This training will provide OSCs from each Region with hands-on experience in the following areas: handheld monitors, sampling, decontamination, personnel decontamination, laboratory analysis, waste management, health effects and medical countermeasures, and generating clearance values. The training will feature demonstrations from the PHILIS mobile labs, the ASPECT aerial detection system, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (CBC). The desired outcome of the training is to provide a better prepared nation of emergency response personnel to respond to chemical warfare incidents. EPA responders will train together on new methods and techniques and bring these skills back to their Regions to train their whole response team. 

Coordinators:
Ray Ledbetter, 202-564-8564, Ledbetter.ray@epa.gov
Elise Jakabhazy, 202-564-1734, Jakabhazy.elise@epa.gov

**This training requires a password for registration. If you are interested in this training and do not have the password to register, please contact the course coordinators.

Daily class times:
Monday, March 27: 8 AM to 5:30 PM
Tuesday, March 28: 8 AM to 5:30 PM
Wednesday, March 29: 8 AM to 5:30 PM
Thursday, March 30: 8 AM to 5:30 PM
Friday, March 31: 8 AM to 12 PM

Event Travel Date: Sunday, March 26, 2023 

There are room blocks aranged for participants at two different hotels.