New Mexico Tech’s cutting-edge Virtual Preparedness and Explosive Response (ViPER) center is setting a new standard for how first responders are prepared. This facility, overviewed in this brief promotional video, is designed to deliver an incredibly immersive and realistic training experience.
Housed in a 90×80 ft. warehouse within New Mexico Tech’s explosives range, ViPER boasts …
From the eastern-most U.S. territory of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands to Guam in the far west, EMRTC delivered mobile courses to all five of the U.S. inhabited territories during the 2024 calendar year.
The past year of mobile courses taught on all five U.S. territories began in January with the DART course delivered …
Van Romero, Vice President for Special Research Programs at New Mexico Tech, is new NDPC Chairman. Thursday afternoon in College Station, TX during the conclusion of the annual conference, Romero was presented the gavel by outgoing NDPC Chairman Jeff Mayne from Louisiana State University. Romero and New Mexico Tech First Responder Training Program will lead …
Currently EMRTC is developing a course for Public Safety Bomb Technicians (PSBTs) who may encounter military ordnance during their involvement in incident response or crime scene investigation. Course participants will receive training focused on identifying military ordnance.
The Military Ordnance Recognition for Public Safety Bomb Technicians (MOR-PSBT) course is a residential course that will be …
New Mexico Tech (NMT) and Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) First Responder Training is excited to announce their new website, nmttraining.com is live. The site includes a course catalog of DHS/FEMA-certified training programs for emergency personnel of all disciplines. Within the course catalog section, a list of upcoming deliveries for residential courses, as …
EMRTC is currently developing a residential course in post-explosion investigations. This course was inspired based on feedback from participants who have taken other training courses through New Mexico Tech who want to be able to differentiate from different kinds of explosions. The course necessity was validated by conducting a needs assessment of the first responder …
Formally known as the Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (IRTB) course series, the Response to Bombings Incidents, or RBI, course series developed by New Mexico Tech is expected to release July 10.
The redesigned course will focus on updated content covering both criminal and terrorist bombings. Data indicates a shift from religious terrorism to political …
When Jared Upshaw was hired by EMRTC in August 2019 he had very little experience flying drones, but he did possess an engineering degree and a willingness to learn. Very quickly, Jared came up to speed; by the end of his first week on the job, he was flying. Two weeks later, he earned his …
On Oct. 18, 2022 EMRTC hosted Professional Development Day for NDPC Consortium partners. Thirty-five members participated and were treated to a field trip where they witnessed a series of eight explosions ranging from a blasting cap in grapefruit to 3 ½ pounds ANFO with a C3 Detasheet Booster.
Following the morning explosives demonstration, lunch was …
In October 2022, participants from the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut Regional Transit Security Working Group came to New Mexico Tech to take a customized version of the Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (IRTB) course. Forty-five participants from nine agencies attended the multi-day training course. These agencies included Amtrak, Connecticut State Police, Metropolitan Transportation …
