Awareness and Response to Biological Events (AWR-118-W)

This course provides a brief overview of the biological threat that faces the United States today, including biological agents that are naturally occurring or could be used deliberately and methods of protection from biological agents. The course emphasizes protection from a biological incident using methods and equipment readily available to emergency responders. Tactics for identifying the presence of a potential biological threat, responding to an incident and supporting operations at the incident scene are also addressed.

Access NCBRT web-based training at http://www.ncbrt.lsu.edu/elearn

Professional Disciplines
Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Hazardous Materials Personnel, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Public Health

The target audience for this course includes:

• Police
• Fire
• Emergency medical services personnel and planners
• Emergency management

This course is part of the Law Enforcement Terrorism Certification Program and Emergency Management Terrorism Certification Program, currently adopted by the state of Oklahoma.

Level of training
Awareness

Hours 2.5

Format Web-Based Training

DHS Course # AWR-118-W

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