Presents:
WMD Technical Emergency Response Training
“From Chemicals To Explosives- Working With Live Agents”
Wednesday 22 October 2008
2:00 – 3:00 PM ET
A Free, Pre-Recorded Satellite Teleconference
and Webcast
Available on C Band Analog and DETN Digital Satellite Bands
and through Live and Archived Webcast
CE Credits Available
Live Response is an award winning educational/informational program produced by the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute (NTPI) of St. Petersburg College - a 60-minute satellite television broadcast and web cast featuring news styled program segments and dynamic panel discussions with leading experts who share their knowledge and experiences about terrorism awareness, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Hosted by local television anchor, Al Ruechel, each program offers insightful news, unique perspectives and fascinating discussion. Join us for our next program. It’s your program for valuable information!
This month’s Live Response goes behind the scenes to the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Alabama. We take an inside look at the CDP’s unique and highly specialized training center referred to as COBRATF. This stands for Chemical, Ordnance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility. Through its popular Technical Emergency Response Training course (TERT), training exercises are conducted in a true toxic environment using chemical agents enabling trainees to respond to potential real life scenarios with hazardous materials. It’s currently the only program of its kind in the U.S. The TERT course is designed to provide responders with Operations level instruction in responding and operating inside a WMD incident area. This includes 20 hours of hands-on training with specialized protective clothing and equipment. Areas covered include chemical detection, decontamination, triage, and ordination/explosive recognition and response. The course concludes with multi-task, hands-on, performance-oriented training in the WMD COBRA training facility. Our program moderator will talk with the program’s Director and other training specialists to further explore this fascinating topic.
a. Key Learning Objectives for this Curriculum:
- The viewer will learn how to identify domestic and international terrorist groups, ideologies and methods of executing terrorist acts.
- The viewer will learn about the four components of WMD’s – their complexities and effects.
- The viewer will receive information relating to how personal protective equipment (PPE) is employed in a WMD incident, along with mass casualty triage procedures, how to employ sampling and monitoring equipment, perform decontamination, and identify Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
- The viewer learns how to perform Operations Level WMD competencies in a toxic environment.
Highlighted Program: In 1998, the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) opened its doors as a training center for the nation’s emergency responders. The CDP’s mission is to operate a federal training center for delivery of high quality, comprehensive preparedness training programs for the nation’s emergency responders. This includes its unique COBRA training facility where training exercises are performed in live toxic environments; and the recently established Noble Training Facility, the former Noble Army Hospital which was converted into a one-of-a-kind training site for health and medical education in disaster preparedness and response.
b. Target Audience Statement: The primary target audience for this program includes administrative, hazardous material personnel, healthcare, law enforcement, public health, public safety communications, fire service officials, public works officials and Homeland Security officials at all military, federal, state and local levels.
c. Presentation Preview Video: NTPI has mounted a 55 second video preview of this program on its homepage here: Not available as yet…
To start the video, move your mouse to the video controls at the bottom of the screen and click on the “play” or “forward” button. You can also expand the video to fill your entire computer screen by clicking on the “full screen” button.
d. Panelists:
Dr. Christopher Jones, Superintendent of the Center for Domestic Preparedness, has performed distinguished service in three federal departments over a 28-year span. He began his career with the Department of Army Medical Command serving in various public health and environmental capacities after successful completion of active duty as a U.S. Naval Medical Service Corps Officer. He served as the Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense Liaison to the U.S. Public Health Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry where he worked collaboratively with Federal and state agencies addressing high-risk public health issues. Dr. Jones went on to serve as principal architect of a five-year collaborative decision-making initiative among Federal, state and local officials to resolve intractable clean-up challenges of nuclear waste at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Restoration. His efforts resulted in the implementation of a sustainable collaboration model used by many high-level government officials. More recently, Dr. Jones served as Chief Learning Officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Conservation Training Center and as the Service’s Deputy Regional Director for the Southeast Region.
