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Safety Days & Tabletop Exercises

High-impact ammonia safety training tailored to your facility, your team, and your emergency response goals. 

ASTI Safety Day

An ASTI Safety Day is a comprehensive, one-day training event that brings together industry, public safety, and government stakeholders to improve ammonia safety, emergency preparedness, and operational performance.  The training is tailored to the audience, facility type, geographical region, and organizational goals, providing practical, real-world education that supports safer operations and stronger emergency preparedness.


ASTI offers both public Safety Days and customized private Safety Days to meet the unique needs of facilities, organizations, and communities. Whether serving operators, responders, safety professionals, supervisors, or facility leadership, ASTI Safety Days provide flexible training solutions that strengthen safety culture, improve coordination, and help organizations better prepare for ammonia-related incidents. 

ASTI Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

 An ASTI Tabletop Exercise (TTX) is a disaster preparedness activity that uses a fictitious disaster scenario to engage participants in the disaster response process.  It is discussion-based and helps participants familiarize themselves with the emergency response process.  TTXs encourage a connection with local industrial, first responders, and government personnel, and allows facilities to gauge their own emergency response practices.   


Tabletop exercises challenge the Tripod participants to work through a simulated emergency.  The Concept of Operations (CONOPS) is used during the exercise for the four stages of response.  The TTX wraps up with the Termination stage which includes a debriefing and participant support to work on areas of their teaming agreement that show a need for improvement. 

Design your own ASTI Safety Day

 Customizable training program that allows organizations to tailor content to their specific facility, workforce, and training objectives while strengthening ammonia safety awareness and preparedness. 

Morning-Core Curriculum

Afternoon- Choose Your Option

Afternoon- Choose Your Option

  • Emergency Action Planning- Turning plans into action-prevent, control, and stop incidents early  
  • Chemical Properties of Ammonia- Key traits, hazards, and how weather or terrain can influence release behavior  
  • Physiological Effects- Health impacts of exposure and how to assess risks 
  • Hazards, Risks, and Threats- Understand hazards, mitigate risks, and prepare for threats 

Afternoon- Choose Your Option

Afternoon- Choose Your Option

Afternoon- Choose Your Option

  • OPTION 1- Standard topics- Regulatory updates, incident command, PPE, lessons learned, and more. Starts at $4,995
  • OPTION 2- Site-Specific Training- Walkthroughs, hazard recognition, response expectations, and operational readiness reviews. Starts at $4,995
  • OPTION 3- Tabletop Exercise (TTX)- Incident command, notifications, evacuations, unified commands, and lessons learned.  Starts at $4,995
  • OPTION 4- Live Release Exercises- PPE drills, dry decontamination, tarp techniques, exposure, ammonia behavior demonstrations, and more.  Starts at $9,950

Hazmat Ammonia Safety Days

Responder-focused program that combines tactical classroom instruction and a live ammonia release exercise to strengthen emergency response capabilities, practical skills, and ammonia incident preparedness. 

Classroom Topics

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

  • Ammonia Hazards
  • Medical Management
  • PPE Selection
  • Mitigation Strategies
  • Response Considerations

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

  • Low-Level Ammonia Exposure
  • High-Level Ammonia Exposure & PPE Effectiveness
  • Dry Decontamination (Fan/Blower)
  • Tarp & Cover Techniques
  • Ammonia Behavior Demo (Water into Ammonia)
  • Group Debriefing

Training Outcomes

Field Exercise/Live Ammonia Release

Training Outcomes

  • Improve Emergency Response Readiness
  • Strengthen Hazard Recognition Skills
  • Enhance Emergency Coordination
  • Build Confidence in Response Actions
  • Apply Classroom Knowledge in the Field

Full Scale Ammonia Tabletop Exercises

 Full-day, discussion-based TTX training that uses a realistic ammonia emergency scenario to evaluate response plans, strengthen coordination, and improve emergency preparedness. 

