NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

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Title: NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

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                       NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

October 5, 2009

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NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO

TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

 

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The National Transportation Safety Board is offering a

three-day course, "Transportation Disaster Response - A

Course for Emergency Responders," at the NTSB Training

Center in Ashburn, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) on

November 17-19, 2009.   The course is being facilitated with

the full participation of the New Jersey State Police.

This course is designed specifically for local, county,

state and federal emergency responders, planners and

managers as well as members of organizations and agencies

with accident response roles.

 

NTSB specialists and speakers from the FBI, the New Jersey

State Police, and other emergency response agencies and

organizations with response roles in recent accidents will

discuss the operational and organizational challenges

encountered in responding to large-scale, high-profile

transportation accidents.

Topics will include the incident command system, events

involving terrorism and/or hazardous materials, interaction

with the news media, communicating with the local community

and families of the victims, assistance to family members,

forensic aspects of recovery and identification, and long-

term issues facing the affected community following a major

disaster.

Case studies will include:

- Crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, Clarence Center, NY

- Collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, MN

- US Airways Airbus crash landing in the Hudson River

- Corporate response to disasters involving employees

working in remote parts of the world

For a more complete description of the course, the

registration process and the cost, please go to:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Academy/CourseInfo/TDA402_2009.htm

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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson

peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx

(202) 314-6100

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