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Community-Based Emergency Response training Program.


http://health.loukymetro.org/

The Community Based Emergency Response Program in Louisville, Kentucky

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, offers a three-and-a-half-day training program that addresses the many challenges involved in coordinating a community-based emergency response. The course curriculum, designed by the emergency response community of Louisville, the Louisville Jefferson Metro Department of Health, and CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice.

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, is targeted toward public health staff with little or no experience in emergency response. It combines classroom presentations, panel discussion, and field excursions to prepare participants for bioterrorism bi·o·ter·ror·ism
n.
The use of biological agents, such as pathogenic organisms or agricultural pests, for terrorist purposes.


Bioterrorism 
, terrorism, and all-hazards preparedness pre·par·ed·ness  
n.
The state of being prepared, especially military readiness for combat.

Noun 1. preparedness - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them
 planning and response.

For more information on the program and the dates it is offered, go to the Web site given above.
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Title Annotation:Environmental Health-'Net
Publication:Journal of Environmental Health
Date:Jun 1, 2004
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