Date: September 15-17, 2009

Course Description:

This course outlines a methodology to determine the risk factor of a building’s critical functions and infrastructure against various terrorist threats and highlights applicable protective measures. The course considers Explosive Blast; Chemical, Biological, Radiological attacks and identifies protective measures for site and building design and layout. Guidance on electronic security systems is also provided.

Course Goal:

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

1. Course covers the content of FEMA 426, Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Buildings, and FEMA 452, FEMA: A How-To Guide to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks combining best practices among Federal agency publications for engineers and architects and other design professionals.
2. Understand the design approaches to mitigate man-made hazards that have the greatest applicability and benefit for specific threats.
3. Train other COOP stakeholders to include program managers and facility/security offices.
4. Training includes a train-the-trainer module to equip participants to teach this course to others.

Prerequisite:

None.

Course Length:

3 full days. Travel days are Monday and Friday.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for Federal government employees responsible for managing a COOP program.

Continuing Education Units:

EMI awards 2.1 CEUs for completion of this course.

Location:

National Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emergency Management Institute (EMI), Emmitsburg, Maryland.

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 enrollment information, please refer to the EMI web site at http://training.fema.gov/Apply. For course information, contact the EMI course manager, Dawn Warehime at (301) 447-1309, 1-800-238-3358 (ext. 1309), or email Dawn.Warehime@dhs.gov.