Location: Mobile County EOC, 7350 Zeigler Blvd, Mobile, AL 36608
POC: Erin Coker, 251-690-7512
Course Description
This course is designed for personnel from any professional background who may become part of a community response to a bombing event. This interactive, instructor-facilitated program employs case studies and research-based information designed to enhance medical preparedness for and response to blast effects. Breakout sessions address considerations and concerns specific both to medical responders and emergency planners.
Students are encouraged to ask questions and to create a to-do list of items they don’t have the answers to, so they have a list of tasks to address when they return to their jurisdiction.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Completion Requirements
Participants Must Provide
- a photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
Attendance Requirements
Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. This course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed
Recommended
Familiarity with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS). For more information about NIMS and ICS, see the FEMA independent study courses IS-100, IS-200, and IS-700 (or their equivalents).
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Terrorism target identification
- Types of terrorism
- Explosive characteristics and behaviors
- Homemade explosives
- Pre-attack indicators
- Blast injuries types and treatment
- Mass casualty triage
- Pre- and post-detonation response
- Planning considerations
- Command considerations
- Understanding local/state/federal resources
- Case studies
- Integrated tabletop exercise
Suggested Audience
Disciplines include, but are not limited to:
- Fire Services
- Law Enforcement (federal, state, local, county)
- SWAT team members
- Tactical Medics
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Hospital personnel
- Physicians
- Nurses
- Emergency management organizations
- Emergency managers and planners
- Emergency planners
- City, county, state, and federal medical
- County Medical
- State Medical
- Federal Medical
- Private Industry
- Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT)
- Dispatchers
- Medical Reserve Corps
Continuing Education And Professional Credits
- Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
- American Academy of Family Practitioners (AAFP)
Other Information
This course is taught in partnership with the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) at New Mexico Tech.
Government Programs
- GSA contract number: GS-02F-0003P. GSA customers, to register please contact esti@teex.tamu.edu or call (866) 878-8900.

- GSA contract number: GS-07F-0357V. GSA customers, to register please contact esti@teex.tamu.edu or call (866) 878-8900.

- For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact esti@teex.tamu.edu or call (866) 878-8900