TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Operational Level Response to HazMat/WMD Incidents (PER-212)

January 23, 2019

Contact:

Joe Carroll
730-4211
jcarroll@ci.scarborough.me.us

OPERATIONAL LEVEL RESPONSE TO HAZMAT/WMD INCIDENTS (PER-212)

Instructed by Texas Engineering Extension Service, a division of the Texas A&M University System

Class will be held at the Gorham Fire Department on Friday, February 22 - 1800 to 2100 and Saturday & Sunday, February 23 & 24 - 0800 to 1600

This course focuses on the unique personal protection challenges that responders face during a weapons of mass destruction (WMD)/terrorist incident or a hazardous materials incident. PER-212 is based on NFPA 472 (2008) consensus standard operations-level core competencies and personal protection equipment (PPE) mission specific competency, as well as OSHA (29CFR 1910.120) and EPA (40CFR Part 311) response regulations. PER-212 provides the knowledge and skills needed to obtain certification through the National Professional Qualifications System (NFQS/ProBoard) as an Operations-level responder.

Major topics include:

• Assessing WMD hazards
• Predicting the likely behavior of WMD materials
• Identifying defensive strategies for a WMD incident
• Effectively operating and communicating in a unified command structure of the Incident Command System (ICS)
• Determining detection equipment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needs
• Donning PPE
• Performing emergency decontamination

At the completion of this course, participants will be required to pass a comprehensive final exam. If successfully passed, participants receive a certificate of completion.

Training Level: Performance

Venue: Your jurisdiction

Course Length: Three days (24 hours)

Participant Audience:

Emergency personnel who will respond to a WMD terrorism or hazardous materials incident. Course participants include responders from the following disciplines/services:

• State, county and local law enforcement agencies
• Emergency medical services
• Fire/rescue service
• Public works/utility workers
• Emergency management
• Public health
• Health care providers
• Other allied government agencies tasked with WMD or HazMat response

Prerequisites: None

Note: When ProBoard testing, an Awareness level course meeting Chapter 4 of the NFPA 472 Standard (2008) is the certification requirement. The preferred course meeting the certification requirement is the TEEX online course:

AWR-160-W (http://teexwmdcampus.com) or the instructor led: AWR-160-SAT (TEEX Course #OGT-208).

Recommended:

TEEX on-line: AWR-160-W (http://teexwmdcampus.com) or the instructor led: AWR-16-SAT (TEEX Course #OGT-208).

Class Size: 35 participants

Continuing Education Credits: IACET - 2.4 CEUs

For more information or to enroll contact: jcarroll@ci.scarborough.me.us or (207) 730-4211