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Advanced Tactical Operations

WMD Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Refresher

This direct delivery course is a performance-level refresher course for those individuals who have already taken PER-222, Public Safety WMD Response – Sampling Techniques and Guidelines, or PER-228, Advanced Forensic Investigations for Hazardous Environments. This course enhances the skills taught in those courses. This refresher is conducted using a variety of learning mediums, including lecture, multimedia, and hands-on manipulative skills development, to retrain skills that were taught as well as introduce new and advanced skills. In addition, this course allows a greater level of “hands-on” learning through practical applications due to the participants having a basic skill set and knowledge base.

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

Summarize the FBI 12-step crime scene management process.
Apply the FBI 12-step crime scene management process to a scenario through an instructor-facilitated discussion.
Identify site survey equipment necessary for hazard assessment, locating possible samples, sample classification, and required sample screening, based on a given scenario.
Develop a reconnaissance plan based upon a provided scenario.
Use provided reconnaissance information to develop a sample plan.
Describe safety considerations associated with provided monitoring equipment.
Operate basic chemical, biological, and radiological detectors and monitors.
Interpret the data from basic chemical, biological, and radiological detectors and monitors.
Determine the appropriate sampling techniques and equipment to be used for sampling operations according to the sample product present.
Demonstrate the ability to decontaminate properly packaged samples and prepare them for transport.
Conduct a reconnaissance operation.
Conduct a sampling operation.
Properly decontaminate collected samples and prepare samples for transport to the lab.
Properly complete all required paperwork.
Describe how public safety operations impact crime scene operations, based upon provided instruction.

Target Audience/Discipline
Law Enforcement, Fire Service, Hazardous Material Personnel, Public Health

This refresher course is intended primarily for participants who have successfully completed PER-222 or PER-228.

WMD Sampling Techniques and Guidelines Refresher takes a proactive approach to response training by recognizing the diverse communities that must partner together in response to a suspected WMD incident: law enforcement, fire services, hazardous materials personnel, emergency management agencies, and governmental administrative personnel. Approximately 80% of the course’s participants are the emergency responders who are 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 refresher is also 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. In addition, the refresher provides vital information to supervisory and management personnel responsible for developing policies and procedures governing emergency responder actions during WMD terrorist incidents. This refresher highlights information regarding how participants can effectively interact with other federal, state, and local partners to respond efficiently to such an emergency.

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 16.0

Format Instructor-Led Training (Direct Delivery)

DHS Course # PER-274

Prerequisites

Participants should attend PER-222, PER-228, and/ or possess an equivalent skill set to be prepared for this course (e.g., sample collection, operating/collecting samples in PPE). The following verifiable prerequisites apply to personnel attending the refresher:

Successful completion of a WMD awareness-level training course
Current HazMat technician-level certification
Respiratory medical clearance for wearing Level C PPE (29 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 1910.134)

Facility Requirements
Please view this document for facility requirements

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