Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
NNFA-0276
Version:
3
Organization's ID:
R/N0655
Organization:
U.S. Fire Administration - National Fire Academy (NFA)
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
43 Hs, 25 Mins
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Hazardous Materials Management
Description

Objective:

The course objective is for students to analyze and evaluate the science component to implement a risk-based response at a hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Evaluate classification technologies and their capabilities, applications and limitations.
  • Evaluate the field identification technologies and their capabilities, applications and limitations.
  • Apply the science component of a risk-based response process to actual and simulated hazardous materials / weapons of mass destruction (WMD) scenarios.
  • Apply the fundamentals of hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response.

General Topics:

  • Fundamentals of hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction response
  • Capabilities, applications, and limitations of classification technologies
  • Capabilities, applications, and limitation of field identification technologies
  • Application of science
  • Final assessment
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
Supplemental Materials
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