Campbell County, Kentucky

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this course is to prepare participants to conduct a jurisdictional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA). Participants will focus on the jurisdictional process for determining the ability to respond to human-caused, natural, and technological disasters. Students will identify threats and hazards of concern, give the threats and hazards context, examine the core capabilities, set capability targets, perform vulnerability and consequence assessments, and apply the results. The course delivery combines lecture, small group discussions, participant  activities, multimedia and scenarios to improve the jurisdiction’s capability to prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to, or recover from all-hazards events.

Topics covered: Consequence estimation, Core capabilities, Gap analysis, Homeland security presidential directives, National preparedness goal, Needs assessment, Risk assessment, Threat and hazard identification, and Vulnerability assessment 

PARTICIPANT CRITERIA:
Personnel who should attend the T&RA course are from the following disciplines/functional areas:
• Law Enforcement • Emergency Management
• Hazardous Materials • Emergency Medical Services
• Fire Services • Public Works
• Public Health • Governmental Administrative
• Health Care • Public Safety Communications
• Private/Public Sector Security
• Ham radio operators
• CERT
• CAP

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None

SPONSORSHIP:
This Course is sponsored by the Campbell County Office of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. Delivered by National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), member of National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC).

INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Course enrollment maximum is 40 participants.
2) There are no course fees.
3. This training is not open to the public.
3) Pre-registration is required by August 15th, 2020.
4) Register online at: https://qrgo.page.link/r9sy8

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