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Haz-Mat Response, Inc. expects
its employees to meet the high standards outlined in the firm’s operating
principles and mission statement. As required, employees attend
training seminars allowing them to maintain their certifications. In
addition, Haz-Mat Response, Inc. encourages all
employees to broaden their base of knowledge by attending other seminars in
their areas of expertise. This dedication to training is reflected in the
employees’ personnel profiles.
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Robert
McRae - Vice President of Emergency Response
Robert has more than ten years of public safety and
hazardous materials experience. During this time, Robert has served as a
firefighter/emergency medical technician, lieutenant and captain in the fire
service. He has been employed with Haz-Mat Response, Inc. since
1993 and continues to serve in the fire service as a volunteer captain.
Robert is currently working towards a degree in environmental technology.
Training and certification includes:
 | 40 Hour Confined Space Rescue |
| 40 Hour EPA Air Monitoring for Haz-Mat |
| 40 Hour Hazwoper |
| 8 Hour Confined Space Entry |
| 8 Hour Supervisor Course |
| Burlington Northern Railroad: Early Response Program |
| Initial Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents: Basic
Concepts |
| Initial Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents: Concept
Implementation |
| Kansas Emergency Medical Technician |
| Kansas Fire Service Instructor I |
| Kansas Firefighter I and II |
| KBI Clandestine Drug Lab Response Class |
| N2O4 Rail Emergency Response Training |
| National Fire Academy: Basic Life Support - Hazardous Materials |
| National Fire Academy: Chemistry of Hazardous Material |
| National Fire Academy: Firefighter Health and Safety Program
Implementation and Management |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials The Pesticide
Challenge |
| National Fire Academy: Incident Command System |
| National Fire Academy: Recognizing and Identifying Hazardous
Materials |
| National Fire Protection Association: 472 Hazardous Materials
Technician |
| TEEX: Freshwater Oil Spill Control Course |
| TTC Tank Car Specialist |
| University of Kansas: Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
Confidence Course |
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Brad Becker - Branch Manager
Brad brings 20 years of fire service experience to Haz-Mat
Response, Inc. During those years, Brad has held the positions of fire fighter,
captain and chief. He is also a certified emergency medical technician. Brad’s
experience with emergency operations and incident management makes him well
suited for emergency response work. He earned an associates degree from
Barton County community College, his bachelors degree from Kansas State
University and a certificate in management from Johnson County Community
College.
Training and certification includes:
| 40 Hour Hazwoper |
| 40 Hour Inland Oil Spill School |
| 8 Hour Confined Space |
| Hazards and Characteristics of Hydrogen Sulfide |
| Kansas Emergency Medical Technician |
| Kansas Fire Service Instructor |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Incident Analysis |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Tactical
Considerations |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials: The Pesticide
Challenge |
| National Fire Academy: Incident Command System |
| National Fire Academy: Recognition and Identification of
Hazardous Materials |
| Vicksburg Chemical Company: DiNitrogen Tetroxide Training |
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Chuck Snare - Branch Manager
Chuck has 14 years of railroad operation experience ranging from the
locomotive department to the transportation department. He served as a
volunteer firefighter/EMT for 13 years. He has been employed by
Haz-Mat Response for the last four years. Chuck brings a wide range
of overall railroad operations knowledge and emergency response
experience.
Training and certification includes:
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40 Hour Hazwoper |
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8 Hour Confined Space |
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TTC Tank Car Specialist |
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TTC Advanced Tank Car Specialist |
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Nebraska Firefighter I |
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Nebraska EMT-B |
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Incident Command System Training |
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TEEX WMD Terrorism Awareness for Emergency
Responder |
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TEEX WMD Risk Assessment Course |
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Rex
Groceman – Project Manager/Site Safety Officer
Rex has been in the environmental
field for the past 12 years spending the last 5 years with Haz-Mat
Response. He has been an operator/foreman on numerous jobs including
the Allied Signal Contract for three years before becoming a Response
Project Manager.
Before joining Haz-Mat Response,
Rex worked in construction business for 10 years and owned an excavating
company for three years. He
has experience in the concrete business doing flat-work and building walls
and footings. He has been
involved in day to day site preparations including lay out and
site-survey.
