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US Hazardous Materials Education and Training Scholarships
US Hazardous Materials Education and Training Scholarships
Battalion Chief
Travis L. Maher
US HEAT awards one $2500 scholarship annually to an emergency response department, agency or organization in the United States of America. The scholarship allows two members of the receiving department’s HazMat team to attend the IAFC Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference. The application period is January 1st to February 28th of each year. The scholarship will be awarded, and the recipients notified, by March 31st of each year.
Qualified applicants must be an active career or volunteer member of an emergency services department, agency or organization in the United States of America, be a U.S. citizen currently residing in the United States of America and be a certified Hazardous Materials Technician.
Awardees Are Selected on Five Broad Criteria
Awardees Are Selected on Five Broad Criteria
The Scholarship Committee reviews qualified applications in March of each year and selects award recipients by letter ballot. Awardees are selected on the following five criteria:
Must be TCFP Hazardous Materials Technician certified and possess previous additional training in hazardous materials response
Demonstrate potential to have a positive impact upon future hazardous materials response and training in his or her organization and the emergency response community
Provide documented personal and financial support from the applicants’ department, agency, or organization to ensure the awardees are able to attend the full conference
Analysis of two (one per applicant) favorable written recommendations submitted with the application packet
Texas HazMat Education And Training HMIC Scholarships
Texas HazMat Education And Training HMIC Scholarships
Through US HEAT, the TX HEAT chapter also provides two scholarships to Texas HazMat Responders each year to allow them to attend the Hazardous Materials Instructors and Commanders (HMIC) Conference. Each scholarship covers the full cost of conference registration and hotel lodging for 3 nights for one Texas HazMat Responder.
TX HEAT HMIC Scholarship applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Must be a member of a public safety HazMat Team within a local, county, or state public safety or emergency management agency in Texas and be legally organized under state law
Must be currently serving as a HazMat Officer, Team Leader, Program Manager, Instructor, or Logistics Officer
Must demonstrate in the application essay section how they will use the information and knowledge gained at the conference to benefit their HazMat team
Request an application and additional information via email at txheat@yahoo.comc
TEXAS H.E.A.T. Awards Committee
TEXAS H.E.A.T. Awards Committee
Larry D. Jantzen
Assistant Chief, (Committee Chairman)
Bobby Baker
Harry Evans
Assistant Fire Chief (retired)
Marty Herrin
Chief
Glen Rudner
Consultant
Accepting the first donation for TEXAS HEAT, from left to right, Chris Hawley, (IAFC HazMat Conference Coordinator), Chief Bob Royall (IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee Chairman), Larry Jantzen (Assistant Chief, Austin, Texas Fire Department and Committee Chairman for TX HEAT), and Mike Hildebrand, (President, Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation)
All scholarships are funded through donations from industry leaders, vendors, advocates, and responders like yourself. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
All scholarships are funded through donations from industry leaders, vendors, advocates, and responders like yourself. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
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