The Florida State Agricultural Response Team (FL SART) is collaborating with several training partners to offer a series of six (6) Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-certified Agroterrorism Prevention courses in Florida. All courses are open to U.S. citizens and are free of charge through DHS grant funding. Training partners include the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California Davis, the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, the University of Florida-Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, and the Regional Domestic Security Task Forces.
To Register: Simply send your name, agency/company name, e-mail address , and phone number to ajohnstone@grantpartnersinc.org . Be sure to specify which course(s)/date(s)/location(s) you want to attend.
The following courses will be offered in Florida in 2013 (see below for descriptions for each course)
St. Augustine
· September 19, 2013 AWR 152 in St. Augustine, FL 8:00 AM Registration, Course 8:30 AM to 5 PM; FL Department of Health in St. Johns County, 1955 US 1 South, Suite 100, St. Augustine, FL, 32086
· November 21, 2013 AWR 153 in St. Augustine, FL 8:30 AM Registration, Course 9:00 AM to 4 PM; FL Department of Health in St. Johns County, 1955 US 1 South, Suite 100, St. Augustine, FL, 32086
Daytona Beach
· September 18, 2013 AWR 154 in Daytona Beach, FL 8:30 AM Registration, Course 9 AM to 5 PM; Volusia County Emergency Operations Center, 3825 Tiger Bay Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32124
· November 22, 2013 AWR 155 in Daytona Beach, FL 8:30 AM Registration, Course 9 AM to 5 PM; Volusia County Emergency Operations Center, 3825 Tiger Bay Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32124
Immokalee
· September 25, 2013 AWR 151 in Immokalee, FL 8:00 AM Registration, Course 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM; IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, 2685 State Road 29 North, Immokalee, FL
· November 7 AWR 152 in Immokalee, FL 8:00 AM Registration, Course 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM; IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, 2685 State Road 29 North, Immokalee, FL
· December 12 AWR 153 in Immokalee, FL 8:30 AM Registration, Course 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM; IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, 2685 State Road 29 North, Immokalee, FL
Brooksville
· September in 26, 2013 AWR 151 in Brooksville, FL 8:00 AM Registration, Course 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM; Hernando County Emergency Operations Center, 18900 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville, FL 34601
· November 6 AWR 152 in Brooksville, FL 8:00 AM Registration, Course 8:30 AM to 5 PM; Hernando County Emergency Operations Center, 18900 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville, FL 34601
· December 11 AWR 153 in Brooksville, FL 8:30 AM Registration, Course 9:00 AM to 4 PM; Hernando County Emergency Operations Center, 18900 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville, FL 34601
Additional Courses/Dates/Locations will be Scheduled for 2014
If you have questions regarding any of these courses, or about registration, please contact Art Johnstone at ajohnstone@grantpartnersinc.org or (850) 251-4184.
Partner Links:
· Florida State Agricultural Response Team (http://flsart.org/)
· Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, University of California Davis (http://wifss.ucdavis.edu/)
· Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (https://www.ruraltraining.org/)
· University of Florida-Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences (http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/)
Regional Domestic Security Task Forces (http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/getdoc/949c2698-2ed4-478c-ad98-7f9a6fbb91d7/Domestic-Security-Organization.aspx
Course Decscriptions:
AWR 151 Understanding the Dangers of Agroterrorism The course goal is to increase awareness among local and regional emergency response teams about the potential targets and impacts of agroterrorism. The course stresses the importance of responding to incidents of intentional contamination as well as natural disasters using the “all hazards” approach. This training has been approved for 3.5 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
AWR 152 Principles of Preparedness for Agroterrorism and Food Systems’ Disasters The course goal is to prepare participants with the skills and knowledge to recognize agroterrorism vulnerabilities. Topics include identifying targets, developing prevention, protection and mitigation strategies, employing the principles of building multi-disciplinary response teams, and identifying the roles of the local, state and federal agencies prior to and during an agricultural or food system disaster. This training has been approved for 6.5 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
AWR 153 Principles of Detection and Diagnosis, Strategies and Technologies The course goal is to inform members of frontline response teams about the importance of early detection and diagnosis, proper sample collection and the steps involved in an agroterrorism-related outbreak investigation. The course includes strategies to improve and increase detection and diagnosis efficiency as well as the epidemiological and criminal investigation process. This training has been approved for 4.5 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
AWR 154 Principles of National Incident Management System (NIMS), Team Building and Risk Communication The course goal is to describe the operational features of NIMS, understand how NIMS is essential for community preparedness, outline the logistics of the Incident Command System (ICS), understand methods of team building and explain principles of risk communication. This course meets all of the NIMS/ICS training requirements for FEMA IS-700 NIMS. This training has been approved for 6.0 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
AWR 155 Principles of Frontline Response to Agroterrorism and Food Systems’ Disasters The goal of this course is to demonstrate how an effective frontline emergency response can reduce or mitigate the effects of an agricultural emergency, an act of agroterrorism or other food systems disaster. This course includes a plan that can be used as an "all hazards" approach against a wide variety of potential problems and occurrences within the agricultural community. This training has been approved for 5.0 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
AWR 156 Principles of Planning and Implementing Recovery
The goal of this course is to provide the fundamental framework for orchestrating the recovery from an incident of agroterrorism. The course will cover the four critical factors for success in a community recovery effort and be able to apply them in a hypothetical crisis. This training has been approved for 6.0 CEUs for Certified Environmental Health Professionals.
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Art Johnstone, President
Grant Partners Inc.
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