GHS/OCD Host Multiple Trainings from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD), in coordination with the University of Guam (UOG) Regional Center for Public Policy and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), will host multiple training opportunities. All classes will be held in Rm. 129 of the UOG School of Business and Public Administration Building.

Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (IRTB) – This course is offered twice, on two different dates:

Monday, April 1, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, April 5, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The IRTB course provides first responders with the skills necessary to recognize and report a potential incident involving explosives. The course provides participants with an understanding of the terrorist threat, information on recognition and capabilities of energetic materials that could be used in a terrorist attack, and appropriate response protocols.

Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response (HME) – This course is offered twice, on two different dates:

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The HME course provides first responders with the knowledges, skills, and abilities to effectively prevent, interdict, and respond to an imminent threat caused by HME laboratories and producers. The course will focus on the various components and manufacturing processes of homemade explosives, response considerations when encountering homemade explosives, enhancing community situational awareness, and ensuring appropriate personal action.

Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents (PRSBI) & Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents (UPSBI) – This is offered twice, on two different dates:

Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday, April 8, 2019, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The PRSBI course provides first responders with the skills necessary to recognize and report a potential suicide bombing incident and supply participants with basic understanding of the suicide bombing threat, their role in community situational awareness, use of deadly force, and personal protection issues and will be held from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. on the dates provided. The UPSBI course specifically focuses on prevention and response to school bombing incidents and will be held from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. on the dates provided.

Initial Law Enforcement Response to Suicide Bombing Attacks (ILERSBA) – This course is offered twice, on two different dates:

Thursday, April 4, 2019
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The ILERSBA course provides front line law enforcement officers with the skills and knowledge to effectively interdict and respond to an imminent suicide bombing attack or a non-suicide attack involving a vehicle-borne device.

For registration details, contact GHS/OCD State Training and Exercise Manager Patrick Leon Guerrero at (671) 475-9600 or via email at pat.leonguerrero@ghs.guam.gov.

For media inquiries, contact GHS/OCD Public Information Officer Jenna G. Blas at (671) 478-0208 or via email at jenna.g.blas@ghs.guam.gov.

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To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.