Course Catalog

The course prepares the hazardous materials (HazMat) technician to respond to an incident involving a radiological or nuclear weapon of mass destruction (WMD), such as a radiological dispersal device (RDD, "dirty bomb") or an improvised nuclear device (IND). The course begins by giving the participant a conscious awareness of the fundamentals of radiation, health effects, recognition, and terrorist use of radiation and radiological material. Participants are given hands-on experience with radiation fields while learning the basic operation of radiation detectors and dosimeters. Participants are taught how to use these instruments to conduct surveys of personnel, vehicles, facilities, and outdoor areas. Delivered at the U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Test Site in Las Vegas, Nevada._x000d_

This instructor-led, exercise-based course is designed to train the Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND) mission using a personal radiation detector (PRD) to perform a preliminary radiological assessment. Responders operate PRDs to detect radiation, verify the radiation alarm, localize the source of radiation, measure the radiation level, and assess the threat status of the situation. Participants employ PRDs to help adjudicate potential threats regarding situations with people, vehicles, packages, and facilities. Additional information regarding PRND operations in maritime environments is available and included as needed. Upon successful completion of the course individual becomes certified Primary Radiological Screener. Recertification/refresher every 3 years.

Applicants should be law enforcement and public safety officers who have been issued a PRD and whose duties place them in locations where illicit radiological/nuclear material may be hidden, transported, assembled, and/or employed by terrorist elements

***FEMA SID NUMBER IS REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE***
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The Detection Equipment for Law Enforcement (DELE) Course will prepare state and local law enforcement agencies to detect and report terrorist attempts to import, possess, store, transport, develop, or use radiological or nuclear material. DELE will teach individual patrol officers and detection-and-interdiction teams to detect, verify, locate, measure, identify, assess, and, if warranted, report radiation and radioactive material. DELE will prepare the local law enforcement team, upon the discovery of suspected illicit radioactive material, to seamlessly progress from detection through alarm resolution to search and response, in conjunction with regional and national assets. (Nevada Test Site)

This instructor-led, exercise-based course is designed to train the Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND) mission using a Radiation Isotope Identifier Device (RIID) to perform a secondary radiological assessment. Responders operate RIIDs to detect radiation, verify the alarm, localize the source of radiation, measure the radiation level, identify radioactive isotopes, and assess the threat status of detected material. Participants employ the RIID to help adjudicate potential threats regarding situations with people, vehicles, packages, and facilities. Additional information regarding PRND operations in maritime environments is available and included as needed. Upon successful completion of the course individual becomes certified Secondary Radiological Screener. Recertification/refresher every 3 years.

This instructor-led, exercise-based course is designed to train the Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND) mission using a Radiation Isotope Identifier Device (RIID) to perform a secondary radiological assessment. Responders operate RIIDs to detect radiation, verify the alarm, localize the source of radiation, measure the radiation level, identify radioactive isotopes, and assess the threat status of detected material. Participants employ the RIID to help adjudicate potential threats regarding situations with people, vehicles, packages, and facilities. Additional information regarding PRND operations in maritime environments is available and included as needed. Upon successful completion of the course individual becomes certified Secondary Radiological Screener. Recertification/refresher every 3 years.

This instructor-led is designed to train the Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND) mission using portable radiation detection systems (backpacks with a higher level of sensitivity than personal radiation detectors) to perform a preliminary radiological assessment. Responders operate backpacks to detect radiation, verify the radiation alarm, localize the source of radiation, measure the radiation level, and assess the threat status of the situation. Participants employ the backpacks to help adjudicate potential threats involving people, vehicles, packages, and facilities. An exercise using PRDs, RIIDs, and the Backpacks will be held following this course.

This instructor-led is designed to train the Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection (PRND) mission using portable radiation detection systems (backpacks with a higher level of sensitivity than personal radiation detectors) to perform a preliminary radiological assessment. Responders operate backpacks to detect radiation, verify the radiation alarm, localize the source of radiation, measure the radiation level, and assess the threat status of the situation. Participants employ the backpacks to help adjudicate potential threats involving people, vehicles, packages, and facilities. An exercise using PRDs, RIIDs, and the Backpacks will be held following this course.

INSTRUCTOR: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS. Using the same principles and design characteristics as the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Hazardous Materials training programs, the IAFF developed the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) training course Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations, a Safe Response for Public Safety Personnel. The course empowers students to draw on their experiences and knowledge, use their available resources, and make calculated decisions about safe response actions. Focusing on a specific audience (i.e. first responders) and emphasizing the safety and health of these professionals, the course builds on basic skills and knowledge while introducing and teaching characteristics, hazards, and mitigation tactics specific to WMD incidents.

