Posted: 4/5/2005 6:10:12 PM EDT
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Got notice several weeks ago that I had to attend a Two Day Training Course on Weapons of Mass Destruction I confirmed my dates yesterday and wil be attending April 18th & 19th The class was originally supposed to be held at the local ( Bethpage ) Fire Training Academy but has alreday been moved to onsite at the Jail, Nassau County Sherrif's / Police Academy Don't know exactly what the class is going to cover, basically what I understand is that the Feds allocated some Money for additional training for Officers that operate primarily outside the Jail Compound Anyone else receive such Training ? |
Are you getting any new equipment? The COBRA training I received came with a 'goodies' bag with a Millenium Mask, a Tyvex suit, some respirators, escape hood, first aid kit, eye wash,....too much to list We watch some training films, suited up in practice suits, and did some senerios. Wish for a cool dry day. |
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I don't know I gotta talk to one of the instructors. Supposedly all the Members of the Cert Team got issued Masks awhile back. ( I'm not a member of the Cert Team ) My Dept numbers around 1100 or and I'd say maybe 200 people are gonna attend the two day class. Each day can be different for me , sometimes I'm outside all day but usually anything past 4pm and I'm in the building. Most of my time is spent at the former County Hospital next to the Jail. I guess they figure those of us who work outside might have a chance of responding to an emergency involving WMD. Today for example I worked 12 hours 8am -8pm and I was in the building for probably 4 hours. Again the County doesn't want to spend anymore than they have to on training, the only reason we're getting this training is because the feds ponied up. |
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The DHS sends us to WMD courses in Vegas and Honolulu. I need to sign up for it sometime. I hear nothing but positives about it. Most of our patrol officers were also issued NBC gear by DHS a couple years back. Came in a good sized black nylon duffle. Some of us have not retrained on its use since then (luckily I'm also an AF Reservist and retrain on it consistently). |
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Well I went thru the course this week basically a familiarization of equipment and awareness of different scenarios Alot of the stuff I had already gone over in the military many years ago However I enjoyed the opportunity to to go thru it I hope we never have an NBC attack anywhere here in the US |
I thought ANTHRAX was BIO? |