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defining an agenda to strengthen homeland
security preparedness within the EMS community
NYU Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and
Response

• Director Cortez Lawrence, PhD
• National Fire Programs
• US Fire Administration/FEMA/DHS

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Outline programs and plans that support this
agenda

• Emergency Management and Response- Information
  Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) Critical
  infrastructure protection/ESS Consortium
• Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS)
  coordinate EMS issues among federal agencies
• InterAgency Board (IAB) coordinate operability
  standards for equipment/ processes/activities
• Incident Management Team tech assit (IMT)
  initiative develop state/region all-hazard
  capable type 3 teams
• Noble Training Center HHS courses by EMI.
  Healthcare Leadership and Admin Decision Making
  in Response to WMD Incidents
• Responder Safety Initiatives (NHTSA/EMS-ICS/Cumber
  land Valley)

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• USFA Courses related to EMS
• EMS Management and Leadership
• Management of EMS.
• Advanced Leadership Issues in EMS.
• Injury Prevention and Risk Reduction
• EMS Management of Community Health Risk
• Leading Community Risk Reduction
• Strategic Analysis of Risk Reduction
• Command and Control Curriculum
• NIMS ICS for EMS
• Emergency Response to Terrorism Strategic
  Consideration for Command Officers
• Tactical EMS Operations
• EMS Special Operations
• Advanced Life Support Response to Hazardous
  Materials Incidents
• EMS Operations at Multi-Causality Incidents is an
  internet based self study course
• Hospital Emergency Response Training for WMD
  Events Train-the-Trainer. This TTT is delivered
  at the Nobel Hospital Training Center.
• Emergency Response to Terrorism Tactical
  Considerations Emergency Medical Services.
• Emergency Response to Terrorism Self-Study is a
  web-based course.
• Emergency Responder and Safety and Health

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defining an agenda to strengthen homeland
security preparedness within the EMS community
A discussion on the progress with homeland
security.

• Director Cortez Lawrence, PhD
• National Fire Programs
• US Fire Administration/FEMA/DHS
• cortez.lawrence_at_dhs.gov
• 301-447-1362

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