Responding to Terrorist
Incidents & Major Disasters
Preparedness & Response Training
April 20–23, 2009 • Hays, Kansas–Ellis County Fairgrounds
1344 Fairground Rd (Schenk Building), Hays, Kansas
May 13–16, 2009 • Pittsburg, Kansas–Lamplighter Inn
4020 Parkview Drive, Highway 69, Pittsburg, Kansas
Sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center Continuing Education and Area Health Education Center through the generous support of the Kansas Health Foundation.
Overview
Emergency responders from health and public safety desire training that allows them to coordinate their response efforts and build expertise both within their units and in collaboration with other jurisdictions and agencies. This series of three classes offers that opportunity and provides classroom training critical to the success of local and regional drills. The classes are Command, Emergency Operations Center, and Anatomy of a Disaster.
Outcomes
Outcomes are based on National Incident Management System (NIMS) components for disaster training events. Not all outcomes apply to each class
- Perform functions of command and management
- Implement discipline-specific preparedness to terror response
- Execute resource management and mutual aid
- Implement appropriate information management
- Employ supporting technologies, as needed
- Perform ongoing management and maintenance
Instructional Team
Training will be conducted by Rescue Training, Associates (RTA) from Pompano Beach, Fla. Many of RTA’s instructors have presented in Kansas on a number of occasions and are familiar with recent disasters that have occurred here.
RTA’s team of expert instructors has had on-site involvement and leadership roles in some of the world’s major disasters, including 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing, numerous hurricanes (including Hurricane Katrina), the ValuJet crash, earthquakes and others.
Moreover, instructional staff have presented multiple training programs and designed and facilitated mass casualty simulations throughout the country. The majority of RTA instructors serve on FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Teams or Disaster Medicine Assistance Teams.
Acknowledgements
Programs in Hays are sponsored in conjunction with the Ellis County Office of Emergency Management, Hays Medical Center and the Northwest Regional Homeland Security Council. We are grateful to the Ellis County Fairground Association for the donation of training rooms.
Programs in Pittsburg are sponsored in conjunction with SE KS Hospitals-All Hazards Preparedness, Mt. Carmel Regional Medical Center, Southeast Regional Homeland Security Council and EagleMed.