Today, I had mandatory haz-mat refresher training for the fire department. As usual, it was boring. But fortunately, it only lasted about an hour and a half. The training consisted of a powerpoint of information that I'd already learned in haz-mat the first time, a tour of the haz-mat satellite truck (the main unit is at another station further away), shooting some foam on the parking lot, and dressing up in plastic suits. Once in the plastic suits, finger paint was squirt all over them (to simulate contamination), and we had to "decon" them without spreading it around. The foam part was mildly interesting, since I've never had the opportunity to use it; it's thicker than I expected it to be. The training could have been made more interesting by setting something on fire, and then putting it out with the foam. Shooting it all over the parking lot just doesn't have the same excitement.
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