Improving the Training of Skilled Support Personnel for Responding to Terrorist Actions: A Review of the Problems and Feasible Solutions

摘要

This document is primarily intended to inform the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) and its grantees about similar activities occurring in other governmental organizations. The goal is to facilitate better coordination of limited resources in protecting workers who may be called upon to assist this nation deal with the aftermath of terrorist attacks. This document also provides recommendations to NIEHS about providing the most appropriate training to a particular population of responders called skilled support personnel, the construction trades needed to move debris and transport critical supplies during an incident. The four purposes to this review are to: 1. Examine the issue of appropriate training for a distinct population of responders to terrorist actions: construction workers whose skills are needed to facilitate the rescue of survivors, recovery of bodies, and restoration of critical services$ 2. Describe what governmental requirements and services affect the training of this population$ 3. Explore the feasibility of creating a registry of appropriately trained and equipped construction workers and making it accessible to local responders$ and 4. Suggest additional evaluations of other unique populations of workers at risk from terrorist actions.