PROPANE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING
Propane Incident Management Training, also known as Propane Emergencies Training is designed for volunteer and municipal firefighters. The Propane Council of Texas hosts the training at Texas A & M University’s TEEX Brayton Training Field in College Station, TX, the world’s largest liquid-fueled live fire training facility.
Held nearly annually, our next Propane Emergencies Training Course is on November 6-7, 2023.
The propane emergency response training combines classroom and hands-on propane fire training exercises for those responding to incidents in their communities.
TEEX Brayton Fire Training Field
1595 Nuclear Science Road
College Station, TX 77845
TRAINING LOCATION
*$135 FIREFIGHTER REGISTRATION INCLUDES
• 2 days of training; includes 8 hours of field
and live fire training
• 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and dinner reception
• Commemorative Challenge Coin
• TEEX certificate
TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
Tuition reimbursement is available from the Texas Forest Service, both 1604 and TIFMAS.
TRAINING TOPICS
• Propane physical properties & characteristics
• Propane truck rollovers
• Propane bobtail & transport safety features
• Bulk storage safety features
• Bulk storage safety features
• Propane cylinder & tanks safety features
• Residential propane emergencies
FIELD & LIVE FIRE TRAINING
EXERCISES
• Vapor control & dispersion
• Propane cylinder gas leak mitigation
• How to handle a propane fire-cooling
residential tank
• Pressurized gas leak from transport