State and local and regional

Upcoming regional drills, exercises and training:

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New England Joint Criminal and Epidemiological Investigations Workshop
Sponsored by :

 

• Workshop: this free conference is aimed at creating a better level of understanding between the criminal investigator and the public health investigator, which will in turn lead to better coordination in the event of a human, plant, or animal outbreak that is suspected to have a criminal or terrorist origin. We realize that a concurrent and unforeseen training in Massachusetts will take some of our epidemiologists away from us, but encourage all law enforcement who might work a biological attack scenario, and all persons working in public health associated with human, animal, or plant disease outbreaks, including both public and private infectious disease personnel and persons involved in food safety, to attend. We currently do not have an attendance limit for this conference, and are hoping to attract about 150 persons from various backgrounds from around New England. The workshop takes place over two days with a singular running scenario. Attendees will benefit most by attending both days, and presentations/breakouts are aimed at having law enforcement and public health attendees understand each other's positions in an event to foster working together. The dress is business casual. Lunch is not included
• Target Audience: law enforcement who may be investigatively involved in bioterror investigations as well as persons involved in public health, epidemiology, animal and plant health, food safety, and investigation of disease outbreaks.
• Date: February 9-10/2010
• Time: 8:00 AM-5:00PM
• Location: Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center at 1657 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701
  
• Registration: Web Link
• More Information: Agenda
• Contact: Speical Agent Dan Einhaus WMD Coordinator, FBI, 617-892-2873 (cell phone)
  

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Webinar: Joint Commission survey for Environment of Care, Emergency Management and Life Safety Standards

• Webinar: Those participating in this session will receive specific guidance on how to interpret the four vulnerabilities that apply to the Environment of Care, Emergency Management, and Life Safety chapters in the Joint Commission manual for hospitals.
• Target Audience: CEO, COO, CMO, CNO, Joint Commissioner Coordinator, Safety Officer, Risk Managers, Quality Management and Performance Improvement Director, Facility and Engineering Manager, Fire Safety Professionals, and any staff involved with Environment of Care and Life Safety responsibilities.
• Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
• Time: 10:00 until 11:00 a.m
• More information: brochure, including registration materials
• Fee: There is a fee for this course, please read brochure.
• Contact: Carol Sinclair, Director of Education, Maine Hospital Association

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Climate Change and Public Health

Understanding the role for public health and health care practitioners

Sponsors:

New england alliance for public health workforce development,
Date: April 7, 2010
Location: Maple Hill Farm, Hallowell, ME
Agenda and Registration Information to follow
More Information: Flyer
Contact: Karen O’ Rourke

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Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Training Course (HSEEP)

DATE: March 8&9, 2010
Time: 0800 am - 1700 pm
Target Audience: Individuals involved in exercise program and /or exercise design, development, conduct, control, evaluation, and improvement planning are encouraged to attend.
Location: Saint Joseph's College, Harold Alfond Center, 278 Whites Bridge Road, Standish, Maine.
Pre-Requisites: Online Training. See brochure for more information IS 120 A An Introduction to Exercises IS 130 Exercise, Evaluation and Improvement Planning IS 139 Exercise Design IS 700 NIMS, An Introduction IS 800 B National Response Framework, An Introduction
Contact: Jeremy Damren, State Exercise Coordinator, Office (624-4410)
More Information: Flyer

Maine Emergency Management Agency Training Schedule (click for schedule)

Training DVD's Avialable from SMRRC

SMRRC has produced nine training DVD's for in service education and emergency preparedness training. These were videos shot at past training sessions.  These training DVD's are free of charge (for our 4 county region). Please contact Cindy Stewart at 662-2965." Each DVD is about 45 minutes to an hour in length and are available for the following topics:

1. RxAir (Air isolation in filtration unit)
2. IsoChamber (for emergency patient quaranteen)
3. CF 60 Biological PAPR (Hospital use-Powered Air Purifyinjg Respirator)
4. Mintie Ante Room (For hospital patient isolation)
5. Radiation Detection Meters
6. Gas detection Meters
7. Scott Proflow 3, PAPR (Powered Air Purifyinjg Respirator)
8. Portable Decontamination showers and pre and post decontamination kits use.
9. Training DVD and CD on Vortran (Air Driven automatic Resucitators).

Maine's 3 Regional Resource Centers are Partnering with Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response, to bring these new training resources to Maine.
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response: Online Education & Training