HazMat 101 Consultants invoice 1096, dated 02/09/2026, bills 7,945.00 for Opiod Identifcation and HazMat Operational Review, spelled that way on the invoice. Purchase order 65384, dated 03/10/2026 and charged to account 15-286-58-001-001, heads the order HAZMAT, OPERATIONAL REFRESHER TRAINING 3/3/2026-3/6/2026. Its item line opens OPIOID IDENTIFICATION AND HAZMAT OPERATIONAL REVIEW, March 3 through March 6, 2026. It then describes an operational refresher, a three hour class taught once in the morning and again in the afternoon, repeated daily for four days, on scene management for CO emergencies, natural gas leaks, fuel spills, lithium ion batteries and CNG vehicles, the 2024 Emergency Response Guidebook, offensive and defensive tactics, decontamination, a meth lab review and basic air monitoring. The vendor's quote of 10/16/2025, billed to Clifton NJ Fire, lists the same topics at 7,975.00. The topics listed on the order and the quote include no opioid topic. The vendor's sole source letter of 01/01/2026 uses the same course name and describes training in air monitoring and detection for hazardous materials technicians. Check 908436 paid 7,945.00 on 03/18/2026. Hazmat operations training is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no overdose program is documented. The payment falls in FY2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, counts it inside its 55,037.73 update to the 2024 program Opioid Response Team, which twelve charges in the year make to the cent. The update describes the year's spending as response equipment, community navigation and coordination technology, specialized opioid and hazardous-substance training and services, and overtime.
False characterization
Billed a hazmat refresher as opioid identification
$7,945.00
Amount in this finding
DGrade D · provisionalClifton
False characterization · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 6 documents