Objectives: The course teaches participants to understand the effects and hazards associated with  Disaster Sites  who provide skilled support services (e.g., utility, demolition, debris removal, or heavy equipment operation) or site clean-up services in response to a disaster to increase the participant's awareness of the safety and health hazards, including CBRNE agents, that may be encountered at a natural or man-made disaster site. 

The importance of respiratory and other personal protective equipment and proper decontamination procedures that may be used to mitigate the hazards will be emphasized.  Participants will support the use of an Incident/Unified Command System through the safety performance of their job responsibilities. 

Participants will be able to show awareness of effects of traumatic incident stress that can result from working conditions and measures to reduce this stress and perform specific tasks. In addition, there will be some practical exercises conducted during the classes.  

This course has a prequisite and participants must have completed the OSHA 10-hour Construction Outreach Training Course prior to attending this course.