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Institute of Emergency Management
Performance/Operations Level
Course # IEM-260
Course Title
WMD Technical Emergency Response Training Course (Live Agent)
Description
This is a 4-day training program designed to provide emergency responders with Operations Level instruction on responding to and operating in a WMD environment. The course covers 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. The course concludes with multitask, hand-on, performance-oriented training in the WMD (Toxic Agent) (COBRA) Training Facility.
Course Objectives
• Identify domestic and international terrorist groups, ideologies, and methods of executing terrorist acts.
• Demonstrate competent advanced knowledge of the four components of WMD, their composition, their complexities, and their effects.
• Demonstrate the ability to employ PPE, perform mass casualty triage, employ sampling and monitory equipment, perform decontamination, and identify improvised explosive devises.
• Demonstrate the ability to perform Operations Level WMD competencies in a WMD toxic environment.
OGT Training Level
Performance/Operations
Delivery
Delivered at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston , Alabama.
Course Length
32 hours
Prerequisites
• Basic Awareness Course.
• IEM-201, IEM-211, IEM-221, or IEM-230
• Must submit the enrollment application and medical screen form you will be provided.
• Responders must have vision about 20/100 uncorrected (contact lenses permitted).
• Anyone with high blood pressure (150 over 90) may be precluded from participation in Toxic Agent Training.
• Pregnancy disqualifies responder candidates from attending this training.
Target Audience
• This course is not for Hazardous Materials technicians (see IEM-241 and IEM-261).
• Law Enforcement |
• Emergency Medical Services |
• Emergency Management |
• Public Safety Communications |
• Fire Service |
• Public Works |
• Health Care |
• Public Health |
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PLEASE NOTE: Idaho “First Responders” employed by federal agencies and private entities are not eligible to attend this resident course, unless you are a volunteer with an Idaho state, county or local department/agency.
Benefits
• Certificate of Completion from Center for Domestic Preparedness and Auburn University (3.2 CEUs).
• This course may be suitable for EMS continuing education credit. EMS continuing education requirements can be determined by referring to the EMS Certification Standards Manual, Section XI. Continuing Education Methods.