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PER-388
junio 16, 2025 - junio 19, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Homeland Security
HHSC Brown Heatly Building, Rooms 1410-1430
Venue Address:
This program trains radiological specialists to become candidates for the position of Radiological Support Specialist (ROSS) based on the performance capabilities for the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Typed position. Topics include
- Radiological and Nuclear Emergency Response Mission Framework: Operations and Response Guidelines
- Response Resources
- Communicate Radiological Risk Information Effectively
- Health Physics and Dose Calculation Tasks
- Regulations, Recommendations, and Guidance
- Incident Characteristics
- Radiological Environmental Monitoring and Sampling Operations to Support Radiation Incident Scenarios
- Release and Transport Modeling and Software Tools
- Provide Radiological Support to Operations
- Mobilization and Demobilization
Special Instructions
Register for this course through the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s (TDEM) training portal.
This course has a number of prerequisites which can be reviewed on TDEM’s website. Personnel should be assigned to positions from which they would likely make a hazardous material response to a WMD incident, be assigned to a position in which they will develop departmental policies and procedures regarding WMD emergency responder actions or be assigned to positions from which they will develop or deliver WMD training to prepare their departments to respond to such incidents. This course is intended primarily for HazMat technicians. This course is also intended for law enforcement personnel tasked with supporting the operational phase of a WMD incident and transitioning into the crime scene investigation phase; laboratory; public health; and environmental personnel.