Batt Chief, retired
Lafayette Fire Department
Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Toby Frost began working in the hazmat industry in 1987 as a remediation project manager in university and industrial settings. After transitioning to commercial construction, he joined the fire service in 1999. Toby Frost is currently a Battalion Chief with 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). In 2018, Toby was recognized by the IAFC Hazardous Materials Committee with their “Level A” Award and in 2019, the “In the Zone Award”, at the Houston Hot Zone Conference. As a contract instructor Toby has helped train federal, state and local responders across the country and internationally. Toby serves as a HazMat Specialist and Rescue Specialist for FEMA -INTF-1. Toby is a principal member of the NFPA Hazardous Materials Committee and a current Board Member for the Indiana Alliance of Hazardous Materials Responders. Toby is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University with a BS in Fire Science Engineering Technology and a graduate of the NFA Executive Fire Officer Program.
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Hazmat Officer - Strategy and Tactics
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Friday, June 7, 2024
2:15 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Things that go BOOM! BHO and other Extraction Labs
Saturday, June 8, 2024
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
HazMat Response: Mission Impossible?
Saturday, June 8, 2024
2:15 PM – 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
Closing General Session - Rescuing Our Own
Sunday, June 9, 2024
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time