Primary Screener Mission Review
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as a FEMA-Trained PRND Primary Screeners.
Primary Screener Mission Review
Duration
4.0 Hours
Guiding Document
DHS PRND Domestic Detection Concept of Operations (Feb. 2019)
Key Topics
- GNDA / PRND mission and guiding principles
- Situational Awareness when receiving alarms
- Assessment and Adjudication
- Evidentiary concerns
- Regional partners
Audience
First Responders and Emergency Planners
Important Note
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as a FEMA-Trained PRND Primary Screeners. For Responders who do not require that certification, please refer to the PRD Operations Course under the Emergency Response Tab for a class better suited to
your needs.
Course Summary
This course is designed to be a primarily ‘hands on’, scenario-based class. Students will receive a short review of the critical information needed to perform their mission as Primary Screeners. Following the review, REST staff will use an array of equipment to
navigate the students through simple and complex scenarios without being exposed to ionizing radiation, allowing for several hours of safe ‘meter time’.
Emergency Managers and Planners are welcome to attend these courses to familiarize
themselves with this vital mission; PRD certification or use is not required to attend.
Secondary Screener Mission Review
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as FEMA-Trained PRND Secondary Screeners.
Secondary Screener Mission Review
Duration: 7.0 Hours (plus one additional hour for a catered lunch break)
Guiding Document:
DHS PRND Domestic Detection Concept of Operations (Feb. 2019)
Key Topics:
- Instrument Functionality
- Critical menu settings
- Communications with and role of the FBI WMDC
- Locating area of highest energy
- Recognition and investigation of elevated Neutron readings
- Identification technique and data interpretation
- Understanding common misidentifications of threat materials
- Masking Incidents
- Importance of merging survey technique with evidentiary concerns
- Obtaining required data if National Reachback will be utilized
- Submit a National Reachback Request and receive a detailed report
Intended Audience: First Responders, Federal Agencies and Emergency Planners
Important Note:
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as FEMA-Trained PRND Secondary Screeners. For Responders who do not require that certification, please refer to the RIID Operations Course under the Emergency Response Tab for a class better suited to
your needs.
This in-depth, full day class is intended for Secondary Screeners who are assigned a RIID on a regular basis and could be requested to respond on short notice. The staff at REST will provide you with both the fundamental knowledge and best practices of RIID metering to
allow you to operate this critical instrument with confidence. Students will be presented with both basic and complex scenarios using a variety of live sources that will test your knowledge of isotopes, as well as provide you with resources to help you interpret the data
your meter is displaying. REST will provide students with a catered lunch.
Agencies who wish to send their Responders to this class will be expected to provide their own RIIDs and associated equipment; REST will not provide instruments for this course.
Emergency Managers and Planners are welcome to attend these courses to familiarize
themselves with this vital mission; RIID certification or use is not required to attend.
Primary Screener Backpack Operations Review
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as Backpack Operator Primary Screeners.
Primary Screener Backpack Operations Review
Duration:
4.0 Hours
Guiding Document:
DHS PRND Domestic Detection Concept of Operations (Feb. 2019)
Key Topics:
- Instrument Functionality
- Critical menu settings
- Locating area of highest energy
- Recognition and investigation of elevated Neutron readings
- Identification technique and data interpretation (if equipped)
- Understanding common misidentifications of threat materials
- Masking Incidents
Intended Audience:
First Responders, Federal Agencies and Emergency Planners
Important Note:
This course is intended for Responders who are already certified as FEMA-Trained PRND Backpack Operations Primary Screeners.
Course Summary:
This in-depth, class is intended for Primary Screeners who could be assigned a Man-Portable (Backpack) Detector as part of their duties. The staff at REST will provide you with both the fundamental knowledge and best practices of Backpack Operations to allow you to operate this critical instrument with confidence. Students will be presented with both basic and complex scenarios using a variety of live sources that will test your knowledge of detection, and if equipped, isotopes, as well as provide you with resources to help you interpret the data your detector is displaying.
Agencies who wish to send their Responders to this class will be expected to provide their own Backpacks and associated equipment; REST will not provide instruments for this course.
Emergency Managers and Planners are welcome to attend these courses to familiarize themselves with this vital mission; Backpack certification or use is not required to attend.
Law Enforcement - Awareness and Safe Response to a Suspected Radiological or Nuclear Emergency
This course is designed to provide Law Enforcement Agencies and Personnel with a basic knowledge of Radioactive or Nuclear Weapons and how to respond to such an event safely.
Law Enforcement - Awareness and Safe Response to a Suspected Radiological or Nuclear Emergency
Duration:
2.0 Hours
Guiding Documents:
DHS RDD Response Guide – First 100 Minutes (Nov. 2017)
DHS Planning Guidance to a Response of a Nuclear Detonation (May 2022)
Key Topics:
- Fundamentals of Radioactive Energy
- Ensure Safe Operations in an Elevated Radioactive Environment
- Summarize the DHS RDD Response Guide – First 100 Minutes (Nov. 2017)
- Summarize the DHS RDD Nuclear Detonation Planning Guide – First 72 Hours (May 2022)
- Critical missions and their associated tactics
Audience:
Law Enforcement Personnel
Course Summary:
This course is designed to provide Law Enforcement Agencies and their personnel with an understanding of the impacts and response to a Radioactive or Nuclear Emergency from their unique perspective. Most LEAs do not issue or carry radiation detectors, making response to an this type of emergency especially dangerous, as Officers would have no way of knowing they are being exposed to high levels of radioactive energy. Participants will be provided with a basic understanding of radioactive energy and how to ensure their personal and community safety from this invisible threat.
Private Facility Safety
This course is designed to provide the private and corporate community with awareness of potential radioactive weapon attacks against high-profile private facilities as well as ideas to protect and respond to such an event.
Private Facility Safety
Duration:
2.0 Hours
Key Topics:
- Overview of radioactive weapons
- Identify ways these weapons could be deployed against your facility
- Discuss different avenues available to help protect your facility
- Identify and coordinate with public safety partners responsible with assisting you in the event of an emergency
Audience:
Corporate / Private Facility Management and Security, First Response Agencies and Emergency Planners
Course Summary:
This course is designed to provide private and corporate facility management and their respective security cadre with an awarness level of understanding of the threats posed by radioactive weapons used to attack high-profile or high-value properties. Additionally, methods of protecting your facility to prevent this style of attack as well as best practices of how to respond should an emergency of this type should it occur will be discussed.
At the property manager’s reequest, REST Staff will also help facilitate the inclusion of the First Responders and Community Emergency Managers responsible for assisting your company for joint planning sessions.
Customizable Courses
At REST, we recognize that agencies may not find exactly the right fit with the courses offered in our catalog. Or you may want to combine a workshop, exercise or course together. Our staff is more than willing to work with you and your agency to design a unique course that ‘checks all the boxes’ for you. Every component of our material is customizable, including course length, content, start time, mergers with other REST components and cost.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us so we can provide you with exactly what you need to keep your troops safe.
