Georgia Agrosecurity Awareness Training Resources

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Georgia Agrosecurity Awareness Training
Resources

• Lee M. Myers, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM
• State Veterinarian and Assistant Commissioner
• Georgia Department of Agriculture

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Agrosecurity Awareness Training

• Funded through Georgia Department of Agriculture
  by grant from U.S. Office of Domestic
  Preparedness
• Curriculum developed by Georgia Committee on
  Agriculture Food Defense
• University of GA
• GA Department of Agriculture
• USDA VS GA Area Office
• Office of Homeland Security/GA Emergency
  Management Agency
• Endorsed by USDA APHIS and U.S. Department of
  Homeland Security
• Endorsed by many state agencies and organizations
  for continuing education credit

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Agrosecurity Awareness Training

• Goal
• To introduce a broad audience of participants to
  agriculture emergency management and agrosecurity
  so they will have a basic understanding of U.S.
  agriculture and related emergency management
  issues.

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Agrosecurity Awareness Training

• Objectives - To provide participants with
• standardized materials to achieve a fundamental
  and uniform level of understanding of
  agrosecurity
• a broad overview of U.S. agriculture and food,
  including animal, plant, and food industries, and
  its associated economic impact
• a basic understanding of the emergency management
  system and homeland security as it relates to
  agriculture and food
• an introduction to significant animal and plant
  diseases and pests that could adversely impact
  the agriculture and food industry
• an understanding of how animal and plant diseases
  and pests may pose a threat, where
  vulnerabilities to these agents exist, and
  methods to best manage these risks
• the status of emerging strategic plans that will
  address agrosecurity concerns of the future

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Content

• Entire food and agriculture sector
• Animal
• Plant
• Food
• Transportation
• All hazards
• Chemical
• Biological
• Radiological
• Nuclear
• Explosive
• Natural Disasters
• Didactic and group learning activities

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Delivery

• Train the Trainer approach
• 250 county agriculture agents delivering 65
  training sessions in local communities
• Focus on individuals who may respond to an
  agricultural emergency
• Continuing education credits for veterinarians,
  law enforcement officials, fire fighters, and
  other disciplines
• Goal of 3,500 trained 1,000 trained as of Nov.1,
  2005
• Sustained through Georgia Public Safety Training
  Center and internet

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Resources

• Textbook Protecting Agriculture and Food includes
  textbooks on national agrosecurity and Georgia
  agrosecurity
• Scripted Power Point Presentations
• Promotional Materials
• All course materials available at no cost
  http//www.agrosecurity.uga.edu
• Textbooks also available for purchase through
  Boca Publications (information on web site)

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Incident Command System

• Over 300 GDA, USDA, and UGA personnel trained to
  200 level
• Over 60 GDA, USDA, and UGA trained to 300 level
• Trained using combination of USDA CDs and
  classroom instruction by certified instructor

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Other Training

• Agriculture Emergency Response Team (AgERT)
  training, Center for Domestic Preparedness,
  Anniston, AL for State Agriculture Response Team
  members
• Personal Protective Equipment training with GA
  National Guard for GA-SART members

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NIMS Training Guidelines Baseline for Training
Command Staff
ICS-400 Advanced ICS or Equivalent ICS-300
Intermediate ICS or equivalent ICS-200 Basic
ICS or equivalent ICS-100 Introduction to
ICS or equivalent FEMA IS-800 National
Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction FEMA
IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction Agrosecurity
Awareness
Middle Management
ICS-300 Intermediate ICS or equivalent
ICS-200 Basic ICS or equivalent ICS-100
Introduction to ICS or equivalent FEMA IS-800
National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction FE
MA IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction Agrosecurity
Awareness AgERT/PPE
Front Line Supervisors
ICS-200 Basic ICS or equivalent ICS-100
Introduction to ICS or equivalent FEMA IS-700
NIMS, An Introduction Agrosecurity
Awareness AgERT/PPE
Front Line Employees
ICS-100 Introduction to ICS or
equivalent FEMA IS-700 NIMS, An
Introduction Agrosecurity Awareness
Entry level first responders and Disaster
workers including EMS personnel, firefighters,
hospital staff, police officers, public
health workers, public works/ utility personnel,
skilled support personnel, and other
emergency management response personnel at the
federal, state, and local level.
First line supervisors, single resource leaders,
field supervisors, and other emergency
management/ response personnel that require a
higher level of ICS/ NIMS training.
Middle management including strike team leaders,
task force leaders, unit leaders, division/ group
supervisors, branch directors, and
multi-agency coordination system/ emergency
operations center staff.
Command and general staff, select department
heads with multi-agency coordination system
responsibilities, area commanders, emergency
managers, and multi-agency coordination
system/emergency operations center managers.
www.fema.training.gov
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Training is Critical to Success and Safety
Whats Wrong with this Picture?

Nipah Virus Outbreak in Malaysia
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Training is Critical to Success and Safety

• Not wearing protective mask
• Poor depopulation approach
• Failure to wear protective over boots
• Inadequate disposal site preparation
• Area decontamination conducted during
  depopulation process

If your attention to detail regarding PPE is
poor, then most likely other key aspects of your
response sequence are equally poor.
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• THANK YOU!!
• http//www.agrosecurity.uga.edu