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Our enhanced curriculum, modern infrastructure, and expert instruction staff create an unmatched student experience.
Our specialist-level training—taught at our expansive training campus in Pueblo, Colorado or remotely at your facility—bridges hazardous materials emergency response skill and knowledge gaps to help create safer, more resilient, better prepared communities nationwide.
Book a course and learn why fire and emergency responders from a wide range of public and private sectors — large and small, urban and rural— have trained with us and can’t wait to come back.
Our onsite resident courses range from 24 to 80 hours and are conducted at the SERTC training facility in Pueblo, Colorado. All modules are led by the skillful instructors of Team SERTC, drawing on their years of experience in fire service, hazmat response and contracting, emergency medical response, railroads, and industrial environments.
Our mission of delivering hazardous materials response training for all forms of surface transportation aligns with FEMA’s Strategic Plan. We strive to deliver vital training to whole and underserved communities and we support a prepared nation of first responders and receivers. SERTC offers 4- to 6-hour mobile courses that allow groups to train where they are on a schedule that works for them.
“I felt the scenarios and team bonding were most valuable. When you bond with your peers, trust is built. I felt that I could tackle any scenario with our group. Scenarios helped to reinforce what we learned in the classroom. Scenarios also exposed the group to different situations that fostered critical thinking skills.” “The hands-on portion of the course provided more real-life applications than any other training facility that I have attended. Your props and scenarios are second to none. SERTC has truly set the bar as top training facility for hazmat training.” “The most important part of the course for me was the new knowledge of train and highway tank cars/vehicle.”
“I felt the scenarios and team bonding were most valuable. When you bond with your peers, trust is built. I felt that I could tackle any scenario with our group. Scenarios helped to reinforce what we learned in the classroom. Scenarios also exposed the group to different situations that fostered critical thinking skills.”
“The hands-on portion of the course provided more real-life applications than any other training facility that I have attended. Your props and scenarios are second to none. SERTC has truly set the bar as top training facility for hazmat training.”
“The most important part of the course for me was the new knowledge of train and highway tank cars/vehicle.”
“Our instructor was very knowledgeable with the course content and had real world examples to back it up. Also, I liked the way SERTC paired us up with the tech class to actually practice leading a team during events and not simulated.” “Setting up an incident command system (ICS) structure and using it for exercises with the tech class is what sets SERTC apart from other places in my opinion. You’re able to use the classroom knowledge and apply it in real world, real-time pace, scenarios. I feel this is the benefit to coming here vs. other places for training.” “The learning in the field was most valuable to me. It was informative and really helped display the skills we were learning in class.”
“Our instructor was very knowledgeable with the course content and had real world examples to back it up. Also, I liked the way SERTC paired us up with the tech class to actually practice leading a team during events and not simulated.”
“Setting up an incident command system (ICS) structure and using it for exercises with the tech class is what sets SERTC apart from other places in my opinion. You’re able to use the classroom knowledge and apply it in real world, real-time pace, scenarios. I feel this is the benefit to coming here vs. other places for training.”
“The learning in the field was most valuable to me. It was informative and really helped display the skills we were learning in class.”
“I found great value in hearing not only from one instructor’s input and ways to do things, but from multiple instructors, and a classroom full of other workers that brought great ideas and knowledge and experience forward.” “The classroom knowledge portion was most valuable to me. I’ve done a handful of hands-on practices in the field, but building knowledge on top of the solid base of experience I have was beneficial. I know some people may not have liked the classroom portion as much, but I valued it highly, along with the hands on portion afterwards to solidify knowledge. The course was packed with information.” “I enjoyed flaring, not just because of the scenario experience, but because it’s a low frequency event. We rarely have to do it, and it was nice to be able to train in a controlled environment. Overall, the course ran like a well-oiled machine. Next I’m thinking the advanced course might be fun to take a deeper dive into these concepts.”
“I found great value in hearing not only from one instructor’s input and ways to do things, but from multiple instructors, and a classroom full of other workers that brought great ideas and knowledge and experience forward.”
“The classroom knowledge portion was most valuable to me. I’ve done a handful of hands-on practices in the field, but building knowledge on top of the solid base of experience I have was beneficial. I know some people may not have liked the classroom portion as much, but I valued it highly, along with the hands on portion afterwards to solidify knowledge. The course was packed with information.”
“I enjoyed flaring, not just because of the scenario experience, but because it’s a low frequency event. We rarely have to do it, and it was nice to be able to train in a controlled environment. Overall, the course ran like a well-oiled machine. Next I’m thinking the advanced course might be fun to take a deeper dive into these concepts.”