The mission of the Hazmat Fusion Center is to enhance hazmat responder safety and improve decision-making for responses to hazmat incidents. This project is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC).
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Contact National
Hazardous Materials
Fusion Center Staff:
Tom Wells
Operations Manager
703.537.4846
Kelly Wolfe
Data Manager
703.273.9735
Amber Wells
RIST Coordinator
703.880.5121
Elena Slavinsky
Data Analyst
703.273.9835
International Association of Fire Chiefs
National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center
4025 Fair Ridge Drive
Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone: 703.273.0911
Fax: 703.273.0920
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 The Hazmat Fusion Center staff is busy redesigning the Hazmat Fusion Center website and gathering content for the Web portal. Three final Regional Incident Survey Team (RIST) report summaries as well as the Carbon Monoxide Release Training Package have been added to the Resources section. Please take a look and let us know what you think.
We are always looking for free training packages and other resources to add to the website. Please contact Data Analyst Elena Slavinsky at eslavinsky@iafc.org or Data Program Manager Kelly Wolfe at kwolfe@iafc.org with any suggestions you may have. Submitted resources will be vetted by a group of subject matter experts prior to being posted on the website.
Currently there are 214 registered users on the Web portal. There are eight Beta teams doing data entry and over 112 incident reports have been submitted. If your organization is interested in participating in the Web portal Beta process and helping build and improve the Hazmat Fusion Center Incident Reporting System, please contact Data Analyst Elena Slavinsky at eslavinsky@iafc.org or Data Program Manager Kelly Wolfe at kwolfe@iafc.org. Please visit www.hazmatfc.com for updates about the national rollout of the Web portal and incident reporting system planned for later this year. |
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 The Regional Incident Survey Team effort continues to move forward with an additional 12 survey reports in the final process of editing, formatting, and peer review before being posted to the Hazmat Fusion Center Web portal. If you were involved in an incident that produced a 'learnable moment' and you would like a RIST to conduct a survey, please visit the Hazmat Fusion Center web site for information at www.hazmatfc.com or contact RIST Coordinator Amber Wells at awells@iafc.org. |
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Hazmat Fusion Center staff was welcomed at the Oregon Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference in Redmond, Oregon, and at the Midwest Hazardous Materials Response Conference in Northbrook, Illinois where informational presentations were conducted. Please contact Hazmat Fusion Center Program Manager Tom Wells at twells@iafc.org if you would like to schedule a session or find out about how the Hazmat Fusion Center might be able to support your educational session/seminar/conference.
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If you are attending the International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference, May 19-23 in Baltimore, MD, please visit the Hazmat Fusion Center booth # TT13 and consider attending our sessions on Friday, May 21: National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center Update, 1 pm to 2:20 pm (session # 205, room Essex A) and Regional Incident Survey Teams - Lessons Learned, 2:30 pm to 3:50 pm (session # 312, room Iron). For detailed conference information, go to IAFC International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference. |
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Don't forget to visit and bookmark the National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center website, www.hazmatfc.com.
That's all for this update but the Hazmat Fusion Center staff invites you to participate in continuing to grow, build, use, and improve your National Hazardous Materials Fusion Center! |
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