Emergency CDL hazmat driver?

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  1. GreenHusker

    GreenHusker Bobtail Member

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    Looking at taking a hazmat response job?

    Is it really fun and exciting/dangerous?

    Or is it mainly a static powerwashing job that is really boring?

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  3. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    I'm sure it varies company to company and also clean-up to clean-up. Cleaning up spilled paint and cleaning up overturned tanker with acids or phospherous are nothing alike because the products are very different.

    Do you have a perfectly clean driving record, no DUI, no felony, no drug use in last year+, verifiable work history? Ask the employer to have a current employee call you and ask them questions. Recruiters are not reliable and company web sites are not reliable.
     
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  4. GreenHusker

    GreenHusker Bobtail Member

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    Just about to hit 3 years of experience doing CDL A, no felonies, and no drugs.
     
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  5. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    What company?
     
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  7. 77fib77

    77fib77 Road Train Member

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    I have no idea. I would think fire department would have that at county and state levels. You could probably get a career out of that with an undergrad degree and FD experience. I never thought of that my self.
     
  8. firemedic2816

    firemedic2816 Road Train Member

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    Depends on where and with whom
    I was a hazmat Technician with the fire dept and we had hours of boredom followed by 10 mins of excitement
     
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  9. gentleroger

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    Followed by days of paperwork...
     
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