Post on 07-Aug-2018
Presented by
Marsha Beekman, Team Leader
WIPP/External Emergency Management
Past
Present
Future
1105 Responders Trained
• 56 MERRTT/Compressed MERRTT • 860 Responders trained
• 15 Medical Management (four months)
• 245 Personnel trained
Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training
(MERRTT) MERRTT Course (16 hrs)
Compressed MERRTT (8 hrs.)
MERRTT Train-the-Trainer (20 hrs.)
Three instructors
Each with greater than
20 years emergency
response experience
“Radiological Training for Hospital Personnel”
Enhanced FEMA Course #G346 Three instructors < 20 years each
Emergency Nurses Association for 7.25 contact hours
American Society of Radiologic Technologists for 8 continuing education credits
Continuing Education Coordinating Board of Emergency Medical Services for 8 continuing education credits
Three instructors (MERRTT)
Being reviewed and revised
Ready in February 2012
Reapply for recertification
Course offered through New Mexico State University/Carlsbad with assistance by WIPP MERRTT instructors No longer available
Requirement for Incident Command (IC) under Nation Incident Management System (NIMS)
Two instructors
Each with over 20 years
emergency services
I-100, Orientation and I-200, Basic are
available on-line
I-300, Intermediate (24 hours/3 days)
I-400, Advanced (16 hours/2 days)
.
28 WIPPTREX 4- CO, 4- ID, 4-NM, 1- GA, 1- LA, 1-NV, 4- TX, 4-UT, and 5-WY
.
One WIPPTREX scheduled for 2012 in GA
Marsha Beekman – Team Leader
David Lewis – Senior Training Coordinator
Ron Macaluso – Senior Training Coordinator
WE DO NOT KNOW
WHAT YOUR
TRAINING
NEEDS ARE!
You need to advertise and get people to the classes
Ideal 20-25 people
Better interaction
COST EFFECTIVE
Airlines, hotels, meals, rental cars, gasoline, equipment shipping costs