Toby Frost
Battalion Chief Toby Frost is a member of the Lafayette Fire Department in Indiana. He is a Team Leader for their HazMat Team and is the founder of their Illicit Lab Response Team. He is a department instructor for fire fighters, recruits, and local industry teaching fire science, technical rescue and hazardous materials. He is a continuing lecturer at Purdue University in the School of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. He has presented across the country at hazmat conferences including the IAFC International Hazardous Materials Conference, The Hot Zone, and at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC). As a contract instructor Toby has helped train federal, state and local responders across the country and internationally. Toby serves as a HazMat Specialist for FEMA -INTF-1. Toby is a principal member of the NFPA Hazardous Materials Committee. He is a current Board Member for the Indiana Alliance of Hazardous Materials Responders. BC Frost is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a BS in Fire Science Engineering Technology and of the NFA Executive Fire Officer Program. In 2018, Toby was recognized by the IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee with their “Level A” Award and in 2019, by the Hot Zone Conference with the “In the Zone Award”.
Presentations:
Risk Based Response to Solar Energy
Solar energy is popping up all over from residential services to commercial and utility installations, are you ready? In this presentation we go through what are solar energy systems, how are they installed, and how to isolate or mitigate the systems. We will identify the hazards associated with solar energy to responders during and after an incident. We will also cover how to render safe these systems during a failure or after damage.
Matrix of Detection: Putting All the Pieces Together
Technology! Today we have an entire suite of detection and identification tools from papers to gc/ms, and everything in between. But, how do we put them all together in the field to get our answers? In this presentation we will work our way through the matrix of tools available, leveraging their strengths and weaknesses to come to a solution. There is no perfect tool with all of the answers, but using what we have we can get there.