The 2025 Continuing Challenge Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Workshop

The annual Continuing Challenge Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Workshop began in 1990 for the purpose of providing training, networking, and hands-on learning opportunities for all employees in hazardous materials emergency response-related fields of employment. Each year in September, we bring together prominent and skilled presenters who volunteer to provide our students with the most recent information available to enhance or grow skills critical to ensure a safe and effective response. Featured are exciting classroom courses, hands-on sessions, and contests to test new skills.

The specific purpose for the Committee is to educate, encourage and promote safe inspection practices, response, intervention, mitigation and investigation of hazardous materials incidents in a manner that safeguards and protects the health and safety of the emergency responder and the general public. This purpose is achieved by conducting an annual hazardous materials conference known as the “Continuing Challenge Hazardous Materials Workshop.” The Committee is comprised of government and industry emergency response organizations promoting timely and appropriate response to hazardous materials incidents that might occur within the community.