ODP Information Bulletin

No. 66 December 27, 2002

TO:	All State Administrative Agency Heads
	All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact
FROM:	Andrew T. Mitchell Acting Director
	Acting Director
SUBJECT:	State and Local Approaches Bulletin

The Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) would like to announce two courses that the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is now offering.

The first course is the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Hands-On Training (HOT) Course. This course consists of a 2-day advanced training program providing hands-on training with personal protective equipment (PPE), advanced sampling and monitoring equipment, evidence collection and preservation, mass casualty triage, and explosive/ordnance secondary devices and searches. The course concludes with a multi-task, hands-on performance oriented training in the WMD [Toxic Agent] (COBRA) Training Facility.

The second course is the WMD Hazardous Materials Technician Sustainment Training (HTS) Course. This course consists of 2-days of scenario based advanced training in: personal protective equipment (PPE) level A, advanced sampling and monitoring equipment, evidence preservation, collection and overpack, and patient extrication and decontamination. The course concludes with a multi-task, hands-on performance oriented training in the WMD [Toxic Agent] (COBRA) Training Facility.

Please feel free to contact your ODP state and local program manager if you have any questions.