There is a very exciting educational opportunity coming to Meridian, MS ,January 17th – 19th, 2012, at the Workforce Development Center. This course, PER 212- Operation Level Response to HazMat/WMD Incidents, is a free grant funded event from Texas Engineering Extension Service, a member of Texas A&M University System.
The 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.
Please review the letter with registration form attached below. Space will fill up quickly so please respond with registration information by January 2nd.
You can either contact Michael Laird or John Bates with any questions.
Michael K. Laird
Director of Organizational Development
Anderson Regional Medical Center
2124 14th Street
Meridian, MS 39301
W 601-703-3653
F 601-553-6861
mlaird@andersonregional.org
John Bates
Emergency Management Coordinator
601-703-3698
Jbates@andersonregional.org
Download PER212 Workshop Letter
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