A suitably trained emergency response force is an essential component for safe implementation of anytype of fuel infrastructure. Because of the relative newness of hydrogen as a fuel, however,appropriate emergency response procedures are not yet well understood by responder workforcesacross the United States and around the world. A significant near-term training effort is needed toensure that the future hydrogen infrastructure can be developed and operated with acceptable incidentrisk. Efforts are presently underway at the HAMMER site in Washington State to develop curricularelated to hydrogen properties and behavior, identification of problems (e.g., incorrect equipmentinstallation) and appropriate response, and other relevant information intended for classroominstruction. In addition, a number of hands-on training props are planned for realistic simulation ofhydrogen incidents in order to convey proper response procedures in high-pressure, cryogenic, high-leakage or other high-risk accident situations. Surveys of emergency responders, fire marshals,regulatory authorities, manufacturers and others are being undertaken to ensure that the capabilitiesdeveloped and offered at HAMMER will meet the acknowledged need. This paper describes thetraining curricula and props anticipated at HAMMER, and is intended to provide useful information toothers planning similar training programs.