In June 2017, the Yvorra Leadership Development Foundation began a new scholarship named the Texas Hazardous Materials Education and Training Scholarship or simply TEXAS HEAT.
Texas Hazardous Materials Education and Training Scholarship
Texas HEAT provides one $2500 scholarship award, presented annually, to a Texas emergency response department, agency, or organization to allow two members of their hazardous materials response team to attend the IAFC Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference. The application period is January 1st to February 28th of each year. The scholarship will be awarded, and the recipients notified, by March 31st of each year.
Qualified applicants must be an active career or volunteer member of an emergency services department, agency, or organization in the State of Texas, be a U.S. citizen currently residing in the State of Texas, and be a Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) certified Hazardous Materials Technician.
TEXAS H.E.A.T. Awards Committee
Larry D. Jantzen
Assistant Chief, (Committee Chairman)
Austin Fire Department, Austin, TX
Bobby Baker
Harry Evans
Assistant Fire Chief (retired)
Austin Fire Department, Austin, TX
Marty Herrin
Chief
Williamson County Hazardous Materials Response Team, TX
Glen Rudner
Consultant
Decatur Texas
Awardees Are Selected on Five Broad Criteria
The Scholarship Committee reviews qualified applicants in March of each year and selects award recipients by letter ballot. Awardees are selected based on five broad criteria. These include:
- TCFP Hazardous Materials Technician certification and previous additional training in hazardous materials response.
- Potential to have a positive impact upon the future of hazardous materials response and training in his or her organization and the emergency response community.
- Documented personal and financial support from the applicants’ department, agency, or organization to ensure the awardees are able to attend the conference; and,
- Analysis of two (one per member) favorable written recommendations submitted with the application packet.
Request an application and additional information via email at [email protected]
For a limited time, contributors making a donation of $100 or more to the TEXAS HEAT Scholarship Fund will receive a TX HEAT Challenge Coin.
