COURSE DESCRIPTION

This 8-hour awareness-level, instructor-led course is designed to prepare rural first responders and officials with the basic knowledge, skills and abilities to manage a mass fatality incident impacting their jurisdiction. Target audience includes first responders, coroners/medical examiners, public health officials, and others with responsibilities during a mass fatality incident. Issues addressed include establishing roles and responsibilities, assets management, remains processing and identification, diversity issues and development of a mass fatality plan that affect the construct of a mass fatality response.

Topics covered include but are not limited to:
•Define a mass fatality and list the types of mass fatalities and possible mass fatality scenarios in respective jurisdiction.
•Identify methods of obtaining Federal resources.
•Identify issues to be considered in mass fatality response planning.
•Explain the importance of mass fatality response planning.
•Identify potential federal, state and private resources included in a response plan.
•Describe the ongoing process of mass fatality response planning.
*Please note all foreign nationals need to complete a Department of Homeland Security Foreign National Visitor Request Form in order to attend this course.

Training Dates: 08/14/2024

Training Location:

Whitley County Government Center

220 W Van Buren Street
Columbia City, IN  46725

Prerequisites:

IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command
IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
IS - 800 An Introduction to National Response Framework

Registration: Please register for this course through the ACADIS Portal.  

Registration Deadline: 08/07/2024