Intermodal Container Emergencies

About Bill HandGregory G. NollMichael S. Hildebrand

Greg Noll and Mike Hildebrand have more than 40 years experience in industry and government. They have served as firefighters hazardous materials technicians incident commanders and instructors. Greg and Mike are the co-founders of Hildebrand and Noll Associates Inc. a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning and response. Their experience and expertise includes hazardous materials weapons of mass destruction and operations security (OPSEC). They are both Certified Safety Professionals and serve on the NFPA 472 Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response. In addition they are recipients of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) John M. Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award for their leadership and contributions to further enhance the hazardous materials emergency response profession. Greg Noll and Mike Hildebrand have more than 40 years experience in industry and government. They have served as firefighters hazardous materials technicians incident commanders and instructors. Greg and Mike are the co-founders of Hildebrand and Noll Associates Inc. a consulting firm specializing in emergency planning and response. Their experience and expertise includes hazardous materials weapons of mass destruction and operations security (OPSEC). They are both Certified Safety Professionals and serve on the NFPA 472 Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response. In addition they are recipients of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) John M. Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award for their leadership and contributions to further enhance the hazardous materials emergency response profession. Captain Hand is a forty one year veteran of the Fire Service and is currently a Training Officer with the Harris County Texas Hazardous Materials Response Team in Houston Texas.' Prior to his employment with Harris County he spent 31 years with the Houston Fire Department retiring in September 2005.' He was a charter member of the Houston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team with over twenty six years of service.' During his service with the Houston Fire Department and Harris County HMRT he has responded to over 7500 hazardous materials incidents involving hundreds of different types of chemicals and containers.' He has delivered thousands of hours of emergency response training to private public and government sector emergency responders and executive personnel and is a frequent speaker at conferences around the country.'Captain Hand has received numerous awards in his field to include: the Level A Award and John Eversole Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Fire Chiefs International Hazmat Teams Conference the In the Zone Award from the Hot Zone Conference the Red Adair Lifetime Achievement Award from Industrial Fire World Conference the 2006 Life Time Service Award from the International Association of Hazardous Materials Technicians and was honored by a Proclamation from Mayor Bill White of the City of Houston declaring March 16 2006 Bill Hand Day in the City of Houston for lifetime achievement and service to the city as a founding member of the Houston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team.'Captain Hand has authored several articles on Hazmat Containers and Case Studies in fire service journals.' As a Master Instructor he has also worked with the International Association of Fire Fighters for over twenty seven years in the development writing and review of Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction training programs.' He has served as a subject matter expert for several Department of Homeland Security training programs.'Captain Hand was a principal in his own company for many years. His clients include Shell Oil Company Phillips Petroleum TEPPCO Pipeline Company United Space Alliance NASA Johnson Space Center Albemarle Corporation Kirby Inland Marine Exxon Mobil Corporation Dow Chemical Lubrizol Corporation Clean Channel Association Emergency Film Group Lyondell Petrochemical Corporation Valero Petroleum Company and Houston Marine Services. Numerous institutions of higher learning such as Lamar University Texas A&M University Houston Community College and the University of Houston have also been among his clients.