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Ingestion Pathway Decision Making Training
This all-day training session is designed to provide the participant with both background information and the working knowledge necessary to adequately perform emergency response functions during a nuclear power station incident or exercise. The course will cover the following topics: emergency response and decision-making, public information, post-plume phase sampling, relocation, re-entry and return decision making.
Public Information Officer
This all-day training session is designed to provide the participant with both background information and the working knowledge necessary to adequately perform emergency response functions during a nuclear power station incident or exercise. Participants will be instructed on writing press releases, answering media inquiries, monitoring trends in questions from the public and briefing emergency services coordinators.
Radiation Awareness
This all-day training session is designed for all public-sector emergency responders to provide an awareness of radiological emergency preparedness. The course will cover radiological emergency preparedness in Virginia, introduction to radiation awareness, types of radiological incidents, including transportation accidents and fixed nuclear facilities. Included will be a question and answer session to provide participants the opportunity to ask questions regarding radiation.
Radiological Accident Assessment - Concepts (E-341)
This course addresses the consequences of accidents involving radiological materials. Course studies include accidents or incidents involving commercial power reactors, lost sources, dispersion devices and transportation. Instruction focuses on concepts for formulating protective action recommendations following a radiological accident (i.e., dose quantities, atmospheric dispersion, dose projection, protective action guides and derived intervention levels). Participants engage in problem-solving sessions and a tabletop exercise.
Radiological Emergency Management (IS-3)
This course is recommended as a prerequisite to the FEMA independent study course IS-301, Radiological Emergency Response: An Independent Study. IS-3 has been designed for the general public and federal, state and local government personnel. Its goal is to provide an overview of possible radiological hazards and emergencies; an understanding of the possible risks and effects of all types of radiation hazards and the basics of preparing for, responding to and recovering from any type of radiological emergency. No prerequisite.
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Planning (E-340)
This 34-hour course is designed for local, state and federal government and utility personnel involved in off-site nuclear power plant emergency planning. Content focuses on nuclear power plant off-site emergency preparedness. It addresses federal regulatory policies, development and testing of plans and public perceptions. This course provides a sound understanding of basic planning assumptions and policy issues. It is recommended for new federal, state and radiological emergency preparedness (REP) planners and emergency response managers.
Radiological Emergency Response: An Independent Study (IS-301)
This course is a prerequisite to the FEMA resident course S-301, Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO). The goal of this independent study course is to provide a learning experience in which participants demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of radiological protection and response principles, guidelines and regulations to prepare them for the operations course (RERO).
Radiological Emergency Response Operations (B-301)
Performance-based training in which participants demonstrate their knowledge, skills and abilities to respond to and operate in an incident command structure to a variety of radiological emergencies ranging from transportation to high-level exposure.
Radiological Emergency Response Training — General Session
This eight-hour training session is designed to provide the participant with both background information and the working knowledge necessary to adequately perform emergency response functions during a nuclear power station incident or exercise. During the second half of the day, participants will be divided into groups for job specific instruction to include: public information officer, emergency operations center staff, evacuation assembly center staff, traffic/access control/VDOT personnel, communications and field team members.
Radiological Officer Training
This all-day training session is designed to provide the participant with both background information and working knowledge necessary to adequately perform as a radiological officer during a nuclear power station incident or exercise. Topics will include basic radiation awareness, radiological officer briefings and field instrumentation.
Traffic Access Control
This all-day training session is designed to provide the participant with both background information and the working knowledge necessary to adequately perform emergency response functions during a nuclear power station incident or exercise. Presentations will cover job specific functions for traffic/access control and VDOT personnel.