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Toronto
West CAER Training |
The Toronto West CAER Committee
hosted a one-day Exercise Design Course
specifically designed for Business and Industry. In addition
to covering the theory and technical details of the six
main types of exercise (notification, case-study, paper,
table-top, telecommunications, and practical) the participants
spent half their time actually writing, conducting, and
evaluating paper exercises relating to emergency situations.
The four syndicate groups worked on scenarios involving
a major water break, a chemical spill, a bomb threat, and
an offsite chemical emergency.
Instructors for the workshop
were Wayne Gould and Rem Gaade,
both emergency management consultants well-versed in designing
and conducting emergency exercises. Toronto West CAER was
pleased to be able to welcome guests from the Toronto East,
Hamilton, and Mississauga/Oakville CAER groups to this course.
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Rem
Gaade is an emergency
management consultant, with a background in Terrorism and
HazMat issues as well as in emergency preparedness for the
private and public sectors. He was formerly Chief of HazMat
and Special Operations for the Toronto Fire Department.
Rem has been a member of the
NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel,
responsible for NFPA 471, 472, and 473, since 1987. He has
been a member of the Standing Committee on Hazardous Materials
and Activities of the National Fire Code of Canada for the
last 23 years.
Rem Gaade was the first recipient
of the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ “Level
A” Award for meritorious service to Hazardous Materials
Response. He has been made a Life Member of the Canadian Association
of Fire Chiefs for outstanding public service.
He can be reached via www.wmd-hazmat.com
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Wayne
Gould is the former
Fire Chief for the Town of Oakville, Ontario, a position he
held for almost 10 years. With 33 years of Emergency Services
experience, of which 16 years have been at the senior management
level, he is a graduate of the Ontario Fire College, Fire Protection
Technology and Executive Development Programs. Wayne has also
completed the Management of Excellence Program at the University
of Virginia, he holds a Certificate of Management Studies from
Sheridan College and is an authorized instructor for Exercise
Design, Emergency Management Co-ordination and Basic Emergency
Management Programs.
Following a career filled with responding
to emergencies, managing significant events and gaining the
attributes of operational and administrative planning, Wayne
chose to embark on a new journey and has entered the Emergency
Management consulting field.
He provides a wide range of services
to his clients in both the public and private sectors. His
knowledge and experience extends to emergency management programs,
fire and emergency services organization and management, fire
service master planning, consolidated dispatch systems, capital
and operating budgets and labour relations. Wayne has a great
deal of experience preparing and conducting emergency exercises;
emergency management training, emergency operations centre
design and emergency plan development.
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Group
training |
Explanation
of the car codes |
Inside
the car |
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September
1, 2004, Toronto West CAER member Castrol
with BP Castrol Lubricants America brought the BP Safety
Train to Toronto to allow Toronto firefighters, hazardous
material professionals and other emergency responders to
receive hands-on training for rail car emergencies. The
BP Safety Train is a training vehicle that allows trainees
to identify and resolve issues related to leaks, missing
parts, faulty valves, amongst others in a realistic and
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The
Toronto West
CAER Committee hosted the 5th Annual Golden Horseshoe CAER
Conference, at which 200 attendees learned new techniques
in chemical safety, advances in emergency response and discussed
the latest developments in community outreach.
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CAER
member companies sent 84 employees to learn the proper use
of fire extinguishers, promoting safety in
the workplace and at home.
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Simulators
reproducing the tops of rail cars for demonstrating the
safe handling of rail car valves.
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Demonstrations
in the characteristics of propane and its properties around
tanker trucks.
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Weldex brought an entire tractor trailer rig set up as a
training room complete with valves and safety equipment.
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