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Operational WMD Response for Law Enforcement

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This course is designed to address specific fundamentals and skills associated with an emergency response to a WMD incident. As such, it provides detailed technical information and includes hands-on practice of actions required of emergency responders in WMD incident situations.

Throughout the program of instruction, participants are reminded of the necessity for teamwork among all responding agencies; as emergency responders, they must support and facilitate the operations of fire and medical services and other responding agencies. In summary, the course prepares representatives of state and local emergency response agencies to perform a critical emergency responder role safely and effectively during an incident involving WMD agents.

Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe how performance is evaluated
• Define the following terms: terrorism, domestic terrorism, and international terrorism
• Describe the current terrorist threat to the United States
• Describe potential scenarios and tactics for terrorist threats in communities within the United States
• List and describe the five types of WMD materials and their associated characteristics, which could be employed by terrorists using the CBRNE acronym
• Describe routes of exposure and the types of harm that can be expected from the different WMD agents
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages from the perspective of the terrorist of using each type of WMD agent, and list possible indicators of a WMD event
• List four WMD reference guides and describe their advantages and limitations
• Demonstrate proper use of the four reference guides used in Module 4
• Determine which of the four reference guides would be best suited to inform the responder on proper tactics using the given scenario
• Describe protective actions necessary to protect responders and the general public during a WMD incident
• Describe measures for minimizing exposures and the spread of contamination at the scene of a WMD event
• List the advantages of Up Hill, Up Wind, Up Stream, and Time, Distance, and Shielding during a WMD response
• Describe the various levels of protective equipment available to first responders
• Describe appropriate decontamination methods for victims, responders, and equipment
• Describe the factors to be considered for decontamination of evidence collected at the scene of a WMD event
• Differentiate between threat assessments and vulnerability assessments and describe how both are used to assess the risk posed to a community from terrorist activities
• Define and describe potential threat elements
• Describe the process of using a Jurisdiction Threat Worksheet to rate potential threat elements
• Evaluate and rate the vulnerability of individual targets within a jurisdiction

• List the roles and responsibilities of local, state, and federal government agencies in responding to WMD incidents
• Describe the content and purpose of the National Response Framework
• Describe the content and purpose of the National Incident Management System
• Describe the structure and function of an ICS and how law enforcement officers operate within an ICS
• Describe the structure of a Unified Command System (UCS)
• Describe the applicable regulations that should be addressed in an Operations Level response to a WMD event
• Describe the major components of the OSHA 1910.134 Respiratory Protection Regulation and how it applies to Operations Level response
• List the proper establishment of isolation zones and scene setup at a WMD event
• Demonstrate the correct sequence for properly donning and doffing Level C PPE
• List the five phases associated with local law enforcement response to a WMD incident
• Identify at least two roles and responsibilities and one procedure local law enforcement personnel can employ during each of the five phases of a WMD incident to meet their responsibilities
• Describe the role of the OSHA Technician (specialized) responder
• Describe the coordination of emergency responders with specialized technical response units
• List available federal assets and describe the proper procedures to access these resources on the scene of a WMD event
• List DHS-funded specialized training opportunities available to the local first responder
• List the appropriate actions for emergency response personnel to take when responding to the scene of a potential WMD incident and during the first 45 minutes
• Successfully complete a comprehensive post-test
• Provide feedback by completing a course evaluation form

Target Audience/Discipline
EMS, FS, HZ, LE, PH, PSC, PW

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

Min/Max Enrollment Min 20; Max 30

Hours 24.0

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery; Train-the-Trainer)

DHS Course # PER-225, PER-225-1

Prerequisites
Must be emergency response personnel of a federal, state, or local emergency agency in good standing and have successfully completed awareness-level training on WMD