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Planning Considerations for Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents

Audience:  First responders, executive officials, disaster assistance organizations, incident commanders, and hazardous materials personnel.  The following can benefit from this course as well:  military members, private sector organizations,   emergency operations planners, managers and staff, emergency communications officers, and public health technical and management personnel.  Local jurisdictions are encouraged to send a team of eight to twelve individuals representing a cross section of departments and agencies to attend as a group.

Goals:  The goal of this training program is to provide participants with information, guides, and a process to facilitate development of a WMD incident management plan for their community, incident action planning during an event, and tabletop exercises to help implement the plans.

Description:  This training program is designed to provide a “toolbox” of concepts for plan development.  The course curriculum is balanced between theoretical concepts and practical applications of the tools presented, focusing on a product-oriented team approach to the planning process.  As students participate in group planning activities, they will be able to apply the information and techniques presented in class to facilitate an enhanced awareness of team dynamics in the planning process.

Overview of Topics: 

• Terrorism overview
• The planning process
• Local & Regional hazard and vulnerability analysis 
• Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
• Functional Annexes, hazard specific appendices, and implementing instructions 
• Terrorism incident annex within the EOP
• Tabletop exercise development
• Incident action plan (IAP)