The Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company is proud to announce that Firefighters Sam Magee and Tom Saunders have successfully completed the Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute’s Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) program.  The program was begun at Salisbury Fire Department’s Station 16 in Salisbury, MD on 10 January 2023 and entailed 36 hours of classroom and practical instruction.

HMO is a second-level course (the first being Haz Mat Awareness) and covers such major topics as firefighter safety, hazard recognition, regulations and standards, chemistry, recognition and identifications, DOT Guidebook, site management, container behavior, defensive control measures, personal protective equipment, detection, monitoring and sampling equipment, victim rescue and recovery, decontamination, and terrorist and other criminal activity. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, and team-focused practical exercises.

Congratulations gentlemen!

*Haz Mat photo is from the Internet and is for course representation only