Date: February 13-17, 2006, March 13-17, 2006, April 10-14, 2006, May 8-12, 2006, and June 5-9, 2006

Course Information: This is a 4.5 day performance-based course where the participants learn to respond to, and manage, radiological incidents. The participants, organized as response teams, operate and make decisions in a realistic exercise environment. The course goal is to provide participants with the operational requirements and techniques for proper response and management of incidents involving various radiological hazards through a practical, performance oriented, team response approach.

The course consists of classroom lectures, to teach the concepts of team building and planning, and a series of performance-based field exercises that includes on-scene incident assessment, radiological monitoring, radiation exposure and contamination control, and reporting procedures.

Prerequisites: G320, Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response. Competency through equivalent education and experience may be substituted for the G320 course. Include with your application a summary of the education and experience to be substituted for the prerequisite G320 course for evaluation, or contact Linda Pressley, course manager, prior to submitting your application to EMI. The two Independent Study courses, Radiological Emergency Management (IS3) and, Radiological Emergency Response (IS301) must be completed prior to enrollment in RERO.

Participant Selection Criteria: This course is intended for Federal, State, local, or tribal radiological/hazardous materials personnel who are responsible for responding and possibly managing a radiation incident, as members of a response team. Personnel assigned to such teams include fire service, law enforcement, health physicists, industrial hygienists, radiological officers, and other emergency service personnel with similar responsibilities. Federal evaluators of nuclear power plant off-site REP exercises, and State, local, tribal, and utility personnel who are involved in the development of off-site REP plans and exercises may also apply.

To Apply: The course is held at the Noble Training Center, 490 Care Drive, Ft. McClellan, Alabama. Complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admissions Application with student signature and signature of supervisor or sponsoring agency official. Submit the application through the State emergency management training office who will fax it to the National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658. For further information, please refer to the course web site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/apply or contact Linda Pressley, at (256) 231-0103 or email at lindas.pressley@dhs.gov.