Ammonia Suppression Training Station
Louisiana State Police Emergency
Response Training Center
Holden, Louisiana

In 1995, Louisiana Ammonia Producers recognized the need for a permanent facility to educate and train the t of an ammonia release. At a cost of $500,000 the LAP member companies built and donated an ammonia suppression training station at the Louisiana State Police Emergency Response Training Center located in Holden, Louisiana, about 30 miles east of Baton Rouge. The facility was dedicated in 1996.

The ammonia suppression training station is the only facility of its kind in the world. The facility provides hands-on experience for trainees in live - not simulated - ammonia releases. The training is controlled and under the supervision of hazmat professional trainers. Plant personnel, local emergency response personnel, and others involved in public safety and emergency response are trained at the site.

Training sessions include classroom instruction on the properties of ammonia and rehearsals with the equipment used in suppressing an ammonia leak. Classroom instruction is followed by live drills with actual controlled releases of ammonia. Trainees work in groups of five and seven responders to approach a leaking pipe or flange under a curtain of water, which absorbs the ammonia. Live training sessions are taped, reviewed and critiqued.

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