Reveal an Ammonia Concept of Operations (CONOPS)

Perform an Ammonia Emergency Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

Perform an Ammonia Emergency Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

  • Enhance Tripod Response – Industry, Government & Public Safety.
  • Collaboration between Local – State – Federal Emergency Management.
  • Understand the role of the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). 

Perform an Ammonia Emergency Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

Perform an Ammonia Emergency Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

Perform an Ammonia Emergency Tabletop Exercise (TTX)

  • Simulation based on One Plan Integrated Contingency Plan.
  • Utilization of an Emergency Action Plan and Response Plan.
  • Understand the value of EPCRA & RMP rules of engagement.
  • Engage Discovery, Initial, and Sustained Response Stages.
  • Utilize FEMA Complexity Levels.
  • Enhance Community Emergency Management.
  • Engage Medical Emergency Management.
  • Advantages of FEMA’s Chem Responder platform.
  • ALOHA and IMAAC Plume Modeling.
  • Termination and Recovery Stage. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Request a custom Safety Day proposal- asti@ammonia-safety.com

  • Demonstrate a commitment to employee safety
  • Customize training to address site-specific concerns and organizational goals
  • Strengthen emergency preparedness
  • Improve operational readiness 
  • Enhance facility-response coordination 
  • Increase ammonia hazard awareness 
  • Identify planning and response gaps 
  • Build relationships before an incident occurs 


Ammonia Technicians, Emergency Responders, Refrigeration Operators, Safety Managers, Trainers & Supervisors, Facility Leadership, ASTI Tripod- Industry, Public Safety, Government / Regulatory Agencies.


  Industry

  • Food Processors
  • Cold Storage Facilities
  • Refrigeration Contractors
  • Agricultural Operations
  • Industrial Ammonia Facilities
  • Industry Associations and Cooperatives

Public Safety

  • Fire Departments
  • Hazmat Teams
  • Emergency Management Organizations
  • Training Academies

Government & Regulatory

  • Local Governments
  • State Agencies
  • Regulatory Organizations
  • Public-Private Safety Partnerships


The pricing shown reflects a typical U.S.-based Safety Day event. Additional fees may apply depending on event objectives, location, and customization requirements. 


ASTI will discuss all anticipated costs during the planning process and provide a clear proposal before scheduling your event. 


The pricing shown reflects a typical U.S.-based Safety Day event. Additional fees may apply depending on event objectives, location, and customization requirements.
Examples may include:
• Additional ASTI instructors requested or required for larger audiences
• Specialized equipment, props, or demonstration materials requested for the event
• Travel expenses that exceed typical travel costs due to remote locations or unusually high-cost destinations
• International travel and logistics 


The Design Your Own Safety Day is broader and more customizable. It is designed to provide general ammonia safety education and operational awareness for a wide audience. The morning focuses on ASTI core topics such as emergency action planning, ammonia properties, physiological effects, and hazards/risks. The afternoon is flexible and can be tailored to the facility’s needs with discussions, walkthroughs, tabletop exercises, site-specific scenarios, or optional demonstrations. It is more discussion-based and focused on awareness, planning, coordination, and operational readiness. 


The Ammonia Safety Hazmat Training is more responder-focused and tactical in nature. While it also covers ammonia hazards and emergency response concepts, the classroom portion places greater emphasis on PPE selection, mitigation strategies, medical management, response considerations, and hands-on emergency response skills. The training is built around preparing personnel to actively respond to ammonia emergencies and includes more intensive field applications and practical skill development. 


Safety Day Coalition

The Ammonia Safety Day Coalition (ASDC) is a group of associations dedicated to the safe and efficient use of Anhydrous Ammonia in the Industrial refrigeration Industry. 


Ammonia Safety & Training Institute (ASTI) – How to safely mitigate and keep our people safe inside and outside of the ammonia facility. To offer Ammonia training to firefighters and first responders. 

International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR) – Industrial Refrigeration safe standards in design and maintenance.  

Refrigerating Engineers & Technicians Association (RETA) -To Train refrigeration Operators and Technicians in the science and art of safe and efficient Industrial Refrigeration Operation and maintenance. 

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) – Safe Worldwide food distribution and logistics.  


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