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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!

Prepared Jurisdiction

A Prepared Jurisdiction: Integrated Response to WMD Incidents

  This course is a problem-based course for small- to medium-sized jurisdictions. The course provides an opportunity for the jurisdiction and its participants to develop and/or refine strategies for responding to incidents in which suspected WMD devices may be in transit via rail, truck, barge, or inter-modal cargo container. The course includes related training intended to provide realistic scenarios that will provide the foundation for the learning activities. This course affords opportunities for the jurisdiction’s participants to train using a facilitated-discussion process supported by scenario-driven field training. Finally, the jurisdiction can use this training course as a self-assessment process for its decision-making capabilities, as well as its WMD-terrorist-response preparedness.
 

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

  • Identify and describe the five categories of CBRNE.
  • Define cargo and identify modes of transportation within the jurisdiction.
  • Identify vulnerabilities of these modes of transportation within their jurisdiction.
  • Identify the phases of WMD response operations.
  • Define fusion center and describe the intelligence cycle.
  • Describe the interface between the ICS and EOC during a WMD incident.
  • Describe how a terrorist organization can acquire/produce biological and chemical agents.
  • Explain Aum Shinrikyo’s use of transportation to disperse biological and chemical weapons.
  • Identify the major Aum Shinrikyo attacks using chemical/ biological (CB) weapons.
  • Describe importance of preparedness, planning, education, and communication to a response.
  • Review the National Incident Management System, Chapter II Command and Management.
  • Review the Incident Command System, Incident Types.
  • Discuss the authority provided by laws to implement protective actions for the local jurisdiction.
  • Discuss the responsibilities of leadership within the local jurisdiction in response to a WMD.
  • Review the details of the planning “P.”
  • List the uses and effects of explosives.
  • Recognize improvised explosive devices and the threat they pose to cargo.
  • Identify the different types of cargo containers.
  • Identify the types of devices that can be used to disseminate CBRNE WMD.
  • Describe the intelligence cycle and list the roles and responsibilities of response agencies.
  • Describe a systematic approach for managing WMD response operations.
  • Describe the safety protocols that will be used during the scenario-based field training.
  • Analyze potential threat elements.
  • Develop and implement an Incident Action Plan.
  • Deploy to protect assets and mitigate threats, hazards, and vulnerabilities.
  • Identify security and safety issues.
  • Conduct incident response actions.
  • Manage public information regarding potential threats.
 
  • Implement incident command.
  • Operate within the Incident Command System.
  • Conduct situational assessment.
  • Perform public safety and security response.
  • Conduct inter-operational communications.
  • Begin a self-assessment of training outcomes.
  • Analyze outcomes and make recommendations for methods of improvement.
  • Compile an improvement plan for their functional group.

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

For the course to be most successful, the following teams and units must be in attendance for the entire duration of the course:

  • Patrol officers (2)
  • Tactical team (1)
  • Hazardous materials team (1)
  • Explosive ordnance disposal team (1)
  • Fire response team (1)
  • EMS unit (or designated unit to provide patient care and medical checks for PPE) (1)
  • Elected and non-elected government officials
  • Mayor
  • Sheriff
  • Police chief
  • Fire chief
  • EMS director
  • Emergency managers
  • Community planners
  • Public health representatives
  • Public information officers
  • Representatives assigned to the Emergency Operations Center

The maximum number of participants is 80, unless arrangements are made with the NCBRT.

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 See audience note

Hours 20.0

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery)

DHS Course # PER-219

Prerequisites
This course is delivered at the jurisdictional level. Attendees of this course must have received response training commensurate with their level of participation (i.e., Awareness, Performance, Management and Planning levels).

Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements

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Gary M. Savelle
New Orleans Fire Department
New Orleans, LA

This course had the police and fire departments working together as we never had before. It taught us how important it is to communicate during incidents and not to operate in a vacuum. The working relationship we developed with the police department during the course has carried over into real incidents.

 

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