dry decon is appropriate versus wet methods, monitor progress, and manage multiple casualties or complex surfaces, ensuring rapid, effective response while minimizing exposure and operational risk.

This course is built for operations-level personnel stepping into mission-specific roles under NFPA 470, as well as hazardous materials technicians responsible for establishing and managing decontamination. Designed for mixed teams, officers, and incident commanders, this program focuses on when dry, wet, or hybrid decon actually makes sense—and when it doesn’t. Through hands-on skill stations and full scenario evolutions, students work through realistic contamination problems involving unknowns, industrial products, drug lab environments, and large-scale exposure events, applying techniques across bunker gear, structural PPE, and chemical protective clothing.

This course satisfies the following requirements: OSHA 1910.120; NFPA 45, 400, 470, 472, 473, 704, 1072, 1991, 1992, 1994