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Participants start with facilitated learning of examples of current US disaster response policies and procedures, review of historical disaster events, and areas for improvement upon response concepts and techniques.
Delegation of Roles and Responsibilities
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Participants prepare for the simulation by representing 1 of 7 national, state, or local response agencies during the simulation. Prep includes job action sheets, span of control, and incident command system setup.
Participate in Simulation
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Participate in Simulation
Participants design, experiment with, and implement newly presented concepts while responding to a simulated disaster in a table-top exercise. Facilitated challenges, rewards, and consequences to actions and decisions keep the simulation unique and interactive.
Debrief and Resources
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Participants regroup to discuss how the simulation progressed, how unique agency challenges and successes affected the outcomes, and identify potential improvements for future responses. Resources for further learning are provided upon request.
Free OMOD Resources
FEMA ICS 100 Course
An Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100: This course will introduce students to the Incident Command System (ICS). This system is used nationwide to manage incidents regardless of size or type.https://www.training-source.org/training/courses/IS-100.C%20Introduction%20to%20Incident%20Command/detail
Project Bioshield / PAHPAIA
The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA) & Project BioShield was established to help incentivize private industry to develop vitally needed medical countermeasures. https://medicalcountermeasures.gov/barda/cbrn/project-bioshield
How a Disaster is Declared
This page provides procedural information regarding the Stafford Act declaration process. https://www.fema.gov/disaster/how-declared
