Jerry Knapp

Jerry Knapp

45-year veteran firefighter/EMT with the West Haverstraw (NY) Fire Department and a training officer with the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, NY. He is chief of the Rockland County Hazmat Team, a former nationally certified paramedic, and a technical panel member for the Underwriters Laboratories research on fire attack at residential fires. He recently retired from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, as the plans officer, Directorate of Emergency Services. He is the co-author of the book House Fires, the author of the Fire Attack chapter in Fire Engineering's Handbook for Firefighter I and II, and the author of numerous articles for Fire Engineering.
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Tactical Response to Natural Gas and Propane Emergencies

Date & Time

September 27, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Duration

1 Hour

CEU

A certificate of attendance will be offered.

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This Webcast will help attendees improve their response to explosive gas (natural gas and propane) emergencies. It concentrates on the three main areas where most departments are not properly trained: the complacency that naturally develops because we are called to gas leaks when civilians smell gas at very low levels, the specific strengths and weaknesses of common air monitoring sensors and new laser-based remote gas detection instruments, and training methods using tabletop gas instruments and explosion chambers. The Webcast provides three response SOPss based on gas industry best practices for use in training members back home.

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