The Renewable Fuels Association has received its 14th consecutive National Achievement Award from TRANSCAER, a national hazardous materials safety coalition, for its ethanol safety program.

Missy Ruff, RFA’s Director of Safety and Technical Programs, also received an Individual Recognition Award for her 2025 efforts, along with hazmat trainers Joel Hendelman and Glen Rudner.

Last year, RFA trained nearly 900 personnel in ethanol safety and incident response via 19 training events and held its first Spanish-language training, in El Paso, Texas. The organization also recently updated its training materials. Since its inception in 2010, RFA’s safety program has been responsible for training more than 18,800 individuals via 460 training sessions and events. RFA has trained individuals from all 50 U.S. states and 46 other countries. More than $1 million in grants were received to hold trainings across the country and keep the training program updated.

The program continues to grow in popularity this year. A four-hour-long Ethanol Emergency Response webinar in April had 74 attendees. The RFA Ethanol Emergency Response website has information on upcoming training sessions, including:

Online Webinars
June 17: Train the Trainer – Ethanol Emergency Response Webinar
Aug 20: Ethanol Emergency Response Webinar

Onsite Seminars
June 5 or 6: Ethanol Emergency Response Seminar – Stafford, VA
June 24: Ethanol Emergency Response Seminar – Cibolo, TX
July 24 or 25: Ethanol Emergency Response Seminar – Valhalla, NY
September 16, 17 or 18: Ethanol Emergency Response Seminar – Akron, OH