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Course Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply to a scenario a systematic approach for
managing potential or actual WMD events.
- Explain the phases of WMD response operations.
- List and explain the roles and responsibilities of
response agencies.
- Summarize the FBI’s 12-step crime scene management
process.
- Recognize effective methods of detection and
monitoring at a CBRNE event involving a potentially
hazardous environment and/or hazardous substances.
- Recognize chemical and physical properties of
materials and how they relate to effective detection and
monitoring.
- Use monitoring and detection equipment to screen a
sample and the sample environment correctly.
- Determine the appropriate collection technique for a
given sample.
- Select the correct supplies and materials according to
SOPs for a given sample and collection technique.
- Provide sufficient public safety sampling documentation
for given technique and materials and explain the
relevance to WMD response.
- Determine the appropriate sampling techniques and
equipment to be used for public safety sampling
operations according to the sample product present.
- Correctly complete all necessary documentation
associated with the recon and public safety sampling
operations.
- Operate basic chemical, biological, and radiological
detectors and monitors.
- Interpret the display data from basic chemical,
biological, and radiological detectors and monitors.
- Demonstrate the ability to survey the site and screen
suspect material using the provided monitoring and
detection equipment.
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Target Audience/Discipline
Law Enforcement, Fire Service, Hazardous Material Personnel, Public Health
Approximately 80% of the course participants will be the
emergency responders most likely to be called upon to
operate within the exclusion zone of a WMD incident
involving hazardous materials—the responders able
to utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) at Level
C or higher, employ monitoring and detection devices
and procedures, and (potentially) obtain samples from
the scene for analysis. Because WMD response is
multidisciplinary in nature, the course will also be useful
to responders who work with HazMat teams in roles
that do not require exclusion zone entry. This second
group includes law enforcement, public health, and other
personnel with the responsibility to receive and transport
a sample from the HazMat team to a designated
laboratory.
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 30
Hours 24.0
Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery)
DHS Course # PER-222
Prerequisites
- Successful completion of
a WMD awareness-level
training course; being a
certified HazMat technician
qualifies a participant at the
primary level; demonstrating
a need-to-know job function
required to support,
supervise, and/or work with
individuals responsible for
collecting, receiving, or
processing samples from a
contaminated environment
qualifies a participant at the
secondary level
- Respiratory medical
clearance for wearing Level C
PPE (29 CFR 1910.134)
- Government-issued photo ID
and a copy of their HazMat
Technician-level certification
Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements
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Capt. Christopher Barrella
Picatinny Arsenal Fire and Emergency Services
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
We put all the material from
the course (Sampling) to
use on May 11, when the
haz-mat team responded
to an unknown substance
call. Youths had obtained an
unknown substance from a
local defunct laboratory and
after destroying a local mailbox,
dumped the substance on the
ground. Our haz-mat team
obtained two samples, one
of which is being used by the
Morris County Prosecutors
Office for legal action against
the teens. For once, the lesson
came before the test.
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