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The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium announces:
PRINCIPLES OF FRONTLINE RESPONSE TO AGROTERRORISM
AND FOOD SYSTEMS’ DISASTERS
AWR-155
Delivered by Western Institute for Food Safety
and Security (WIFSS)
University of California,
Davis and the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
To be held at the Center for Rural Development
2292 South Highway 27
Somerset, KY 42501
9AM-2PM
April 09, 2008
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THE REGISTRATION FORM (.PDF)
Principles of Frontline Response to Agroterrorism and Food Systems’ Disasters (AWR-155) is the fifth course of the WIFSS Agroterrorism Preparedness Curriculum for Frontline Responders and is a preparedness-level course. Frontline emergency response teams will be able to effectively demonstrate how to reduce or mitigate the effects of an agricultural emergency, an act of agroterrorism or other food systems disaster.
COURSE DETAILS
This is the fifth course in a curriculum of six developed by WIFSS. This
course consists of 5 contact hours, beginning at 9am and ending at approximately
2pm. The maximum number of participants is 40. All registrants
must be a U.S. citizen. Photo identification is required upon
registration. There is no registration fee for this class.
Audience: This course is designed to provide frontline agricultural and public safety response teams with a comprehensive program formed around the principals of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the concept of Unified Command. This course is intended for emergency responders, supervisors and managers; law enforcement officers, fire/rescue, EMS & OES; federal, state and local public health agencies; hospital clinicians, administrators, health care providers; environmental health and public information officers; agriculture industries, including cultivation, processing, distribution, storage, transportation and veterinarians; and, elected or appointed public officials and extension advisors.
Scope: This course includes a plan that can be used as an “all hazards” approach against a wide variety of potential problems and occurrences within the agricultural community. At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to effectively demonstrate how to reduce or mitigate the effects of an agricultural emergency, an act of agroterrorism or other food systems disaster. Individuals who complete this course will be motivated to form and maintain appropriate community frontline response teams.
Registration Information: This course will be offered at no charge to attendees. You may register online at http://wifss.ucdavis.edu on or before April 1st, 2008. Seating is limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
If you would like more information about this course, contact:
Leah Baldwin, Project Administrator or
Michelle Day, Project Administrator
Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Eastern Kentucky University
50 Stratton Building
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
859-622-6861
Fax: 859-622-8038
Leah.baldwin@eku.edu
Michelle.Day@eku.edu