IHMM, Institute of Hazardous Materials Management

Welcome, IHMM community. Online awareness training for the people your hazmat program depends on.

For CHMMs, CHMPs, CDGPs & the EHS teams they lead

You manage the hazardous materials. Everyone around them needs to recognize a release.

Awareness level training is for personnel designated to recognize a hazardous substance release and initiate the notifications in your emergency response program. In many facilities that includes operators, warehouse and shipping staff, maintenance crews and new hires. SafeResponse trains them online, on any shift, with a certificate on file for every completion.

  • Training since 2002
  • 22 self-paced courses
  • Team plans from 5 to 200
A SafeResponse course in progress: the course outline on the left and a lesson listing the incident types an Incident Command System is used for, including hazardous materials incidents.

Where it fits

You run the program. We cover the awareness level.

SafeResponse is awareness level training, delivered online. It's built to sit inside the program you already manage, not to replace the specialist and hands-on parts of it.

SafeResponse covers
  • Awareness-level training for personnel designated to recognize hazardous substance releases and initiate appropriate notifications under their employer's emergency response program
  • Training for the emergency planning, response team coordinator and evacuation roles
  • Annual refreshers, with a reminder before anyone's training lapses
  • A certificate and a permanent record for every completion
Stays with your program
  • Site-specific hazards, procedures and emergency plans
  • Hands-on drills, equipment and PPE practice
  • Operations and technician level response training
  • Any function-specific training your regulators require

The courses

Organized around the program you run

See all 22 courses

Recognizing a release

For personnel designated to recognize a hazardous substance release and make the right notifications.

Learn to recognize radiation risks, identify radioactive material, and use the equipment and resources available to first responders.

3 hours

Emergency planning and response roles

For the people who write the plan, coordinate the team and move everyone out.

Command & Planning

Emergency Response Planning

This course focuses on the plans that facilities must prepare to protect their employees and the surrounding community from potential emergencies.

Integrated Contingency Plan 3 hours

This program is designed to provide Emergency Response Team Coordinators with the knowledge required to ensure their ERT is capable of responding to …

29 CFR 1910.156 · NFPA 600 3 hours

Command & Planning

Evacuation Coordinator

Learn the legal requirements for evacuation and in-place sheltering, and how to recognize, report and direct employees through emergencies.

29 CFR 1910.38 3 hours

Fire, worker health and supply chain

Recurring requirements that sit alongside the hazmat program.

This course will provide participants with the knowledge required to identify bloodborne pathogens and to protect against exposure.

29 CFR 1910.1030 3 hours

Hazard Response

Container Inspections

Participants will learn how to conduct inspections of containers in order to reduce the threats posed by terrorism.

C-TPAT 30 minutes

Also in every team plan: Incident Command System, Unified Command, Emergency Operations Center, Hospital-Based Decontamination: Hazard Recognition and more.

Training records

Records you can produce the day someone asks.

Invite people, see who's current and pull any certificate from one place, across every shift and site.

Sign people up in minutes

Send email invites, share one join link, give out a team code or post a printable QR sign-up sheet in the break room. Add or remove people whenever headcount changes.

See who's current

Monitor progress as your team works through their courses, and see at a glance who has finished and who hasn't.

Annual reminders built in

Learners get an email before their training lapses, so refreshers happen on schedule.

The SafeResponse team page: a shareable join link with a Copy link button, a QR code with a Print a sign-up poster button, and a box for emailing invites.
A sample SafeResponse certificate of completion showing the learner's name, course title, completion date, certificate number, course score and a signature line for a departmental representative.

A certificate for every completion

Each certificate shows the completion date, score and a unique certificate number. Learners need 70% on the final quiz, and can retake it until they pass.

Your sign-off on the record

Every certificate has a line for an employer representative to certify it, so each record ties back to your program.

Published course hours

Every course lists its average completion time, such as 3 hours for Hazmat Awareness, for when you need to log training time.

Download anyone's record

Certificates are archived permanently. Download one for anyone on the team, whenever an auditor, client or insurer asks.

Team pricing

Every course, for your whole workforce, at up to 82% off

Every team plan includes all 22 courses, team management and certificate downloads. Larger teams pay less per person, down to $9.00 a year.

Team plan pricing by number of users
PlanStandardDiscountYour yearly payment
Up To 10 Users$499.9052% off$239.99
$24.00 per user
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Up To 25 Users$1,249.7557% off$539.99
$21.60 per user
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Up To 50 Users$2,499.5066% off$839.99
$16.80 per user
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Up To 100 Users$4,999.0076% off$1,199.99
$12.00 per user
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Up To 200 Users$9,998.0082% off$1,799.99
$9.00 per user
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Questions? Contact SafeResponse See all 14 team sizes

Ask us about training requirements, invoicing or enrollment before you choose a plan.

Why SafeResponse

Competency, not seat hours.

SafeResponse has supplied OSHA awareness level training online since 2002. The courses are built around what people need to recognize, report and do, so they learn what matters and get back to work.

353,767First responders trained
685,270Training sessions completed
151Countries represented
20+Years providing training

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