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The National Center for Biomedical Research and Training at Louisiana State University offers DHS-certified courses covered under the NCBRT’s Homeland Security National Training Program Cooperative Agreement. As a DHS primary training provider, the NCBRT can offer this vital training at no direct cost to your agency. Please contact us at info@ncbrt.lsu.edu or 1-877-829-8550 to schedule a course through your state administrative agency, or visit www.ncbrt.lsu.edu to learn more about the NCBRT’s training opportunities. Remember, the time to prepare is now!

Agroterrorism

Preparing Communities for Animal, Plant, and Food Incidents: An Introduction

  This course is designed to promote community awareness of agriculture-based terrorism. Participants are introduced to and learn a definition of agroterrorism. Once they have received an overview of the food supply infrastructure, participants learn basic communication protocols they must be aware of in case they must report a suspected agroterrorism incident. At the end of the course, participants learn about additional opportunities that exist for agricultural security training.
 

Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Recall pertinent issues related to HSPDs 5, 7, 8, and 9 as they relate to agricultural security and threats.
  • Summarize food and agricultural system vulnerabilities to threats and acts of terrorism.
  • Explain psychological and economic impacts of agroterrorism.
  • Identify WMD agents and routes of exposure that are likely to be used for agroterrorism.
  • Generalize ways agricultural materials may be utilized as weapons in agroterrorism incidents.
  • Provide examples of how domestic and foreign food processing and distribution are vulnerable to agroterrorism.
  • Develop pre-incident planning measures for agricultural security.
  • Recognize important national planning and response guidelines.

 

Target Audience/Discipline
Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Hazardous Materials Personnel, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Public Safety Communications, Public Works

This course targets anyone interested in raising their awareness of the impact of agroterrorism. Because the target audience for this course is comprehensive, course participants may include managers (farm/ field/plant managers; trade associations; county emergency response; quality assurance personnel); emergency responders (police, fire, EMT, state and federal agencies, including public health, environment departments, livestock boards, and the USDA); plant/ animal processing/freshpacking/distribution; educators; extension services; veterinarians; and healthcare providers (emergency rooms, freestanding clinics, physicians, nurses).

Scheduling
Contact a NCBRT training coordinator today to schedule this course.

FEMA Regional Training Contacts
FEMA Region IV, VIII, and X
Kristi Grace
1-225-578-7550

FEMA Region I, II, and V
Ryan Graham
1-225-578-3367

FEMA Region III, VI, VII, and IX
Joseph Gueno
1-225-578-5528

 

Min/Max Enrollment Min 20; Max 40

Hours 7.0 (Direct Delivery); 8.0 (Train-the-Trainer)

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery; Train-the-Trainer; Indirect Delivery) and Web-Based

DHS Course # AWR-117, AWR-117-1, AWR-117-2, AWR-117-W

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for attending this course

Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements

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Randy Ashmore
Town of Woodbury
Woodbury, CT

In reviewing the town’s emergency operations plan, I have taken some of the course material and utilized it to help guide the rewrite of some specific areas of my LEOP.

 

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