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E/L-153: Building Design for Homeland Security for Continuity of Operations (COOP)
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Description
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PreRequisite
No prerequisites are required but it is highly recommended that the student take IS-546a:COOP Awareness Course, IS-547.a:Introduction to COOP, and/or G/L-548/IS-548:COOP Program Managers. Course Objectives: • Define the basic components of the assessment methodology • Define the resiliency concepts presented in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) • Perform an assessment for a building by identifying and prioritizing threats, consequences, and vulnerabilities, and calculating relative risk • Identify available mitigation measures applicable to the site and building envelope • Define the technology limitations and application details of mitigation measures for terrorist tactics and technological accidents • Perform an assessment for a given building by identifying vulnerabilities using the Building Vulnerability Assessment Checklist in FEMA 426 • Identify applicable mitigation measures and prioritize them based upon the final assessment risk values • Appreciate that designing a building to mitigate terrorist attacks can create conflicts with other design requirements • Understand the differences in assessing a facility for vulnerabilities to threats and how that impacts selection of that site as a COOP facility • Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to understand the design approaches to mitigate man-made hazards that have the greatest applicability and benefit for special threats
Target Audience
Course Description: This course will cover the content of FEMA 426, “Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Building”
The course is being offered to Federal, State, Tribal and Local officials with Continuity of Operations (COOP) responsibilities
This course outlines a methodology to determine the risk of a building’s critical functions and infrastructure against various terrorist threats and highlights applicable protective measures
The course considers Explosive Blast; Chemical, Biological, Radiological attacks and identifies protective measures for site and building design and layout
The course also provides guidance on electronic security systems
The purpose of this course is to provide guidance to the building sciences community working for public and private institutions, including Continuity of Operations (COOP) planners/managers, building officials, etc
It presents tools to help decision-makers assess the performance of their buildings against terrorist threats and to rank recommendations
It is up to the decision-makers to decide which types of threats they wish to protect against and to determine their level of risk against each threat
Those decision makers who consider their buildings to be at high risk can use this guidance as necessary
Additional Information
Each student is required to complete and send back the FEMA/EMI 119 Form. See attached form. The class will start at 8:30am each of the 3 days and end approximately at 5:00pm. The classroom can be cold at time so please bring a coat or jacket to stay warm. No drink or food will be offered. Please bring your own should you need it in covered containers.
Location
Broward County EOC
Address
201 NW 84 Avenue, Rm 332B
Plantation 33324
Broward
Region 7
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Date
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015 - Thursday, Feb 26, 2015
2/24/2015 12:00:00 AM
2/26/2015 12:00:00 AM
Point of Contact
Richard Allen
954-831-3909
RAllen@broward.org
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Name
County
Organization
Richard Allen
Broward
Other-Broward
Jose Lopez
Miami-Dade
Other-Miami-Dade
John Burkholder
Osceola
Central Florida Regional Transportation (LYNX)
Michael Hans
Palm Beach
Palm Beach County
Jesus Leon
Broward
Other
Carolyn Rodriguez
Broward
Broward Emergency Management Division
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Name
County
Organization
Robert Avery
Broward
Other-Broward
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