Hoosier HazMatters — Real Experience. Practical Training. Better Responders.

The people behind the training

Field experience.
Shared with purpose.

Hoosier HazMatters brings operational and instructional experience together to make hazardous materials training practical, approachable, and useful in the field.

HOOSIER HAZMATTERSReal Experience. Practical Training. Better Responders.
Josh Hendrick
Co-founder · Instructor

Josh Hendrick

Deputy Chief · Operations Chief, Madison County HazMat Team

Josh Hendrick is a hazardous materials and emergency preparedness consultant with more than 20 years of experience in emergency services and over five years in environmental emergency response and remediation. He serves as Deputy Chief with East Madison Fire Territory, Operations Chief of the Madison County Hazardous Materials Team, Chair of the Madison County LEPC, and Secretary of the Indiana Alliance of Hazardous Materials Responders.

Josh provides training and consulting focused on hazardous materials response and emergency preparedness. He facilitates HazMat Technician and Operations courses, HazMat First Receiver training, Hospital Incident Command System programs, and customized preparedness and response courses for emergency responders, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and private industry.

His experience includes managing environmental emergency response and remediation, leading large-scale hazardous materials and all-hazards incidents, and supporting complex transportation and industrial emergencies. He works across public safety, healthcare, government, and private industry to help organizations build practical response capability.

Areas of focus

HazMat response · Incident command · CBRN preparedness · Emergency planning · Alternative fuel vehicle hazards · Realistic, hands-on training

Outside of work, Josh enjoys time with his wife, Sara, and their five children, including two sets of twins.

Tyler Dalton
Co-founder · Instructor

Tyler Dalton

Lieutenant · Hazardous Materials Coordinator, East Madison Fire Territory

Tyler Dalton serves as a Lieutenant with East Madison Fire Territory and as the department’s Hazardous Materials Coordinator. He is an active member of the Madison County Hazardous Materials Team and a contract instructor assisting with Hazardous Materials Technician training throughout Indiana.

His experience includes hazardous materials response, training, equipment readiness, and operational planning. Tyler brings field and instructional experience to the practical application of air monitoring for firefighters and to the development of training that connects technical concepts to real operational decisions.

Areas of focus

HazMat response · Technician training · Equipment readiness · Operational planning · Practical air-monitoring instruction

A shared approach

Engage. Explain.
Experience. Apply.

Josh and Tyler combine field operations, instruction, and a shared enthusiasm for hazardous materials to help responders understand the “why” behind the work—and apply it with confidence.

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