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PER212 - Operational Level Response to HazMat/WMD Incidents (NFPA-472, 2008 Ed.) - 24.00 Hours

Start Date End Date Location Class Number    
5/17/13 5/19/13 Rutland, VT USA FP PER212 432 [register] [details]  
5/17/13 5/19/13 Westbury, NY USA FP PER212 478 [register] [details]  
5/20/13 5/22/13 Coronado, CA USA FP PER212 470 [register] [details]  
5/31/13 6/9/13 Phoenix, AZ USA FP PER212 445 [register] [details]  
6/3/13 6/10/13 Albany, GA USA FP PER212 458 [register] [details]  
6/4/13 6/11/13 Albany, GA USA FP PER212 459 [register] [details]  
6/4/13 6/6/13 Niantic, CT USA FP PER212 465 [register] [details]  
6/4/13 6/6/13 Powderly, TX USA FP PER212 477 [register] [details]  
6/5/13 6/12/13 Albany, GA USA FP PER212 460 [register] [details]  
6/17/13 6/24/13 Bartlesville, OK USA FP PER212 463 [register] [details]  
6/19/13 6/26/13 Bartlesville, OK USA FP PER212 457 [register] [details]  
6/25/13 6/27/13 Hogansburg, NY USA FP PER212 455 [register] [details]  
7/8/13 7/10/13 San Antonio, TX USA FP PER212 479 [register] [details]  
7/23/13 7/25/13 Reno, NV USA FP PER212 482 [register] [details]  
8/8/13 8/10/13 Dobbins AFB, GA USA FP PER212 481 [register] [details]  
8/20/13 8/22/13 Kayenta, AZ USA FP PER212 475 [register] [details]  
8/27/13 8/29/13 Columbia, TN USA FP PER212 473 [register] [details]  
9/17/13 9/19/13 Dublin, CA USA FP PER212 472 [register] [details]  
9/17/13 9/19/13 Dublin, CA USA FP PER212 476 [register] [details]  
9/20/13 9/29/13 Phoenix, AZ USA FP PER212 446 [register] [details]  
10/22/13 10/24/13 Murrells Inlet, SC USA FP PER212 480 [register] [details]  
11/8/13 11/17/13 Phoenix, AZ USA FP PER212 444 [register] [details]  
12/4/13 12/6/13 Guaynabo, PR USA FP PER212 466 [register] [details]  
12/10/13 12/12/13 Guaynabo, PR USA FP PER212 467 [register] [details]  
This schedule is subject to change without notice. If you have not received confirmation of the class prior to the class start, please contact the division to get the latest schedule.

Course Description


PER212 - Operational Level Response to HazMat/WMD Incidents (NFPA-472, 2008 Ed.) - 24.00 Hours

Prerequisites

Participants must work in one of the above disciplines/services and have completed a Hazardous Materials Awareness course based on NFPA 472 (2008 Edititon), such as the WMD/Terrorism Awareness level course at: www.teexwmdcampus.com

Description

This course focuses on the unique personal protection challenges that responders face during a WMD or terrorist incident. Upon successful course completion, participants will be able to respond to a WMD/terrorism incident in a defensive mode and preclude the spread of a CBRNE hazard to the public and the environment. Major course topics include: assessing CBRNE hazards, predicting the likely behavior of CBRNE materials, effectively operating and communicating in a unified command structure of ICS, determining detection equipment and personal protection equipment (PPE) needs, performing emergency decontamination, and identifying defensive strategies for a CBRNE incident. This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to obtain certification through NPQS (ProBoard) at the hazardous materials Operations level (NFPA 472). The course is delivered using lectures, interactive participant activities, performance-oriented skills stations, small group discussions, multimedia scenarios, and an end-of-course written and skills examinations.

ODP Training Level
Performance

Delivery Location
Jurisdiction

ODP Course #
PER-212

Course Length
Three days (24 hours)

Topics

  • Predicting Hazardous Material Behavior(LE)
  • Incident Command System
  • Incident Assessment
  • Hazardous Materials Container Recognition
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  • Defensive Options
  • Decontamination

    Audience

    Awareness level emergency personnel who may respond to a WMD/terrorism incident. Course participants include responders from the following disciplines/services:

    • Law enforcement (LE)
    • Emergency medical services (EMS)
    • Fire service
    • Public works (PW)
    • Emergency management (EM)
    • Public health (PH)
    • Health care

    Other Information

    Course Size: Maximum 40 participants; minimum 26 participants

    Course Point of Contact
    Harvey Stewart, tel. (979) 458-3404

    GSA Logo GSA Contract #GS-07F-0357V GSA customers, please contact the division to register. Call 866-878-8900.

    Price
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