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New Training Opportunities from Penn State University

Agricultural Emergencies Awareness

Agricultural Emergencies Awareness is designed to:

1. Give first responders an overview of agricultural emergencies encompassing an “all hazards” approach to include rescue operations, CBRNE events, and Zoonotic and Foreign Animal Diseases.

2. Identify local resources that have an interest and responsibility to manage various farm emergencies. By training together before the emergency, management of the emergency will be more effective.

3. Recognized educators can play a vital role in bringing local expertise together by participating in the training programs.

Total of 8 modules, conducted in 12 hours. (Prerequisite for all Operations level training)

Operations Level Trainings -

Animal Emergencies in an Agricultural Environment

(7 modules, 32 hours)

Emergency Rescue in an Agricultural Environment

(7 modules, 32 hours)

In these courses, detailed instruction and extensive field training prepare First Responders and support operations personnel to perform effectively and safely at all locations at an incident scene including the hot zone. Each course addresses topics such as administration, CBRNE, bio-security and incident command as they relate to the course topic. Modules then cover course-specific material such as animal behavior and handling or trauma from tractor and machinery incidents. The course also suggests actions that first responders and support operations personnel can take with the agricultural community in the prevention, preparation, response and recovery of emergency incidents.

At the OPERATIONS level training, first responders will learn how to safely and effectively control the emergency scene and keep the emergency from escalating. Operations level training modules will teach responders how to offensively manage emergency scenes on and off the farm. Topic modules, which can be selected to fit with regional plans and priorities, include:
    •NIMS/Unified Incident Command
    •First-on-the-Scene
    •Bio-Security
    •Animal behavior and handling
    •Diseases of importance
    •Managing emergencies in a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive (CBRNE)                environment
    •Tractor/Machinery/Chemical/Confined space rescue

A Rural Homeland Security Preparation Program Offered by: Managing Agricultural Emergencies, Penn State Agricultural Safety and Health

www.abe.psu.edu/ash www.farmemergencies.psu.edu

To register or for more information:

PSU Rural Homeland Security Preparation Website

or please contact:

Davis Hill; Program Director, 814-865-2808 or deh27@psu.edu

or you may submit the on-line interest form

An all-hazards approach to domestic preparedness advances unified disaster management.

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