Sign Up Instructions
If you do NOT have an LMS account:
- Sign Up to create a TRANSCAER LMS account.
- Once you create your account, you will be brought back to the course page.
If you have already created an LMS account, simply sign in and return to the course to proceed.
Course Overview
Created by The Chlorine Institute, this course is a previously recorded webinar to help prepare first responders in preparing for and responding to a chlorine emergency. This course covers:
- Introduction to TRANSCAER®, CHEMTREC®, The Chlorine Institute, and CHLOREP.
- An overview of the uses, chemical and physical properties, and reaction hazards of chlorine.
- An overview of the health and environmental hazards that may be encountered.
- An understanding of chlorine exposure and treatment of exposures.
- Review of the various chloring shipping containers, how to identify them, and how to differentiate them from other chemical containers.
- An overview of the chlorine emergency response kits that can be used to mitigate leaks from those containers if other methods (i.e., closing valves, etc.) are not successful.
- Review of chlorine incident case studies.
- Review of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and pubic protective action recommendations, considerations, and decisions
- An overview of the resources available.