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Primary Screener/Personal Radiation Detector

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  • PER-243-1
     June 24, 2025
     8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Austin Fire Department Training Academy

Venue Address:
4800 Shaw Lane, Building J, library, Austin, Texas, 78744, United States

This course trains participants to instruct the PER-243 Primary Screener/Personal Radiation Detector (PRD) Course. The course may be requested by local, regional, or state-wide programs that have developed a comprehensive plan for future PRD course delivery. Such plans require the jurisdiction to show acquisition of training equipment and sealed radioactive source material for replicating training locally. It is the responsibility of the jurisdiction to select course participants. All participants must provide proof of instructor certification and be part of the local, regional, or state-wide training program.

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.

Register for the course.

For Questions

Contact Dee Harrison, CAPCOG homeland security manager.