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John W. Olver Transit Center Community Room

9am to 1pm

Contact: Tracy Rogers at 413-774-3167 x118 or regionalprep@frcog.org.

Description: The Franklin County REPC is holding a table top exercise to test its newly developed ethanol response plan. The target audience includes firefighters and other disciplines that generally respond to hazmat incidents, though anyone is welcome to observe. The event scenario will take place in Lake Pleasant (Montague).

Participants: This course is open to anyone; suggested for those that generally respond to HazMat incidents.

WMEMS: 168 Industrial Drive, Northampton, MA

12:30pm

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WMEMS: 168 Industrial Drive, Northampton, MA

10:00am

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WMEMS: 168 Industrial Drive, Northampton, MA

9:30am

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Hotel Northampton, Northampton MA

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Contact:  Mary Praus, Homeland Security Project Planner, mpraus@frcog.org or 413.774.3167 x131

Description: Social Media Training is playing a key role in emergency preparedness. This course is designed for members of emergency preparedness and response programs in Western Massachusetts and is designed to help local first responder communities learn the latest techniques for social media use in all phases of emergency management: preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. Three offerings of the course will be offered. A full day version on Friday, September 21 and two condensed versions, one the evening of Thursday, Sept. 20 and the other the morning of Saturday, September 22. Pre-training materials and information are available at the training blog found at  WesternMassSMEM.wordpress.com. Interested participants are encouraged to follow this blog as online pre-training sessions will be provided here.

Participants: Training is open to WRHSAC constituents, including individuals from each of the 10 DHS  disciplines, within the boundaries of the western region geographical area. If you do not fall into this category, you will be placed on a waiting list. Registration for the course is found here.

Deerfield Police Department

8:30am to 4:30pm

Contact: Eric Stratton, STS Consulting estratton625@gmail.com or 413-531-8699

Description: The Deerfield Police department, with grant funding from the Western Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council, will be hosting  Officer Down Rescue – Instructor Course, September 12 – 14, 2012  from 0830 – 1630.  The course will be conducted by STS Consulting, www.tactical-ems.com. Lunch will be provided and OEMS credits will be applied for prior to the course.This training will encompass techniques that will enable Law Enforcement Officers to become instructors in Officer Down Rescue &, Self Care and Buddy Aid. Participants will learn techniques such as but not limited to conducting self assessments, hemorrhage control, application of tourniquets, vehicle rescues, ballistic shield rescues, giving medical care behind cover and the use of improvised bandaging techniques. Course participants will conduct these medical drills with, two hands, single hand, vision impaired and in a variety of positions.  Course participants will engage targets down range with their department issue weapons (.40, .45. .223. 5.56 or slugs) from a variety of positions to make the training as realistic as possible.

Participants: This course is open to law enforcement and EMS agencies in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire & Hampden county. Class size is limited to 30 participants.

Pittsfield Action Ambulance

8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Contact: Eric Stratton, STS Consulting estratton625@gmail.com or 413-531-8699

Description: This course will encompass four topics: Law Enforcement Patrol: Motor Vehicle Hides – Guns, Drugs and Terrorism, Recognition. Prevention, and Management of Excited Delirium and Sudden In-Custody Death, Emerging Gang Culture and New threats in Western MA, and Methamphetamine & Other Emerging Drug Trends.

Participants: This course is open to law enforcement, fire and EMS agencies in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire & Hampden county. Class size is 40 participants.

PVPC/Hampden County – Operation Game Day FSC

Description: This exercise will test the emergency dispensing site (EDS) plans of communites in Hampden County.

Contact: Soloe Dennis, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, smdennis@pvpc.org or at 413.781.6045

Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer

8:30 - 11:30 am

Description: This exercise will test the regional hazardous materials response plan of communities in Hampden County.

For more information, please contact: Soloe Dennis, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, smdennis@pvpc.org or at 413.781.6045.

Greenfield, MA

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