Training
PER 213: Wide Area Search Course

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Add to Calendar 2024-12-03 08:00:00 2024-12-03 17:00:00 PER 213: Wide Area Search Course When disaster strikes it can be a challenge to effectively mobilize, organize, and deploy needed resources. The TEEX /NERRTC Wide Area Search course is an excellent training opportunity for nearly any jurisdiction or agency that may face such an emergency. The discipline applies to a vast number of critical situations including natural disasters or terrorist incidents. Participants are instructed in practical search methods and skills so they can perform systematic searches over a large, affected area. The training includes challenging exercises that mirror real life scenarios. The three-day long event concludes with an in-depth exercise that requires participants to apply the skills gained during the course. The instructors delivering the course are knowledgeable, experienced emergency responders who have actively employed wide area search techniques during some of the nation’s largest and most challenging search and rescue operations.  Kansas City Missouri Fire Training Academy noreply@marc.org America/Chicago public
Kansas City Missouri Fire Training Academy

When disaster strikes it can be a challenge to effectively mobilize, organize, and deploy needed resources. 

The TEEX /NERRTC Wide Area Search course is an excellent training opportunity for nearly any jurisdiction or agency that may face such an emergency. The discipline applies to a vast number of critical situations including natural disasters or terrorist incidents. Participants are instructed in practical search methods and skills so they can perform systematic searches over a large, affected area. The training includes challenging exercises that mirror real life scenarios. The three-day long event concludes with an in-depth exercise that requires participants to apply the skills gained during the course. 

The instructors delivering the course are knowledgeable, experienced emergency responders who have actively employed wide area search techniques during some of the nation’s largest and most challenging search and rescue operations. 

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Additional details

Course topics: Preparedness and Response, Search Management and Planning, Mapping, Search and Strategies and Skills, Communication, Team Management, Hands on Exercise 

Target audience: Fire and rescue, Law Enforcement, Medical Professionals, Emergency Management, Hazardous Materials, Canine Handlers 

Recommended pre-requisites: IS 100 Introduction to the ICS and IS 200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents 

Course maximum: 40 participants 

FEMA / SID Number: Students must register and bring a copy of their SID number to class. Register online: cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

REMINDER: Registration is a two-step process. You will need to register with TEEX also.

The course is funded by DHS/FEMA thru NERRTC (National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center) and delivered at no cost.

Event location

Please note that the location has been updated to the KCFD Training Academy, located at 5130 Deramus Kansas City, Missouri 64120.

Focus Area: Safety & Security