Training
and certification includes:
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40
Hour Hazwoper
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TTC
40 Hour Advanced Technician
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TTC
40 Hour Highway Emergency Response Specialist
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8
Hour Confined Space Entry
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Completed
the NRC Equipment Operations Course
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8
Hour PCB and PCB Contaminated Materials Management
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40
Hour ClanWoper Course |
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K.F.
Simmons – Project Manager/Site Safety Officer
Ken has more than 18 years experience as a fire fighter with
a specialty in hazardous materials for the past 13 years. He has attended
college courses at Butler County Community College and Wichita State
University.
Training and certification includes:
| Emergency Management Institute: Radiological Emergency
Management |
| KBI Clandestine Drug Lab Response Class |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Incident Analysis
Train the Trainer |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Tactical
Considerations |
| National Fire Academy: Incident Safety Officer |
| National Fire Academy: The Pesticide Challenge |
| Sedgwick County Fire Department: Amoco Petroleum Products
Tanker rollover Safety Training |
| State of Kansas Certified Emergency Medical Technician |
| University of Kansas Fire Service Training: Fire Service
Instructor 1 |
| University of Kansas Fire Service Training: Hazardous Materials
Tactical Considerations |
| US/EPA: Air Monitoring for Local Haz-Mat Team (pilot course
offering) |
| US/EPA: Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents |
| US/EPA: Hazardous Materials Training |
| Wichita Fire Department: Confined Space Rescue Certified |
| Wichita Fire Department: Hazardous Materials Technician
Certified |
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Trevis Kleinow – Project Manager/Site Safety Officer
Trevis Kleinow has been with Haz-Mat Response for two years.
He has worked in the transportation industry for 12 years. During those
years, Trevis has gained a wide variety of experience in railroad
operations.
Training
and certifications include:
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40 Hour Hazwoper |
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8 Hour Confined Space |
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CPR certified |
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TTCI Advanced Hazmat Technician |
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Currently working towards an EMT-B certification |
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Larry
Horne – Project Manager/Site Safety Officer
Larry
has more than over 23 years of fire service, including six years on a
rescue unit and 17 years on pumpers.
He has held positions of firefighter and fire equipment operator.
He
has assisted in the development of the Department of Transportation First
Responder-Refresher course. Larry
has 22 years experience as basic life support instructor.
Since, 1978 he has been a
licensed Emergency Medical Technician and became a licensed paramedic in
1980. Larry has been an
Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic instructor for 12 years and
co-coordinated the Penn Valley Community College Paramedic Program for six
years.
Training
and certifications includes:
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Licensed
Missouri
Emergency Medical Technician
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Certified
Emergency Medical Technician Instructor
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Instructor-Coordinator
for Emergency Medical Care
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Instructor/Trainer
American Heart Association Basic Life Support
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Basic
Trauma Life Support Instructor
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Certified
Missouri
Division of Fire Safety Fire Fighter I
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Certified
Missouri
Division of Fire Safety Fire Fighter II
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National
Fire
Academy
: Chemistry of Hazardous Materials
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Missouri
Division of Fire Safety: Fire Service Instructor I
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Missouri
Department of Public Safety: Specialist Instructor
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Adjunct
Instructor:
University
of
Missouri
: Hazardous Materials Awareness Level
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Adjunct
Instructor:
University
of
Missouri
: Hazardous Materials Operations Level
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16-hour
EPA Methamphetamine Clandestine Drug Lab Field Screening
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University
of
Missouri
: 40-hour Hazardous Materials Technician
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University
of
Missouri
: 12-hour Auto Rescue Course
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Over
60 hours of Confined Space and Confined Space Rescue
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Missouri
Propane Gas Association: Basic Principals and Practices of LPG
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Emergency
Response to Terrorism
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Instructional
Techniques for Company Officers
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Warren
King - Project Manager/Site Safety Officer
Warren has more than 15 years of professional firefighting
experience including more than nine years on his department’s haz-mat
team. He has been a Kansas Certified Emergency Medical Technician for the
last 17 years and earned his associates degree from Butler County Community
College.
Training and certification includes:
| 40 Hour Hazwoper |
| HAZCAT Field Screening |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Incident Analysis |
| National Fire Academy: Hazardous Materials Tactics and
Strategies |
| National Fire Academy: Recognizing and Identifying Hazardous
Materials |
| National Fire Academy: The Pesticide Challenge |
| Texas A & M: Personal Protective Clothing and Safety |
| University of Kansas: Incident Mitigation |
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