Emergency & Disaster Response Training

The threat of a major emergency or disaster is more prevalent than ever. In any case, if you are not part of the solution - you are part of the problem. Do you have confidence in yourself and others to react responsibly to manage or put out fires, tend to wounded, properly evacuate, and CONTROL the basic elements of the situation?

Our workshop will not only show you how to prepare your home and family, but also how to create and develop a strong response team at your workplace.

Our HIGH INTENSITY workshop offers 4 1/2 hours of teaching about both what to do and how to do it. The informational dialog given by our in-house instructor is accompanied by 125 slides and a terrific free workbook. During the training, He will get you out of your seats and actively involved as he creates an actual disaster scenario right in your facility, dresses you up in search and rescue gear, and shows you the do’s and don’ts of disaster survival and team work.

THE 4 1/2 HOUR WORKSHOP INCLUDES:

+ Awareness & Disaster Preparedness: We will cover such subjects as - What is a Disaster?; Laws Protecting Disaster Workers and Volunteers; Disruption of the Infrastructure; Structural and Non- Structural Hazards - Water, Sanitation, and Food Issues; How to Prepare Your Home, Auto, and Workplace.

+ Fire Suppression & Hazardous Materials: This is a comprehensive lesson in the use of a fire extinguisher and fire hose. The right way to gain entrance; How to protect you and your BUDDY; What does “Size really mean?; How to know your environment and the development of a smart team.

+ Disaster Medical I & II: A major disaster will overwhelm all medical personnel and hospitals within minutes. It will be left up to you to attend to yourself and others around you. Which ones do you help first and how you will be taught S.T.A.R.T. System used by military, firemen and paramedics. START stands for “Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment. You will be taught How to create an airway, control bleeding, treat for shock and mass fatality management. What to do with the victim after they have been evacuated; what is a head-to-toe evaluation and how to handle the various needs of the injured.

+ Light Search & Rescue “YOU ARE ON A MISSION”- it’s mid-morning. A major disaster has just occurred. What are you going to do after you see that you are okay? How many are trapped and where? What is the first course of action? How can you be most effective to help save lives and help the injured? You will learn damage assessment; the significance of time of day, day of week, and weather condition and how they play significant roles. Evacuation, lifting techniques, methods of transportation of victims, staying focused, team work, and how to error on the side of safety at all times.

+ Disaster Psychology & Team Organization: Prepares you for the emotional environment you will, be confronted with. We will be stressing the need for team work (you & your BUDDY), organization (how to create a management team at work or in your neighborhood) and logistical planning (how to set up an Incident Command System). We will also be showing you how to help children and adults cope with, a disaster, how to reorganize and treat sips of trauma.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

+ Navy Corpsman with the United States Marines

+ Certified CPR Instructor with the American Red Cross

+ Graduate Urban Search & Rescue Program

+ Graduate - Los Angeles & Torrance Fire Departments C.E.R.T. Programs

+ Graduate - FEMA “Train The Trainer” course - C.E.R.T. Program

+ Graduate - F.E.M.A. Mass Casualty & Fatality Management Training

+ Graduate - F.E.M.A. Disaster Management & Disaster Recovery

+ Commissioner - City of Torrance Disaster Council

INFORMATION, COST, SCHEDULING

Information: Contact ICOE at sales@ICOE.US or call us at (858)756.6103 for any additional information or to answer your questions.

Cost: The cost of the 4 1/2 hour class is $800.00 plus expenses.

Scheduling: Training will be conducted at your facility or office. ICOE can arrange facilities at an extra cost. All course scheduling is first-come, first-served because of the high demand, but ICOE will work around your needs in every way possible.