Hazardous Materials Team

The Volusia County Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Team, a State Resource Type 2 team, is designed to provide a specialized response of personnel and equipment to incidents involving materials that present a physical, health, biological or radiological hazard to the public. The team’s mission is hazardous materials identification, implementation of control procedures, containment of hazardous materials, rendering incident areas safe and performing decontamination procedures on the scene of hazardous materials incidents. There are 53 highly trained hazardous materials technicians within Volusia County Fire Rescue.

Hazardous materials incidents are categorized according to the magnitude and/or potential of an incident. Incidents are classified as  Category 1 through Category 4, with Category 4 being the most critical and having the greatest potential for extreme adverse health or environmental consequences. The team responds to a number of call types including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents.

All members of the Hazardous Materials Response Team complete 160 hours of specialized training and attend regularly scheduled meetings and drills. Using their specialized skills and knowledge, members of the HazMat Team work together to ensure the protection of the community as part of the Volusia County all-hazards response model. 

For additional information on web sites relating to hazardous materials information, visit our links page.

Battalion Chief Heather Lorimor
Team Leader
Phone: 386-473-5914
Fax: 386-239-6432 
hlorimor@volusia.org