Jessica Cummins, Deputy Project Manager of Training at the CDP, provides oversight to train and coordinate efforts with course managers to ensure quality training delivery nationally. She previously served as an appointee of Governor Schwarzenegger in the California Governor’s Office of Homeland Security as Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Emergency Preparedness. Responsibilities included reviewing and revising the State of California state agencies instrumental with prevention, protection, response and recovery efforts and research of current topics, initiatives and trends impacting the safety and security of the citizens of California. Cummins is also a former Assistant Chief of Police for the San Diego Harbor Police Department and Homeland Security Coordinator for the Port of San Diego; and is a retired Major of the Oklahoma City Police Department. She served as Co-Commander of the Emergency Response Team at the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Richard Dickson, serves the CDP as Acting Assistant Director of Training Delivery. In this position, he manages all aspects of training delivery and student support for the Center’s training delivery contract, valued at over 140-million dollars – designated for training development, course delivery, student evaluations and overall program assessment. Additionally, he manages an annual training equipment budget that averages 1.3 million dollars. Dickson is also a veteran of 14-years of military service and has participated in training and education programs for more then 20 years – in the military, civilian academic institutions and in private industry. He holds certifications in basic Law Enforcement, Special Weapons and Tactics, and Criminal Investigation.
e. Interactivity: Although this program is pre-recorded, our Live Response expert guests welcome viewer questions related to the program objectives and invite viewers to submit their questions via e-mail at LiveResponse@spcollege.edu or fax at 727-341-4141 before the broadcast. The moderator will then share the questions with the panelists during the broadcast.
We invite you to participate in our next show. If you have a question or comment for our expert panelists, please send it to us by e-mail at: LiveResponse@spcollege.edu.
Include your name, title, city, state, mailing address and email address. If selected, your question could become part of our broadcast. In return, we’ll send you a complimentary thermal mug.
Suspense for question submission prior to taping is October 7th.
All other questions submitted after the taping suspense date will be forwarded to our expert guest panel for response once the show has aired. Your questions are important to us. E-mail us today and be part of our next Live Response broadcast!
f. Availability: This FREE, public domain, videotaped program will be available as scheduled on C band analog satellite downlinks and on Military/Federal CDV DETN Hughes/Convergent digital satellite networks. A live web cast will also be available at http://terrorism.spcollege.edu. All Live Response programs, current and past, are archived and available for viewing from the website using the Windows Media Player. DETN/Convergent digital satellite downlinks are found at selected military and federal installations including over 300 Air National Guard locations at Joint Forces HQs and other select ANG/ARNG and other military and federal locations. Other federal and private satellite networks may also carry this program. Local site use coordination of satellite downlinks will be required.
g. Sponsors: Live Response is a recurring monthly satellite broadcast offering terrorism related awareness information to the nation's civilian and military emergency response communities. Live Response is the product of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Integration Center (NIC), Training and Exercise Division. Live Response is produced by the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute, a department at St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida.
h. CEUs, CMEs, or Certificates: We are pleased to announce you may now obtain CEUs for successful completion of our program course. Please select the broadcast you would like to view from the list below. After viewing the broadcast, we ask that you review the Learning Objectives, and then fill out and submit a registration form. Upon submitting your completed registration form, you will have access to the course exam and a course evaluation. Once you complete and submit the course exam and the course evaluation, you will receive your exam results and a certificate of completion via email or USPS mail provided you passed the test with a 75% or better score. Each 1-hour broadcast is worth 0.1 CEUs. Details can be found here: http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/.
i. Copy Availability: DVDs of prior broadcasts of ComNET and Live Response programs are currently available from NTPI at no cost to those who request them. Please send an e-mail with the following information to: Sharon Pedicone at: pedicone.sharon@spcollege.edu or call 727-341-4100. Please include:
Date and Title of Program You're
Requesting:
Your Name:
Organization:
Complete Mailing Address:
Phone Number:
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j. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. It may not be used for commercial purposes or for profit purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.
k. Satellite Coordinates and Site Support Materials Packet: Satellite Coordinates are never publicly published. You must register to receive the satellite coordinates. Please register as requested in the next paragraph.
l. Registration: All new sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary satellite coordinates (C Band) and webcast instructions. Live Response is available via C band (analog) and DOD/Federal/DETN digital satellite networks, private network carriers and the Internet. We encourage all viewers and/or receiving sites to register for our programming at http://terrorism.spcollege.edu. Satellite coordinates and Internet links will be provided to all registering parties. Additional information regarding Live Response can be found on the NTPI website by clicking on Live Response, or by calling NTPI toll free at (877) 257-3182, ext. 4116.
Sites may register at: NTPI Registration or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898
m. Other Administrative Items: For Email Listserv Changes, additions, deletions see: http://www.dlnets.com/email_controls1.htm
Upcoming Live Response Dates Remaining in 2008: Titles to Be Announced
19 November
10 December
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