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Mission To To operate a operate Federal Federal training center specializing in in providing advanced and and hands-on training training to to America s Federal, State, Federal, State, local, tribal, tribal and parish, parish and emergency private emergency responders, to to prevent, responders, deter, to to prevent, respond to to and deter, recover respond from to, to, terrorist and acts, recover especially from terrorist those acts, involving especially weapons those involving of of mass destruction weapons of of or mass or hazardous materials. destruction or or hazardous materials. 2
Opportunity Unique training and support facilities at McClellan Facilities transfer in September 1999 created a $51 mil cost avoidance Facilities include specially-designed buildings with with sophisticated ventilatory and and other decontamination equipment, sensitive chemical agent monitoring devices Walter Walter Reed Reed Army Army Institute Institute of of Research Research 3
Toxic Environment Training If If you you have have not not trained in in live live [toxic] agent, agent, you you are are not not prepared for for a a WMD WMD incident. Robert Robert Burg Burg Office Office of of the the Attending Attending Physician Physician United United States States Congress Congress Practice Practice and and Validate Validate Skills Skills Operate Operate Safely Safely Build Build Confidence Confidence Verify Verify Operational Operational Procedures Procedures Establish Establish Credibility Credibility measures of of confidence were were clearly higher higher for for subjects trained with with toxic toxic agent agent than than for for subjects without such such training Walter Walter Reed Reed Army Army Institute Institute of of Research Research 4
CDP Training Offer both Resident and Non-Resident Training Programs Training Programs offer responders an opportunity to network with instructors and students from across the country Responders train using current equipment and tactics Match students right training Advanced hands-on training Scenario-based exercises Many training offerings culminate with toxic agent training 5
Graduate Demographics Average age: 40 Average experience: 15 years 6
CBRNE Courses AWR 103: Crimes Scene Management AWR 160-1: Standardized Awareness Authorized Trainer Course PER-201: HazMat Evidence Collection PER-260: WMD Technical Emergency Response Training (TERT) PER-261: WMD HazMat Technician (HT) PER-262: WMD Hands-on-Training (HOT) PER-263: Respiratory Protection Program PER-264: WMD Law Enforcement Protective Measures PER-265: WMD Law Enforcement Response Actions PER-267: WMD Emergency Medical Service (EMS) PER-268: WMD Complexities Incident Response (8 hour) PER-270: WMD Agricultural Emergency Response Training (AgERT) PER-271: WMD Complexities Incident Response Clinician PER-272: WMD Emergency Respond HazMat Technician (ER-HazMat) MGT-301: WMD Command and Response MGT-360: WMD Incident Command 7
Performance Defensive PER-201: (HazMat Evidence Collection) 16 Hours Objective: Train the proper techniques for collecting/preserving evidence at a WMD crime scene Target: LE, FS, EMS and HazMat 8
Performance Defensive PER-260 (WMD Technical Emergency Response Training) 32 Hours Objective: Provide advanced handson training for CBRNE operations and response-4 training lanes and COBRATF Target: All Disciplines PER-262 (WMD Hands-On Training) 16 Hours Objective: Provide advanced handson training for CBRNE operations and response-4 training lanes and COBRATF Target: All Disciplines 9
Performance Offensive PER-261(WMD Hazardous Materials Technician) 24 Hours Objective: Augment skills of HazMat technician with CBRNE specific skills Target: Certified HazMat technicians 10
Performance Defensive PER-263 (WMD Respiratory Protection Program) 16 Hours Objective: Provide core information to organize, implement and sustain a respiratory protection program Target: All Disciplines 11
Performance Defensive PER-267 (WMD Emergency Medical Services) 24 Hours Objective: Perform EMS functions in CBRNE environment and scenario (Level B&C) Target: EMS and HC (non-ems) 12
Performance Defensive PER-268 (WMD Complexities Incident Response) 8 Hours Objective: Train on WMD related topics and hands-on training with equipment, instrumentation and procedures at a WMD event Target: All Disciplines 13
