Agroterrorism Preparedness Training Curriculm

The Western Institute for Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) is a training partner of the Office of Grants and Training, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is tasked with the development and delivery of DHS certified courses on Agroterrorism. WIFSS is developing and delivering training for local frontline response teams to strengthen their capability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from agroterrorism or other major disasters in the food systems in their communities.

The overall goal is to enhance national security by strengthening preparedness of the frontline responders to assure that there is capacity to respond early and effectively and in coordination with state and federal agencies.  The training curriculm is an all hazards approach.

WIFSS/DHS Agrterrorism Preparedness Curriculm courses:

AWR-151 Awareness
Understanding the Dangers of Agroterrorism

AWR-152 Preparedness
Principles of Preparedness for Agroterrorism and Food Systems' Disasters

AWR-153 Detection and Diagnosis
Principles of Detection and Diagnosis Strategies and Technologies

AWR-154 (NIMS) and Risk Communication
Principles of National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Risk Communication

AWR-155 Response

Principles of Frontline Response to Agroterrorism and Food Systems' Disasters

AWR-156 Recovery

Principles of Planning and Implementing Recovery

Electives - a series of courses to enhance depth of knowledge and capacity in specific areas:

• Risk Assesment Tools for Communities
• Dangerous Foreign Animal and Plant Diseases
• Foot and Mouth Disease
• Understanding the Food Systems and How They Work
• Avian Influenza

As a final component, the overall curriculm will include facilitator guided exercises (above) to assess preparedness of local communities and regions throughout California.  These exercises will include field testing, table top exercises and web based testing, and will emphasize team building and team testing.
Teams that satisfactorily complete the exercises will be certified.

Contact

Maria Vincino

530-757-5773