St. Johns County officials reported Aug. 19 that the Northeast Florida Regional Council’s Local Emergency Planning Committee provided hazardous-materials response training to 111 fire-service personnel from St. Johns County Fire Rescue and the St. Augustine Fire Department during fiscal year 2024–25. Tyler Nolen, the county’s emergency preparedness planner, presented the item to the Board of County Commissioners.

The training occurred through the NEFRC’s LEPC program and included joint regional exercises with CSX, which the county said helped secure funding to provide a Magna SEAL leak-control device to the county. The item summary lists the device’s value as $2,295.

County staff said the initiative was part of NEFRC training initiatives for the county; no further procurement or implementation actions were recorded in the meeting materials. The report was presented as information to the board; the transcript does not record a formal board vote tied to this item.

Details provided at the meeting: 111 county fire-service personnel received specialized hazardous-materials response training, and the county received one Magna SEAL leak-control device valued at $2,295 through the NEFRC/CSX effort. The county presentation did not identify further operational or budgetary implications, such as training schedules, maintenance responsibilities for the device, or additional equipment purchases.

The report closes with staff offering to provide follow-up details if commissioners request them; the transcript does not record whether any commissioner requested additional information during this agenda item.