7-11 July 2019
EV21 - AAHP Course 2: 2019 Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS) Continuing Education Training (Brooke Buddemeier, Bill Irwin, Angela Leek, Matt McKinley, Jeff Semancik)Conway Lake 08:00 - 17:00 |
| This 8-hour Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS) continuing education training is designed to provide new guidance and experiential learning opportunities on targeted topics and tools. It is designed to provide beneficial updates and continuing education for health physicists who have attended a previous ROSS training course, including FEMA MGT 455 Radiological Operations Support Specialist. It will also benefit health physicists and radiation protection personnel with interests in becoming a ROSS and anyone engaged in or interested in radiological and nuclear emergency preparedness.Targeted topics include:• Updates on ROSS National Qualification System typing, the ROSS position task book and OneResponder for qualifying ROSS;• A review of ROSS experiences in exercises around the nation;• Demonstration of emergency responder training videos depicting the ten tactics of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Urban Security and Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance which can be used in training by ROSS;• Ten-point monitoring, RDD and shape file overlays for situational awareness in RadResponder;• Experiential learning using the ROSS Toolkit on RadResponder to generate briefing products for perimeters & zones, worker safety, shelter & evacuation, population monitoring and recovery;• Introduction to the ROSS Emergency Operations Center Job Aid.A word about the ROSS Toolkit: It is a web-based collection of national and international guidance organized for quick reference by a ROSS or other radiation professional to quickly guide recommendations or decisions for radiation control perimeters, radiation dose decision points, personnel contamination screening levels, shelter and evacuation guidance, as well as provides fact sheets and other resources for nuclear power plant, RDD and nuclear detonation emergencies.Instructors will demonstrate how to access the ROSS Toolkit through RadResponder and review the structure of the various guidance topics within the Toolkit.Students will be provided an assignment requiring review of guidance in the Toolkit, and they will present a briefing on their recommendations based on the Toolkit guidance. |
