We started the day with a small quiz covering information found on a MSDS. I had no trouble.
We then went over Monitoring systems. Combustible gas monitors, air monitors, chemical monitors, colormetrics....about a hundred thousand dollars worth of monitoring equipment. It was a very interesting morning.
After lunch, we covered sampling. We then got to get some hands on by using various monitors to identify unknown substances. It was quite tricky. We really only had Litmus paper and PH strips. Chief and the instructors brought out the big guns (the super cool, super expensive monitors). They can break down the substance using lasers and infrared to identify the substance.
We ended the day watching the EMT-9 trying on their new Turnouts and Station uniforms. While I'm happy for each one of them, it did kind of suck watching them....
Soon enough, the rest of us will be in their shoes. For now, another week of Haz-mat, a week of something, and then EMT class.
This is still better then the alternative....
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