Hazardous Materials Chemistry

About Armando (Toby) BevelacquaLaurie A. Norman

Armando S. Bevelacqua is 37 plus year veteran of the fire service and the recipient of the 2010 In the Zone Award and the Level A Award for leadership service and support in education of the hazardous materials first response community and the Dieter Heinz 2016 instructor of the year award. Retired from City of Orlando Fire Department Orlando Florida where he served as Chief of Special Operations Homeland Security EMS and USAR. Armando lectures to fire departments throughout North America Canada and Europe'Chief Bevelacqua serves on several federal state and local committees. He holds membership to the Inter-Agency Board (IAB) for Training and Exercise member to the NFPA 472 473 and 475 Technical Committees along with representation on the ASTM standards development committee for emergency response. Chief Bevelacqua has assisted in the development of standards and protocols such as with Rocky Mountain Poison Control for the development of standardized Medical Protocol for the WMD event and for the State Department for WMD training of embassy delegates. Laurie A. Norman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Mathematics at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay MA where she teaches chemistry classes.' Her favorite class to teach is Organic Chemistry/The Chemistry of Hazardous Materials a required course for students majoring in Emergency Management and Marine Safety & Environmental Protection.' She earned her bachelors degree in chemistry at Bowdoin College and her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.' Upon completion of her studies she worked as a research scientist for Honeywells Consumer Products Group where she formulated products used in the car care industry.' She taught at Western Connecticut State University and Bridgewater State University before accepting her position at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.