PEARL, Miss. — The Chlorine Institute is holding a weeklong CHLOREP Team Training at the Mississippi State Fire Academy this week, with 129 students and more than 70 instructors, the institute said.
The hands‑on, scenario‑based course is aimed primarily at emergency response contractors and Chlorine Institute member personnel, the institute said. Organizers said the exercises focus on responder safety, technical proficiency and coordinated decision‑making to prepare teams for the unlikely event of a chlorine emergency.
The 2026 session is one of the largest CHLOREP events held at the academy and marks 20 years of the institute conducting training there, the Chlorine Institute said. The training includes international participants from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and Trinidad and Tobago, alongside responders from across the United States.
The Chlorine Institute describes CHLOREP as a core part of its emergency preparedness program and says the mutual aid program, launched in 1972, helps provide rapid industry expertise and information during chlorine emergencies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The institute also said it represents more than 200 member companies involved in production, transportation, storage and use of chlorine and related chemicals. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
