Services - Emergency Response - Key Personnel

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.

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

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

Trevis Kleinow – Branch Manager

Trevis has more than 12 years experience working in various capacities within the transportation industry, including railroad operations, prior to joining Haz-Mat Response, Inc. in 2004. Over the years spent working for Haz-Mat Response, Inc., Trevis has successfully managed the mitigation of numerous emergency response incidents. Due to the outstanding management ability and personal character consistently demonstrated, Trevis was promoted to Branch Manager for the North Platte, NE, office in 2006. Additionally, in 2006 Trevis completed the training and received certification as an Emergency Medical Technician.

Training and certifications include:

	40 Hour Hazwoper		Nebraska Hazardous Materials Association: Pesticide Emergency Response
	8 Hour Confined Space		Nebraska Hazardous Materials Association: 60 Hours of Hazardous Materials Training
	CPR Certification		University of Nebraska Medical Center: Emergency Medical Victim Care in Hazmat Exposure: Advanced
	Nebraska Emergency Medical Technician		TTCI Advanced Hazmat Technician
	TEEX Industrial Fire Brigade Training		TTCI Tank Car Specialist
	TEEX Hazardous Materials Refresher		TTCI Advanced Tank Car Specialist
	Bell Emergency Training: Scene Size Up		IAFF Chemical Process Industry
	Transcaer: Emergency Response and Hazmat Training

Orlando Sanchez – Project Manager

Orlando has more than eight years experience working in various capacities within the transportation industry, including railroad operations, prior to joining Haz-Mat Response, Inc. in 2005. Additionally, Orlando has construction and excavation experience gained while working for a major construction company as a Bridge Foreman. Over the years spent working for Haz-Mat Response, Inc., Orlando has successfully managed the mitigation of numerous emergency response incidents. In 2007, Orlando completed the training to become a 40 Hour Hazwoper Instructor.

Training and certifications include:

	40 Hour Hazwoper		Nebraska Hazardous Materials Association: Pesticide Emergency Response
	8 Hour Confined Space		Nebraska Hazardous Materials Association: 20 Hours of Hazardous Materials Training
	40 Hour Confined Space Rescue		TTCI 80 Hour Hazmat Technician
	Bell Emergency Response: Scene Size Up		TTCI Tank Car Specialist
	Transcaer: Emergency Response and Hazmat Training

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:

	40 Hour Hazwoper		TTC 40 Hour Advanced Technician
	TTC 40 Hour Highway Emergency Response Specialist		8 Hour Confined Space Entry
	Completed the NRC Equipment Operations Course		8 Hour PCB and PCB Contaminated Materials Management
	40 Hour ClanWoper Course

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

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:

	Licensed Missouri Emergency Medical Technician		Certified Emergency Medical Technician Instructor
	Instructor-Coordinator for Emergency Medical Care		Instructor/Trainer American Heart Association Basic Life Support
	Basic Trauma Life Support Instructor		Certified Missouri Division of Fire Safety Fire Fighter I
	Certified Missouri Division of Fire Safety Fire Fighter II		National Fire Academy : Chemistry of Hazardous Materials
	Missouri Division of Fire Safety: Fire Service Instructor I		Missouri Department of Public Safety: Specialist Instructor
	Adjunct Instructor: University of Missouri : Hazardous Materials Awareness Level		Adjunct Instructor: University of Missouri : Hazardous Materials Operations Level
	16-hour EPA Methamphetamine Clandestine Drug Lab Field Screening		University of Missouri : 40-hour Hazardous Materials Technician
	University of Missouri : 12-hour Auto Rescue Course		Over 60 hours of Confined Space and Confined Space Rescue
	Missouri Propane Gas Association: Basic Principals and Practices of LPG		Emergency Response to Terrorism
	Instructional Techniques for Company Officers

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

Bob Waln - Emergency Response Project Manager

Bob started working in the Environmental Industry in 1992 after an Honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corp. While in the USMC, Bob was a Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Specialist for six years. Bob Joined Haz-Mat Response, Inc. in 2000. Bob's training and background provides for an analytical and detail oriented approach to problem solving and emergency response.

Training and certification includes:

	40 Hour Hazwoper		24hrs Confined Space Qualified Person
	USMC - NBC Defense		Clandestine Lab Safety
	US Army – Technical Escort		8hr Hazardous Waste Supervisor
	US Army – Toxic Agent Training		49 CRF HM-181 & HM-126
	USMC – Hazardous Waste Handler (32 hrs)		Confined Space Rescue
	US Air Force – Nuclear Emergency Team Operations		40 Industrial Rescue / Confined Space
	USMC – Chemical Warfare Defense		UC, Davis – Principles of Hazardous Materials
	USMC – Monitor / Survey Team Operations		40 hrs Emergency Response Training
	USMC – Decon Team Operations		Weapons of Mass Destruction (24hr)
	24 hr Emergency Team Operations (Cal Title 8)		TEEX – Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders
	Field Chemist Skills Training		FRA – Roadway Worker
	HazCat Training		TTCI – Tank Car Specialist
	Dangerous Goods Regulations		FEMA – Introduction to Hazardous Materials
	Supervisor D.O.T. Regulations and a Drug Free workplace.		FEMA – Household Hazardous Materials
	8hr confined Space

Emergency Response - Project Experience