Training

Rutherford County Emergency Management provides training for a wide range of public service departments and agencies including Fire, Police, and Rescue services. The courses include a number of locally produced criteria and also include Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, and Department of Homeland Security training. Along with training, the EMA also conducts regular Table- top, Functional, and Full-scale training. You may check the training current training schedule by clicking the Training Icon on the Home Page.

Training includes but is not limited to:

Emergency Response to Terrorism Awareness- 8 Hrs
Emergency Response to Terrorism - 16 hrs
Radiological Monitoring & Response- 8 hrs
Emergency Response to Radiological Incidents (MERRTT) - 8 or 16 hrs
Foreign Animal Disease Response (FAD) - 16 hrs
Hazardous Materials Awareness - 4 hrs
Hazardous Materials Operations (HMO) 40 hrs
Hazardous Materials Team Operations (HMTO) 80 hrs
Introduction to Incident Command - 100 4 hrs
Incident Command System 300 Middle Management & General Staff - 16 hrs
Incident Command System 400 Command & General Staff - 16 hrs
National Incident Management System 700 - 3 hrs
National Response Plan 800 - 4 hrs
Ground Search and Rescue Operations - 24 hrs
Hospital First Receiver Decontamination - 12 hrs