EMRTC recently provided a customized training course for more than 30 first responders in American Samoa. The first responders work for Port Administration, Public Safety, Customs, Homeland Security, and LBJ Hospital and Department of Health. The 5-day training spanned multiple programs including Medical Preparedness and Response for Bombing Incidents (MPRBI) offered jointly with Texas A&M) …
Participants in EMRTC’s courses for first responders benefit from witnessing detonation events as part of field labs. Field experience allows participants to connect classroom content to an event they see, hear, and feel firsthand. Currently under development, field labs will be enhanced even more through the use of virtual reality.
EMRTC’s broad goal is to …
Now that EMRTC’s course registration and certification is transitioning to an online platform, the time it takes to register and receive the certificate is significantly reduced.
Vanessa Ruane manages mobile courses and data collection at EMRTC and explained how the registration process is streamlined. Ruane highlighted that “Registering in class takes about 10-15 minutes of …
Playas, a once-abandoned former mining town located in New Mexico’s remote southwestern bootheel region, provides pretty incredible training opportunities. With its controlled access and expanse of 400,000 acres of operational space, the New Mexico Tech-owned facility offers unique and state of the art training. From its live fire and driving ranges, a high explosives range, …
EMRTC is enhancing course materials via Interactive 3D visual aids that engage participants.
The 3D printed models would allow participants to visualize emergency scenarios with more detail. Two different types of models are being used. One is 3D modeling, which shows a 3D representation of an object digitally. 3D printed objects are modeled digitally then …
Twenty-one years ago this month Gavin Donnelly played a role in post 9-11 evidence processing. Six years before that, in 1995, he helped process the scene in Oklahoma City after the Alfred P. Murrah building bombing. This month, he celebrates his one year anniversary working for New Mexico Tech, where he serves as EMRTC’s Training …
Authored by Meadow Crise
A new EMRTC course is providing educators with the tools to act quickly in an emergency event.
The FEMA SME review pilot of the Surviving Bombing Incidents for Educators (SBIE) course took place at EMRTC on June 21, 2022. Ten educator participants were in attendance. On average it takes 7-14 …
First responder training course participants benefit from the expertise of several individuals as training courses are planned, developed, and taught. Subject matter experts, course developers and consultants, and course instructors possess decades’ worth of experience and an incredible amount of specific knowledge. One of these experts who has played a key role in multiple EMRTC-offered …
For decades, New Mexico Tech has been lighting up the sky in the small town of Socorro with its annual Fourth of July fireworks display. This tradition, which involves a full day filled with live music, food vendors, and activities for kids, brings together families from all over town as well as the university community. …
As our nation grapples with increasing school safety concerns, one area where we can exert control is response training. Beyond first responders, school educators and staff can benefit from training in response to school bombing incidents. In the space between the moment an explosive event occurs and the arrival of emergency responders on the scene, …