I teach around 20 HAZMAT courses each year for industrial response teams and fire departments and the differences in how these two groups conduct their DECON can be HUGE. Almost everyone who has been through a 24-hr or 40-hr HAZMAT course has seen a 6 stage DECON up to a 20 stage DECON; but are these the real world in industrial settings? The differences in response situations can vary greatly for public responders, but for industrial responders things can be much more controlled. Here’s what I mean…