New Mexico State 16th Annual HAZMAT Challenge

August 7-10, 2012

The HAZMAT Challenge is an annual training event held at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). For the past sixteen years HAZMAT teams, old and new, have joined the challenge for a chance to network with one another, practice technical skills, and learn new HAZMAT techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. The HAZMAT Challenge is an event where you can have fun and forget you are learning at the same time.

Old cars, trucks, tankers and rail cars are used in some of the props to mimic real-life hazardous material situations. Props included in past Challenge events have been drug lab/chemical hazard identification, a complex valve tree, confined space rescue, compressed gas leaks, a leaking rail car dome, pressurized drum opening, a stinger operation, and a damming/diking exercise from an overturned tanker. The final event of the training is the ever fun and popular obstacle course.

The 16th Annual HAZMAT Challenge is scheduled for August 7-10, 2012. Sixteen team slots are available on a first come, first serve basis, with registration limited to one team per organization.