This 40-hour class is designed for to train Emergency Responders and other people who need to know the chemistry of hazardous materials. It addresses the need to know how to respond safely to incidents involving toxic and hazardous materials from a chemical perspective. It stresses the knowledge of physical properties and how chemicals will change with changing conditions. This class doesn’t teach “balancing equations” or how to do detailed calculations. Instead it concentrates on teaching the responder to better understand the hazards associated with families of materials and what potentially could happen at an incident. No prior knowledge of chemistry is assumed. This class covers the following concepts:1.Physical properties2.Physical changes3.Chemical changes4.Chemical profiling5.Atoms, elements and the periodic table6.Formulas and bonding of inorganic molecules7.Inorganic chemical formulas and nomenclature8.Chemistry of the elements9.Corrosive materials10.Oxidizing agents11.Water and air reactive materials12.Organic chemistry13.Polymer chemistry14.Toxicity15.DOT chemistry16.Waste streams17.Chemistry of fire18.Chemistry of BNICE