Presents:

Agroterrorism Preparedness Training
For Frontline Responders:
 

“How To Prevent, Respond and Recover From An Agroterrorism Attack”

Wednesday 25 June 2008; 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET

A Free, Pre-Recorded Satellite Teleconference

Available on C Band Analog and DETN Digital Satellite Bands
and through Live and Archived Webcast

CE Credits Available

a.  Program Summary and Objectives:  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!  The next program is entitled: 

Agroterrorism Preparedness Training for Frontline Responders: 

 “How to Prevent, Respond and Recover from an Agroterrorism Attack”

From dairy farmers to school lunch program administrators, this 6-course training program offers a wealth of practical information to help you prevent and respond to a possible agroterrorism attack in your community.  In June, Live Response takes a look at the UC Davis Western Institute for Food Safety and Security training program to explore a comprehensive curriculum that has already reached well over 4,000 participants in 15 states.  It’s a specialized training program designed to enhance preparedness at the front lines to attacks on our agricultural industry.  The 6-course offerings include:  Understanding the Dangers of Agroterrorism; the Principles of Preparedness for Agroterrorism and Food Systems Disasters; Principles of Detection and Diagnosis – Strategies and Technologies; Principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Team Building and Risk Communication; Principles of Frontline Response to Agroterrorism and Food Systems Disasters; and Principles of Planning and Implementing Recovery.

Key Learning Objectives for this Program:

·         Gain an awareness of the potential threats and targets of agroterrorism.

·         Describe the principles of preparedness that are applicable to communities.

·         Identify the roles of Federal, State, local and tribal agencies in responding to an agroterrorism attack.

·         Describe the benefits of planning, rehearsing and testing recovery responses in your community.

Highlighted Program:  The Western Institute for Food Safety & Security (WIFSS) combines the expertise of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the California Department of Health Services, University of California, private industry and federal agencies.  Its goal is to enhance preparedness at the front lines to potential attacks on agriculture or food systems by weapons of mass destruction.

b.  Presentation Preview Video:  NTPI has mounted a 55 second video preview of this program on its homepage here:  http://terrorism.spcollege.edu/new/index.aspx?login=clear.

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. 

c.  Panelists:  In 2002, Dr. Jerry Gillespie became the first Director of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security at the University of California Davis.  Dr. Gillespie is principle investigator of several agroterrorism preparedness training grants and a leader in developing community, state and federal response teams to address food security issues.  He also served as first executive director of the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research in the White House Office for Science and Technology, US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services.

Art Johnstone serves as the Director of the Office of Agricultural Emergency Preparedness for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  This office is responsible for coordinating and expanding the department’s agroterrorism prevention and emergency preparedness programs.  Mr. Johnstone also serves as a liason to the Florida State Working Group on Domestic Preparedness.  This group consists of subject matter experts from all of Florida’s emergency response disciplines, and serves as an advisory body for statewide homeland security decisions.

Gary Erbeck is Director of the Department of Environmental Health for the County of San Diego.  He oversees a wide variety of environmental public health programming in food safety and many other areas; and has developed innovative environmental public health programs in the areas of food safety, vector borne disease, clean water and environmental health program outcome measurements.  In 2005, Mr. Erbeck was awarded a President’s Citation for his work by the National Environmental Health Association on behalf of environmental public health in California.

d.  Target Audience Statement:  The primary target audience for this program includes Emergency responders, supervisors and managers, law, fire/rescue, EMS and OES; federal, state & local public health and environmental health agencies; emergency planners; public officials; agricultural industries – including cultivation, processing, distribution, storage and transportation.

e.  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. 

f.  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.

g.  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 Live.Response@spcollege.edu or fax at 727-341-4141 before the broadcast.  The moderator will then share the questions with the panelists during the broadcast.  Questions received after the broadcast will be forwarded to the guests for response.

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 on the following link.  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:
Estimated Number of Viewers:
Complete Mailing Address:
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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:  Email controls.
 

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