Hydrogen Training
While hydrogen as a fuel source in Australia is still in its infancy, it’s predicted that hydrogen infrastructure and technology will be commonplace by 2030.
This rapid implementation is necessary for Australia to meet its carbon goals, and although all hydrogen systems have inbuilt safety devices, emergency personnel need to be prepared to respond to these emerging and increasing risks.
To combat this, the Commonwealth and the States and Territories provided funding for development of the first ever national hydrogen training project. As a result, AFAC in partnership with Deakin University and a diverse working group designed and developed the Hydrogen Safety Awareness course which became available in mid 2024.
With positive feedback from the Awareness course and interest in further training on hydrogen, AFAC is pleased to announce that our Advanced Hydrogen Training for Emergency Responders is now available.
This course addresses an identified gap in an essential emergency responder capability, as well as providing guidance on how to respond to incidents involving:
- hydrogen heavy vehicles, including fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) trucks and buses, and their associated components
- hydrogen refuelling stations, including identifying site layout, hazards, safety zones, venting behaviour, and hydrogen fire behaviour and response.
This course is designed for Australian career and volunteer emergency response, fire and rescue personnel as well as non-operational team members, and assumes some prior knowledge of hydrogen and electric vehicles.
As such, prior to enrolling in Advanced Hydrogen training for Emergency Responders, it is recommended to complete the following two courses:
Hydrogen Safety Awareness training
This 1 hour online course introduces hydrogen in an interesting, interactive and accessible way.
Advanced Hydrogen training for Emergency Responders
This 90 minute online training course builds on emergency responder capability using a range a media and interactive activities.
Hydrogen training face-to-face resources
The online training content is also available as printable information pdf files for face-to-face training sessions. Please email us at hydrogenonline@afac.com.au if you are interested in delivering this course face-to-face and would like more information.
Further resources
Header image: Deakin University