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RE: First Responders Training
Greetings.
I recently attended FEMA's Mt. Weather, VA Radiological Emergency Response
Operations training. It is one week in length, and I found it to be
rewarding and appropriate. Although it does NOT address the terrorism or
nuclear weapons scenarios, those of us with prior experience will have no
problem applying it there.
You can read about it at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/s301.htm. Another
site, http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/is301.htm is an explanation of the
pre-requisite, IS-301, which is independent study on the internet, and is
tested and graded online as well.
Sincerely,
Jim Darrough
Health Physicist
Oregon State University
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Dallas Jenkins
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:45 AM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: First Responders Training
I went through the course a couple of years ago and that was my reading
also. Not to mention the off-color comments the FBI instructor made
regarding people who believe in the Constitution or the Bible.
At 09:51 AM 05/17/2002 -0500, Jim Hardeman wrote:
>Has anybody on RADSAFE participated in this course? Do we know anything
>about the quality of training with regard to rad issues? The feedback that
>I've received from a number of state and local folks who've sat in on
>these "WMD courses" is that they're pretty solid on chem, less so on bio,
>and ... this is not my opinion, I'm just reporting what I've been told ...
>woefully inadequate for radiological issues.
>
>
>Jim Hardeman, Manager
>Environmental Radiation Program
>Georgia Environmental Protection Division
>4244 International Parkway, Suite 114
>Atlanta, GA 30354
>(404) 362-2675
>Fax: (404) 362-2653
>E-mail: Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
>
>
> >>> <RadSafeInst@CS.COM> 5/16/2002 19:18:57 >>>
>Radsafers,
> As most of you know by now, the Department of Justice (Justice
Programs
>Division) offers Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training for first
>responders. See the following site for details:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/
>The three-day course is taught right here in "Grits City" (Anniston, AL at
>the old Chemical School on the former Fort McClellan). I believe it is
funded
>by DoJ at no cost to States and Cities sending the students. There is also
a
>similar school in Nevada, but I know essentially nothing about it.
> Ed
>
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Dallas R. Jenkins
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Safety Specialist, Glenn Safety Office
Building 6, Room 143
Telephone: (216) 433-3771
Fax: (216) 433-3015
NASA-Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road, MS 6-3
Cleveland, OH 44135
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