How to plan and prepare for an animal, agriculture or food-related disaster is essential for rural first responders. Understanding how to protect, respond to, and recover from disasters involving agriculture or food safety in rural communities is one of the first steps in developing an emergency operations plan for this type of disaster.
Rural first responders and other community stakeholders in the Franklin, Indiana area will be able to learn more about preparing for agriculture-related disasters at a free Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-certified courses delivered by the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC). This awareness-level course is 12 hours; 8 hours instructor led and 4 hours web based training. The instructor-led class is from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on July 27, at Johnson County Sheriff’s Department Training, 1091 Hospital Road, Franklin, Indiana. Please note the web-based training must be completed prior to attending the instructor-led training.
The awareness-level course, AWR 328 All Hazards Preparedness for Animals in Disasters, will provide tools to protect, respond to, and recover from the consequences of disasters e.g. fire, flood, heat, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, hazardous materials and catastrophic disease exposure involving animals in rural communities. The course will introduce participants to the unique issues that must be considered and addressed when animals are involved in an emergency such as safe animal handling, animal evacuation, animal sheltering, humane euthanasia and carcass disposal, inclusion of animal management into existing ICS structures, federal support available during recovery, and unique considerations for conducting jurisdictional assessments and mapping evacuation routes.
All content will be presented in a blended learning style in which introductory material will be presented online and hands-on, problem-solving activities will be completed in small groups at a one day instructor-led training.
Registration for this course is required – Registration deadline is July 3, 2018. To register contact: Marie Hitze: [email protected] or call 317.233.7736
For more information or to request training – visit www.ruraltraining.org. The RDPC help desk is also available at [email protected] or (877) 855-7372.