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Tactical Planning

Tactical Planning for Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents

This course is designed to provide sworn state, local, and tribal law enforcement tactical commanders, their deputies, tactical supervisors, tactical team leaders, and assorted law enforcement command staff with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively plan and command tactical missions for incidents involving WMD and/or hazardous materials. The course consists of eleven modules taught through classroom sessions and comprehensive practical exercises.

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

Recognize a WMD event and implement an effective incident response.
Support WMD-related tactical operations with general and incident-related tactical intelligence.
Apply the elements of tactical mission planning for a successful resolution of a WMD incident.
Develop a tactical warning order and conduct a mission brief based on the warning order.
Recognize considerations unique to the tactical commander during a WMD event.
Develop an emergency assault plan and conduct a tactical mission brief based on the emergency assault plan.
Describe post-assault actions and considerations involved in supporting and conducting an effective WMD tactical operation.
Establish and implement a realistic WMD tactical team training matrix to be used in tactical team training programs.
Implement a tactical command structure to effectively command and control a tactical WMD event.

Target Audience/Discipline
Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management Agency, Fire Service, Governmental Administrative, Hazardous Materials Personnel, Law Enforcement, Public Health

Tactical commanders control the response of law enforcement tactical teams to incidents where the release of WMD agents has occurred or is likely to occur because of terrorist actions. These commanders may have to assume a more aggressive role than is typical during a more conventional incident. Their mission planning may require them to order tactical teams to enter hazardous environments to arrest terrorists, affect the rescue of hostages, and/or prevent the release of a WMD.

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 30

Hours 24.0

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery)

DHS Course # MGT-321

Prerequisites

Completion of a WMD Awareness-level training course
Completion of a training program in basic tactical operations

Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements

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Lt. Preston Hickman
Charleston Police Department
Special Weapons & Tactics Unit
Charleston, WV

Based on this training, we have adopted the operational order format for planning our response to any terrorist related incident as well as much of our more routine missions, i.e., warrant service, barricaded gunman, etc. We also integrated our team with the county sheriff’s SWAT team to form a tactical team for WMD response. Additionally, we set up WMD training scenarios at the Center for National Response and utilized information learned from your course to respond to the scenarios. Based on guidance from your instructors, we obtained a state homeland security grant and upgraded our PPE. I would recommend this training to any agency tasked with providing a tactical response for combating terrorism.