PER-220: Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents
Date/Time
Date(s) - September 17
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Putnam County Sheriff's Office
WVPST is pleased to partner with WV Emergency Management Division to announce an upcoming training!
Description
Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents is a performance level
course designed to help participants safely and effectively respond to a biological incident by using an integrated approach. The course provides detailed information about various biological agents and possible methods of dissemination—whether naturally occurring or intentional. Participants will identify appropriate assessment and response actions and will review responder health and safety practices, containment measures, and tools that may be accessed during a biological incident.
This course teaches communities how to safely and effectively respond to and
recover from biological incidents using an integrated approach. The structure
of this course is designed to mirror the experience participants should expect in the response process for a biological incident. Participants will learn the fundamental underpinnings they need to understand the complex management required to respond to a biological incident, followed by learning ways to identify biological agents by discussing surveillance indicators of a biological incident. This includes identifying the major characteristics of biological agents in general, key biological agents, and their associated diseases. Next, participants will apply the skills and knowledge they learned in this course to response and recovery, including identification practices, response indicators and triggers, and
mitigation strategies. Throughout the course, participants will apply lessons learned in the content by responding to one of two threaded scenarios designed to apply the information learned in each module.
Participants will discuss personal, victim, environmental, and area
protection during a biological incident. This course will teach responders the basic concepts of safety during an actual or suspected biological incident. Responders should be vigilant to recognize any indicators of a biological incident. This course highlights the integration needed across agencies and geographical boundaries to become resilience against and successfully manage biological incidents.
Who:
The primary audience for this course includes dispatch, agriculture, public
health, healthcare and medical personnel, veterinary medicine, and any other emergency responder or planner who may respond to a biological incident. Responders include police, fire, emergency medical services, and emergency
management, as well as non-traditional responders who would be necessary
during a biological incident.
Members of the media, private sector businesses who respond to a biological incident, non-government organizations, elected officials, and other supervisor or management personnel responsible for developing policy and procedures for biological incident responders would also benefit from taking this course.
When: September 17-18, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Where: Putnam County Sheriff’s Office 236 Courthouse Dr., Suite 8, Winfield, WV 25213)
How:
• Register for the training.
• Take the pre-test.
• Attend the session.
• Take the post-test and evaluation after the session.
Cost: Free
Enroll: https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=33936
For more information, please contact Lt. Miller at dmiller@putnamwv.org
