Dates: Fiscal Year 2006 Offerings
Overview of Course: Download
the HERT for MCI - 3MB Power Point Presentation
Course Goal: The B461 (HERT/MCI)
Train-the-Trainer Course is designed to provide guidance to hospitals,
emergency medical services, and health care facilities staff who
may become involved in a mass casualty incident as a result of a
hazardous materials incident or weapon of mass destruction (WMD)
event. The HERT/MCI expands on an incident management system for
hospitals during a response, provides training on chemical protective
clothing and equipment requirements and presents guidance for hospital
emergency response team design, development and training. The six
core competencies for all public health workers, as recognized by
the Healthcare Resources and Services Administrations (HRSA) are
addressed in this training. This course prepares students to conduct
safe and effective emergency response during an MCI. This is a hands-on
course. Participants must be physically and psychologically fit
to wear Chemical Protective Clothing & Equipment (CPC&E)
(level C ensemble) during the training.
Selection Criteria: This B461
is an Emergency Management Institute train-the-trainer course to
be conducted the Noble Training Center in Anniston, Alabama. It
is a four day course focusing on the hospital’s role outside
of the emergency department. Hospital administrators, doctors, nurses,
physicians, security personnel and other hospital staff who would
make up or manage their hospital response activities should attend
this course. The course will provide hospitals and health care facilities
staff with all the information and skills they need to go back to
their facilities to develop their own hospital emergency response
training.
Costs: The Department of Homeland
Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide the following
at no cost to eligible participants accepted into
the course:
• Lodging in one of the Noble Training
Center dormitories
• Bus transportation from the Atlanta airport to the training
center in Anniston, Alabama and return to the Atlanta airport.
Course participants are responsible for:
• Travel costs to the Atlanta Airport and
return to their home destination if travel is by air carrier
• Travel costs to the Noble Training Center and return to
their home destination if transportation is by POV
• Cost of food while attending the course at Noble Training
Center (meal ticket is approximately $140)
Applicants may want to explore funding sources to
pay for their transportation and food costs for this course. The
course focuses on bio terrorism preparedness and response, and will
also include sessions dealing with response to incidents caused
by chemical, radiological, nuclear, and explosive devices. Some
or all of the costs for which the participant is responsible may
be eligible costs under grants from the Healthcare Resource and
Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
or the Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP) made to States and
local communities. The HERT for MCI TTT, B461 course is on ODP’s
State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness Eligible
Federal Terrorism Training Course list.
How to Enroll: The National Enrollment
System has two open enrollment periods for resident programs at
EMI and the Noble Training Center. To apply, complete a FEMA Form
75-5 General Admissions Application Form, downloadable from the
Noble Training Center website (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/NTC/),
and forward through the training department of your respective state
office of emergency management. (http://www.fema.gov/fema/statedr.shtm.)
FY2006 Course Schedule (remaining offerings)
• Jan 23-27, 06*
• Feb. 13-17, 06*
• Mar 6-10, 06*
*Individuals may submit applications for above courses
up to eight weeks prior to the course start date.
Applications for course dates below should be submitted
during the National Enrollment Period, which is November 1, 2005
through December 31, 2005.
• Apr 10-14, 06
• May 22-26, 06
• June 12-16, 06
• Jung 19-23, 06
• July 10-14, 06
• Aug 7-11, 06
• Sep 11-15, 06
Prerequisites: Participants are
required to have completed EMI’s IS-195, “Basic ICS
Course”, (HEICS or an equivalent Basic ICS Course), IS-346,
“An Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel”
or IS-5 “Introduction to Hazardous Materials” before
applying for acceptance into this program. Any HazMat or WMD training
at the Awareness or Operations Levels under 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)
(i) & (ii); or the Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP), can
be used as a substitute for the IS-346 or IS-5 HazMat prerequisites
for the course.
Location:
Noble Training Center
490 Care Drive, Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
Phone: (256) 741-3600
If you would like further information or have any
questions concerning this training, please contact your State Office
of Emergency Management or Ron Freeman, EMI’s HERT course
manager at (301) 447-1082 or email to ronald.freeman@dhs.gov.
To Apply: Complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admissions Application
with student signature and signature of supervisor or sponsoring
agency official. Submit the application through the State emergency
management training office who will fax it to the National Emergency
Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658. For further
information, please refer to the course web site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/apply
or contact Ron Freeman, course manager, at (301) 447-1381 or email
at ron.freeman@dhs.gov.
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