[Scan-DC] NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS

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From: NTSB Press Releases <NTSBPressReleases at NTSB.GOV>
Subject: NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO
TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
To: PIPE_HAZ at LISTSERV.NTSB.GOV
Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 6:46 PM
NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS TO TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
National Transportation Safety
Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 5, 2009
The National Transportation Safety Board is offering a three-day course,
"Transportation Disaster Response - A Course for Emergency Responders,"
at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia (near
Washington, D.C.) on November 17-19, 2009. The course is being
facilitated with the full participation of the New Jersey State Police.
This course is designed specifically for local, county, state and federal
emergency responders, planners and managers as well as members of
organizations and agencies with accident response roles.
NTSB specialists and speakers from the FBI, the New Jersey State Police,
and other emergency response agencies and organizations with response
roles in recent accidents will discuss the operational and organizational
challenges encountered in responding to large-scale, high-profile
transportation accidents.
Topics will include the incident command system, events involving
terrorism and/or hazardous materials, interaction with the news media,
communicating with the local community and families of the victims,
assistance to family members, forensic aspects of recovery and
identification, and long-term issues facing the affected community
following a major disaster.
Case studies will include: 
- Crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, Clarence Center, NY
- Collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, MN
- US Airways Airbus crash landing in the Hudson River
- Corporate response to disasters involving employees working in remote
parts of the world
For a more complete description of the course, the registration process
and the cost, please
go to: http://www.ntsb.gov/Academy/CourseInfo/TDA402_2009.htm
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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson
peter.knudson at ntsb.gov
(202) 314-6100 
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