CMH Disaster Preparedness Coordinator Attends Homeland Security Training
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WILMINGTON, Ohio—CMH Regional Health System’s emergency preparedness coordinator Gene Hook recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation.
Hook attended the training to learn about disaster response, preparedness and planning. “It’s an excellent course,” says Hook, of Wilmington, who is also advance imaging lead technologist in CMH Diagnostic Imaging. “It is the most realistic disaster course that I’ve taken, and it would benefit anyone who would possibly work a disaster response and communicate within a hospital setting.”
The CDP provides federally-funded, interdisciplinary training for emergency responders in Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) across the United States and the U.S. Territories, for 10 response disciplines: emergency management, emergency medical service, fire service, governmental administration, hazardous materials, healthcare, law enforcement, public health, public safety communications, and public works.
Resident training at the CDP’s campus in Anniston, Ala., includes healthcare and public health training at the CDP’s Noble Training Facility, the nation’s only hospital facility dedicated to training hospital and healthcare professionals in disaster preparedness and response.
“It is difficult to fully execute a realistic mock disaster exercise,” says Hook. “At the CDP you operate inside an actual hospital and experience fully-functional exercises. It makes you realize the broad impact they have and you want to go back and ensure your facility is ready for any type of incident.”
A number of resident training courses culminate at the CDP’s Chemical, Ordinance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility, the nation’s only facility featuring civilian training exercises in a true toxic environment, using chemical agents. The advanced hands-on training enables responders to effectively prevent, respond to, and recover from real-world incidents involving acts of terrorism and other hazardous materials.
Responders participating in CDP resident and nonresident training courses are selected from the nation’s 11 million emergency responders. The training ensures that responders gain critical skills and confidence to be better prepared to effectively respond to local incidents or potential WMD incidents.[[In-content Ad]]
Hook attended the training to learn about disaster response, preparedness and planning. “It’s an excellent course,” says Hook, of Wilmington, who is also advance imaging lead technologist in CMH Diagnostic Imaging. “It is the most realistic disaster course that I’ve taken, and it would benefit anyone who would possibly work a disaster response and communicate within a hospital setting.”
The CDP provides federally-funded, interdisciplinary training for emergency responders in Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) across the United States and the U.S. Territories, for 10 response disciplines: emergency management, emergency medical service, fire service, governmental administration, hazardous materials, healthcare, law enforcement, public health, public safety communications, and public works.
Resident training at the CDP’s campus in Anniston, Ala., includes healthcare and public health training at the CDP’s Noble Training Facility, the nation’s only hospital facility dedicated to training hospital and healthcare professionals in disaster preparedness and response.
“It is difficult to fully execute a realistic mock disaster exercise,” says Hook. “At the CDP you operate inside an actual hospital and experience fully-functional exercises. It makes you realize the broad impact they have and you want to go back and ensure your facility is ready for any type of incident.”
A number of resident training courses culminate at the CDP’s Chemical, Ordinance, Biological and Radiological Training Facility, the nation’s only facility featuring civilian training exercises in a true toxic environment, using chemical agents. The advanced hands-on training enables responders to effectively prevent, respond to, and recover from real-world incidents involving acts of terrorism and other hazardous materials.
Responders participating in CDP resident and nonresident training courses are selected from the nation’s 11 million emergency responders. The training ensures that responders gain critical skills and confidence to be better prepared to effectively respond to local incidents or potential WMD incidents.[[In-content Ad]]