Performance Defensive PER-270 (WMD Basic Agricultural Emergency Response Training) 32 Hours Objective: Perform functions in CBRNE environment (Level B&C) and scenario to include crime scene/evidence preservation, and decon activities Target: Agricultural (APHIS, USDA, Federal, State, Parish, Local, Tribal and Private vets) and traditional first responders 14
Management and Planning MGT-301 (WMD Command and Response)/MGT-360 (WMD Incident Command) 8 Hours/24 Hours Objective: Trains WMD materials, pre-incident planning, response plan development, CBRNE incident response, CBRNE Incident Management and hands on training with simulation driven exercise Target: All Disciplines 15
Northville Northville Courses PER-260 TERT PER-262 HOT Scenario and task based exercises Performance oriented individual & team Stations include: Casualty Collection Point Victim Extrication (cut-out) Gross Decon Technical Decon Survey and Monitoring 16
HazMat Trailer The HazMat Trailer was a great tool to create a mock scene River Forrest Police Department Provides a mobile environment to conduct on-site performance based training: HazMat, Law Enforcement Protective Measures/Law Enforcement Response Actions, and HazMat Evidence Collection. Provides a flexible environment for training: 1 or 2 rooms, smoke, ambient sounds, and controlled lighting. Record and Document Training 17
Technologies for Training Chemical Detection and Classification (Sampling/Surveying & Monitoring) Biological Detection and Classification (Sampling/Surveying & Monitoring) Sampling a suspected Toxic Industrial Chemical Cultured Bacillus anthracis spores Incident Response Sample Collection Kit 18
Chemical Sampling/Surveying & Monitoring Initial Entry Multi-gas meters, Photo Ionization Detectors, ph paper The on-scene Incident Commander needs the best determination of the agent type: Encourage the use of at least three unique technologies Subsequent Entries/Advanced Equipment M8/C8 paper, M256A1 Kit, colorimetric tubes, Ion Mobilization Spectrometry, Flame Photometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, Surface Acoustic Wave, Mass Spectrometry 19
Biological Sampling/Surveying & Monitoring Protein Detection, Suspicious White Powders Lateral Flow Strips Fluorescent Lateral Flow Technology Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Rapid Analyte Measurement Platform (Fluorescent Lateral Flow) Bio-Seeq (PCR) 20
System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) 21
SAVER Mission System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders Provide impartial, relevant, operationally oriented assessments and validations of emergency responder equipment Responders provide observations/findings Provide information that enables decision makers and responders to better select, procure, use, and maintain emergency responder equipment 22
SAVER Technical Agents Texas A&M University Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Charleston Nevada Test Site 23
CDP SAVER History Began Assessments in March 2004 Conduct operational assessments on commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment under the National Planning Scenarios, using emergency responders as evaluators Provide useful, functional information on equipment performance in WMD conditions (i.e., responders wearing PPE, CDP training environments, etc.) Publishable reports for SAVER and Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) websites, and hard-copy hand-outs SAVER ~ http://saver.tamu.edu RKB ~ http://www2.rkb.mipt.org 24
Focus Group & Evaluator Selection CDP Courses for SAVER Awareness Level Discipline ID Assessment Equipment Fire Service Public Works EMA Law Enforcement EMS HazMat Health Care Focus Group Participants Performance Offensive Performance Defensive Management & Planning Public Health Public Safety Communications Government Administrative Responder Experience Background Evaluators (Depending on Assessment) Years of Experience Discipline 25
Assessment Categories Five SAVER categories Affordability Capability Deployability Maintainability Usability Synthesize responders findings/observations 26
CDP SAVER Assessments APD2000 Class 3 PPE 2004/2005 Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus Ion-Mobility Spectrometry 2006/2007 Multi-Sensor Meter Chemical Detectors PID/ FID Chemical Detectors Technical Decontamination Support Systems In-Suit Communications Portable Weather Stations Air-Purifying Respirators Air-Purifying Escape Hoods Loudspeakers/Mask Interface Personal Decon Kits/ Packets Bio Sampling Protocol/Kits 27
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