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Finance Division • Human Resources • Local Support Services Division • Office of Training and Exercises • Operations Division • Preparedness Division • Public Affairs Office • Recovery and Mitigation Division • Technological Hazards Division
The mission of the Technological Hazards Division is to administer a statewide hazardous materials emergency response program to protect human health and the environment and to ensure the safety of emergency responders from the effects of hazardous materials incidents.
The hazardous materials emergency response program exists to provide the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia with enhanced, state-of-the-art technical response capabilities and extensive, multi-level, broad-based environmental planning and training programs.
To ensure the Commonwealth is prepared to handle serious hazardous materials incidents, the agency trains and coordinates a statewide network of Locally-based Hazardous Materials Officers and Regional Hazardous Materials Response Teams.
This program supports the efforts of local government, fire, rescue, and police agencies (as well as the federal government and private industry) in planning for and responding to the full spectrum of hazardous materials incidents in any region of the state.
The Technological Hazards Division also has responsibility for oversight and remediation activities of contaminated sites owned by the Commonwealth while ensuring environmental regulatory compliance for both short- and long-term projects. This office also offers technical support to THD in the form of environmental impact assessments of spills and releases and in the many training programs available.