INSTRUCTOR: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS. Using the same principles and design characteristics as the IAFF Hazardous Materials training programs, the IAFF developed the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training course, Emergency Response to Terrorism: Operations, a Safe Response for Public Safety Personnel. The course empowers students to draw on their experiences and knowledge, use their available resources, and make calculated decisions about safe response actions. The course focuses on a specific audience (i.e., first responders) and emphasizes the safety and health of these professionals. It builds on basic skills and knowledge, while introducing and teaching characteristics, hazards, and mitigation tactics specific to WMD incidents.

INSTRUCTOR: CDP. The WMD Technical Emergency Response Training Course is a 4-day training program designed to provide emergency responders with Operations Level instruction on responding to and operating in a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) environment. The course covers Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) threats; the current domestic and international terrorist threat; managing a WMD scene; determining the breadth of a WMD incident area; and dealing with the media at a WMD incident. In addition, it provides 20 hours of hands-on familiarization training with specialized protective clothing and equipment, chemical detection and identification equipment, decontamination, triage, and ordnance/explosive recognition and response.

INSTRUCTOR: CDP. This in-depth training course addresses the composition, action, identification, and decontamination of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) agents that have the potential for use in a terrorist incident. It also includes training in the preservation of evidence at a crime scene, an overview of the international and domestic terrorist threat, and a series of practical exercises involving WMD detection, identification, and protective equipment and techniques for operating at a WMD terrorist incident.

INSTRUCTOR: CDP. The Hands-On Training Course consists of a 2-day training program providing hands-on training with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), sampling and monitoring equipment, mass casualty triage, and explosive/ordnance secondary devices and searches. The course concludes with multitask, hands-on, performance-oriented training in the WMD [Toxic Agent] (COBRA) Training Facility._x000d_
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Law Enforcement Protective Measures (8-hour) (LEPM) provides the responder terrorist threat and indicators of terrorist activity, targets of terrorist activity and tactics used by terrorists, prevention and deterrence techniques, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE) hazards, protective measures, appropriate response actions, and the Incident Command System (ICS). (CDP)_x000d_

Law Enforcement Protective Measures for CBRNE Incidents, Train-the-Trainer is a two-day course for law enforcement supervisors and trainers. The course provides students with the knowledge and skills to train law enforcement responders at the performance defensive level in the areas of terrorism threats, chemical hazards, biological agents, radiological hazards, law enforcement terrorist prevention and deterrence techniques, response actions, and the Incident Command System (ICS).

Below are some, but not all, of the critical skill sets learned during this training program:

Constructing learning objectives that includes a task, a condition, and a standard of performance.
Identifying the techniques necessary to provide an effective presentation.
Recognizing strengths and weaknesses of various training aids.
Selecting and conducting practical exercises to facilitate the learning and capabilities of law enforcement protective measure team members.

The WMD Law Enforcement Response Actions course is an one-day training course providing hands-on training in surveying and monitoring, decontamination and triage procedures, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), and scene survey and safety.

The Instructor Training Certification Course (ITC) provides the responder with an overview of instruction on adult learning, task analysis, risk and hazard analysis, learning objectives and lesson plans, communication skills, instructional delivery and multimedia, testing and evaluations, and the After Action Review (AAR). The course is conducted in two phases: Fundamental and Applied Principles. (CDP)

INSTRUCTOR: CDP. This course addresses chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) incident management; treatment of victims of exposure to chemical hazards, biological agent infection, radiological hazards, and explosions; triage operations while in personal protective equipment (PPE); and decontamination of victims. (CDP)

WMD Incident Complexities—Responder (ICR) provides the responder with hands-on training in survey and monitoring, decontamination procedures, mass casualty response, and scene survey and safety. (CDP)

WMD Emergency Responder Hazardous Materials Technician (ERHM) provides the responder with a combination of lectures and hands-on practical exercises and training that meets requirements set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (29 CFR 1910.120) for technician-level training. The ERHM course provides lectures in terrorist threat, the hazardous materials management system, responder health and safety, the Incident Command System (ICS), site management, information management, response objectives, and terminating the incident. (CDP)

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The Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) Detection course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to successfully and
safely inspect for, identify, and/or respond to vehicle-borne explosive threats.

Overview of the class:

Module 1: Vehicle-borne explosive threat overview
Module 2: Identifying vehicle-borne explosive hazards
Module 3: Assessment of vehicles and occupant behavior
Module 4: Vehicle inspection demonstration and activity

The course will provide students with the ability to identify biological threats, protect themselves, operate, and perform essential protective measures in a hazardous biological environment. The course will consist of five modules in which the students will be introduced to biological threats, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the donning and doffing of PPE, decontamination, technical decontamination procedures, and a question and answer forum._x000d_
Participant Audience: Emergency Medical Services, Fire Service, Law Enforcement, Hazardous