Certified by CSTI (California Specialized Training Institute) - Cal OES
This Hazmat First Responder Awareness (FRA) Level I Responder course is intended for firefighters, police officers, ambulance personnel, government employees, military personnel, and private industry emergency responders.
First responders at the awareness level are individuals who are likely to witness or discover a hazardous substance release, and have been trained to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release. They would take no further action beyond notifying the authorities.
OSHA requires FRAs to be trained in accordance with section (q) of the HAZWOPER regulation. This class has also been referred to as Hazmat FRA, Level I Responder, First Responder Awareness, or any combination of these terms.
This training does require annual refresher training, per OSHA, of sufficient content and duration to maintain responder competencies.
The California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) and the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal OES) serve as a critical component in providing emergency training programs to professionals who strive to protect and rescue citizens in harm. Training certification will be granted under California Government Code Section 8574.19-23 and California Code of Regulations Title 19, Sections 2510-2560.
This course will be taught by a CSTI certified outreach instructor who has successfully completed the CSTI course AND a CSTI Instructor Certification Course.
Currently, Online Training Systems' instructors are only authorized for classroom delivery of this training. Classroom training is offered both through open enrollment or by employers hosting their own on-site training. You can Request a Quote to have on-site training conducted at your location.
The 8-hour CSTI/Cal OES version of this training has not been approved for online course delivery.
Online Training Systems does have an OSHA compliant 8-hour FRA Online version of this course, however, only this classroom version comes with a CSTI/Cal OES certificate.
Each participant who successfully completes this course is issued a state certificate from CSTI/Cal OES. This course also complies with the training requirements for First Responders Operations under Fed-OSHA, Cal-OSHA, and NFPA 472.
While a downloadable temporary certificate is available within 28 Hours of completion, the certificate from the State of California takes up to 3 weeks for delivery.
This training will take a minimum of 8 Hours to complete. We also offer longer versions for client-hosted classes.
The CSTI 8-hour First Responder Awareness (FRA) classroom course will cover the following topics: