Training Resources

Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP)

The Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) is a Department of Energy (DOE) program that integrates transportation emergency preparedness activities under a single program to address the emergency response concerns of state, tribal, and local officials affected by DOE's shipment of radioactive materials.

The TEPP Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT) provides another excellent first-responder training resource. This program provides modular, multimedia-rich presentation materials, instructor guides, student workbooks, and tests.

These materials are available to anyone who takes a no-cost, two-day "Train the Trainer" class. Classes are periodically offered throughout the nation. To request a class in your area, contact your local TEPP representative, who can be found on the TEPP Fact Sheet.

FEMA Training: Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction

Computer-based training (CBT) for the response to weapons of mass destruction has been distributed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) representative of each state. These CBTs are multimedia-rich training tools that can be easily incorporated into the training program of a hospital, fire department, or law enforcement agency.

If you would like the full eight-CD set, contact your state representative and make copies of the CDs for your own training program.

DOE Emergency Operations Training Academy (EOTA)

EOTA educates and provides hands-on training for emergency operations professionals. Some of the functional areas are Readiness Assurance, Emergency Public Information, and Consequence Assessment. The EOTA Catalog lists current training courses.

Web-based training (WBT) is available from the EOTA Web site. You can sign in by clicking here.

FEMA Emergency Management Institute

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) also has variety of training materials, including training delivered at EMI or at each state. EMI also offers downloadable, Web-based, and computer-based training which is available from the Independent Study Course List.

Other Training Information

Department of Homeland Security: Office for Domestic Preparedness Training Overview

More Links

Basic radiation training

• University of Montana: Radiation Safety
• Environmental Protection Agency Students and Teachers Page: Calculate Your Dose
• University of Michigan: Health Physics Web Site
• Princeton University: Initial Radiation Safety Training
• Caltech Radiation Safety Training and Reference Manual
• General Employee Radiation Training at Berkeley Lab
• Idaho State University: Educational Resources Page
• Send email request to COHEND@nsc.org

Information for emergency planners

• DOE Nevada: Federal Monitoring and Assessment Center
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency: Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Procedures Manual
• A Public Guide to Surviving Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare Terrorist Attacks

Training for first responders

• RAND: Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks
• The Heritage Foundation: Meeting the Needs of America’s Crucial First Responders
• DOE/International Association of Fire Fighters: Training for Radiation Emergencies
• FEMA: Emergency Management Institute
• Terrorism with Ionizing Radiation General Guidance Pocket Guide
• Radiation Safety Academy: Training Courses

Training for medical professionals

• Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site
• Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR V (1990)
• Medical Management of Radiation Casualties Handbook
• American College of Radiology
• Emergency Department Management of Radiation Casualties 

High school teachers

• FEMA: Resources for Teachers
• Health Physics Society Science Support Committee

Other organizations involved in terrorism training or preparation

• St. Petersburg College, Southeastern Public Safety Institute: National Terrorism Preparedness Institute
• The ANSER Homeland Security Institute

Train the trainer

• FEMA Emergency Management Institute: Master Trainer Program

Useful directories and places to find expert advice

• Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc.
• University of Michigan: Radiation Information
• Health Physics Society: Ask the Experts

Other sources of information

• NCRP Report 138
• Public Protection from Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism (2004)
• Copies of the tables Specific Activity and Gamma Radiation Levels for One Curie of Some Radionuclides from the Radiological Health Handbook
• Radioactivity Hazards in Survival Planning, Alan Brodsky (1957)
• Science, Society, and America's Nuclear Waste, DOE. To order, call 1-800-225-6972.
• 2000 Emergency Response Handbook. To order call 1-800-631-3098.

Presentations

• 2005 HPS Meeting Special Session
• Wing and Rotor Presentation
• WMD Training Materials for Health Physicists and Responders