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Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define agroterrorism and how prevention, deterrence,
and response are vital to US security.
- Describe social, economic, public health, and animal/
plant health impacts of agroterrorism.
- Recognize terrorism and potential terrorist groups and/
or individuals and the motivations behind terrorist acts
as they relate to agriculture and WMD.
- List categories of WMD CBRNE agents and analyze
categories of “chemical” and “biological”.
- Identify biological threats to the infrastructure of the US
agricultural industry.
- Illustrate the pre-harvest agricultural terrorist threat
inherent to animals and plants.
- Illustrate the agricultural terrorist threat inherent to the
post-harvest food supply.
- Describe “nuclear” and “explosive” categories of WMD
as they relate to food and agriculture.
- Describe common vulnerabilities for agriculture and
food processing facilities.
- Identify key elements of community assessment and
tools to assess facility specific exposures.
- Describe strategies to reduce facility vulnerabilities and
support preparedness planning.
- Identify the role of surveillance in enhancing
preparedness and response.
- Differentiate between expectations and what actually
occurs in a food and agriculture incident.
- Appraise suspicious events for an ordinary explanation
and identify which background factors may warrant
extra investigation.
- Explain how traditional/nontraditional responders
coordinate in a food and agriculture incident.
- Identify the four agriculture specific disaster
designations.
- Describe how NIMS and the NRF apply in an integrated
agroterrorism response.
- Describe how National Preparedness Guidelines
applies to a food and agriculture incident.
- Identify specific laws regulating agriculture and the
general food supply and government agencies
responsible for enforcing these Regulations.
- Summarize the coordinated response and recovery
effort of relevant state and federal agencies to a food
and agriculture incident.
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- Recognize the need to plan for animal agriculture
operational safety, euthanasia, and critical incident and
stress management in an agriculture event.
- Develop an agriculture product disposal plan for
affected sites to prevent cross-contamination.
- Examine and plan for the clean-up process associated
with production agriculture.
- Develop an approach to a state, regional, or county/
parish recovery plan model.
- Plan for the effects of an agriculture and food incident
on market forces and recovery efforts.
- Develop strategies for long-term economic recovery.
- Work cooperatively on problem-solving exercise that
presents a food and agriculture incident.
- Describe actions that can be taken to prepare for food
and agriculture incidents.
Target Audience/Discipline
Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management
Agency, Fire Service, Governmental Administrative,
Hazardous Materials Personnel, Law Enforcement,
Public Health
The target audience is composed of representatives of
local, state, and federal agencies; farmers, ranchers,
commodities industry, livestock, grain, produce, food
processors industries; and individuals involved in
planning for and responding to food and agriculture
incidents who have an interest in or an assignment to
provide training to key members of community planning
teams. Consequently, anyone in a supervisory capacity
of any aspect of food production, from pre-production
(e.g., soil preparation, seed/input handling) to harvesting/
processing (e.g., processing, packing, canning) and
transportation (i.e., from farm to plant to store) to delivery
would benefit from this course. In addition, emergency
planners from local and state governments would also
profit from the class.
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 |
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Min/Max Enrollment Min 20; Max 40
Hours 16.0 (Direct Delivery); 20.0
(Train-the- Trainer)
Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery)
DHS Course # MGT-322
Prerequisites
• Completion of a WMD Awareness-level training course
• Familiarity with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF)
• Government-issued identification card
Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements
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