Protective Actions: Evacuation / Shelter in Place

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Emergency response training! Training to implement evacuation or shelter in place oeprations; procedures to follow for a successful evacuation
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Learn to organize and carry out an emergency evacuation plan. Training for emergency response personnel: incident commanders, police officers, emergency management personnel, National Guard troops, hazmat teams, firefighters, security personnel, dispatchers, emergency operations center personnel, and others who might be involved in ordering or carrying out protective actions. Topics covered:
  • Issues to consider when deciding whether to implement protective actions
  • Deciding between evacuation and shelter in place
  • Steps to take for both procedures
  • Covers both incidents that are anticipated and those that come with no warning
  • Covers both pre-emergency and post-emergency evacuations
  • Determining the evacuation area
  • Alerting the public
  • Determining evacuation routes and methods
  • Re-entry of evacuees
  • Precautions to be taken to keep people safe indoors
  • Covers sheltering in residences, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, and vehicles
  • Termination procedures
Includes a PowerPoint presentation to assist the instructor

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Chase Sargent
Chase Sargent recently retired from the Virginia Beach (VA) Fire and Rescue Dept. He served in the Special Operations Division and was responsible for specialty teams and response, as well as traditional response. He served as the HAZMAT/WMD, Technic... more...
Craig Shelley
Craig is the former chief of the of Rutland (VT) Fire Department and the former Chief of Marine Operations for the City of New York Fire Department (FDNY). He served as one of the battalion chiefs assigned to FDNY's special operations battalion and r... more...
Rem Gaade
Former Chief of Hazardous Materials and Special Operations, Fire Fighting Division of the Toronto Fire Department. Rem has 35 years of fire service experience. He was chairman of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs' HazMat committee for eight yea... more...
Glen Rudner
Regional Hazardous Materials Response Officer, Northern Virginia Department of Emergency Management. Glen served previously with the Alexandria(VA) Fire and EMS Department as a Hazmat Specialist. He has been a developer, co-developer, and Subject Mat... more...
Gene Carlson
A pioneer in hazardous materials emergency response training, Gene Carlson served at Fire Protection Publications at Oklahoma State University for 23 years as writer, editor, and assistant director. He has authored many books and articles including ... more...

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