NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
October 5, 2009
NTSB OFFERING THREE-DAY COURSE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO
TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
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@ntsb.gov
(202) 314-6100
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