Opening General Session

Join us as we welcome back Hazmat after two year's in the virtual world!

Awards
John Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award
Hazardous Materials Committee Chairman’s Award
John P. Gorman Making a Difference Award
Level A Award

Abbotville Auction
We will be conducting an auction of the vehicle collection from the Abbottville Command Training. This will benefit the Chief Eversole Endowment and the Yvorra Leadership Development (YLD) Foundation. The entire collection is 250 vehicles, and we will be auctioning them off in lots of 50. They will be on display at the opening ceremonies. Don and Bev Abbott previously owned Command Emergency Response Training (CERT) and created the "Abbottville" tabletop simulator training program in 1993. This model city was used all over the United States and has trained a significant number of responders.

Keynote Presentation
When One Disaster is Just Not Enough
One of the most challenging situations that a jurisdiction can face is the "Incidents Within the Incident". Many different incidents happened during Harris County's response to Hurricane Harvey and then again with the string of major industrial incidents that happened during the Intercontinental Terminal Company (ITC) tank farm fire and disastrous oil spill into the Houston Ship Channel. This presentation will share some of the response and operational challenges faced during both campaigns.