# Presentation: 862357

## USPHS Office of Force Readiness and Deployment Response Readiness Training Lifecycle

- “A continuous continuum”
- 1 MAR 2007

## Force Readiness Training Life Cycle

- Based on the National Response Plan, National Incident Management System
- Meets S3678 Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness ACT objectives, DHHS Secretary’s goals
- Provides successive training building blocks

## OFRD Training Groundwork

**Training is a continuous continuum;**
** ****successive training becomes more complex**

## OFRD

**Response Education and Training Lifecycle for **
**USPHS Commission Corps Officers**

- The individual competencies and expertise of officers will be considered in
-  assignment during deployments and in access to training opportunities
- It is a command expectation of all officers to be prepared, ready to deploy, and to
-  exhibit leadership attributes regardless of training or deployment role

## Novice

- Leadership and Response
-  Training begins with call to
-  active duty
- Officers will meet basic
- readiness requirements

**Call to Active Duty – 1 Year**

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	KNOWLEDGE Objectives: 
Officers will be able to describe response missions and expectations of officers
Officers will be able to explain the roles of response teams and tiers
Officer shall identify ESF-8 and specifically USPHS roles and responsibility according to the National Response Plan

	Objectives for adoption of RESPONSE CULTURE:
Officers will be able to create a plan for meeting readiness standards within one year of Call to active duty.
Officers will initiate and complete the process for meeting readiness standards

- 	*KNOWLEDGE* Objectives:
- Officers will be able to describe response missions and expectations of officers
- Officers will be able to explain the roles of response teams and tiers
- Officer shall identify ESF-8 and specifically USPHS roles and responsibility according to the National Response Plan
- 	Objectives for adoption of* RESPONSE CULTURE*:
- Officers will be able to create a plan for meeting readiness standards within one year of Call to active duty.
- Officers will initiate and complete the process for meeting readiness standards

_**Goal**_: Officers will have *knowledge* of Response requirements and will adopt response *culture** *

## Responder Level

**Target 1 yr – 5 +**

- Drill down training for
-  specific deployment roles
- Officers will deploy in
-  response roles

## Goal: Officers will develop skills for specific deployment roles and will deploy in staff function

_**Goal**_: Officers will *develop skills* for specific deployment roles and will *deploy in staff function*

***KNOWLEDGE***** Objectives**:
- As appropriate, Officers will obtain skill through web-based training, drills and functional exercises in:
- Medical management of casualties, taking into account the needs of at-     risk individuals.
- Public health aspects of public health emergencies
- Mental health aspects of public health emergencies
***DEPLOYMENT *****Objectives:**
- Officers will be trained and able to function in the public health management of disasters specifically in the areas of planning, operations, logistics, administration and finance

## Managerial Level

**Target Year 6- 20 +**

- Advanced Leadership
-  Training
- Officers are capable
-  of assuming leadership
-  roles on deployment
- Note: Managerial training does not
- excuse Officers from being capable of
- fulfilling a responder role!

## Goal: Officers will develop skills for agency and organization management between the executive level and first level management

_**Goal**_: Officers will *develop skills* for agency and organization management between the executive level and first level management

***KNOWLEDGE***** Objectives**:
- Expand comprehension on how to support field level teams and assets
- Become experts in the roles and responsibilities of Federal, state, tribal, local, and private organizations during a public health emergency response
***DEPLOYMENT *****Objectives:**
- Officers will be capable of serving in Incident Command Roles as section chiefs, branch directors, Division/Group Supervisors, Team Leaders

## Executive Level

**Target Year  20 +**

- Executive Leadership
-  Training
- Officers are capable
-  of assuming senior
- leadership roles on
-  deployment

## KNOWLEDGE Objectives: 
Expertise in managing multi-agency coordination systems
Proficiency in advanced ICS 
DEPLOYMENT Objectives:
Provide executive level multi-agency coordination

***KNOWLEDGE***** Objectives**:
- Expertise in managing multi-agency coordination systems
- Proficiency in advanced ICS
***DEPLOYMENT *****Objectives:**
- Provide executive level multi-agency coordination

_**Goal**_: Officers will *be prepared *to fill ICS roles as Unified Commander, Incident Commander, Command Staff in either area command or single command and to act as a Senior Health Official

## FY 07 OFRD Training Initiatives

**Learning Management System**
- Change to Blackboard
- One training system
- Community space
- Interface FEMA
- Enterprise Architecture/MOAS
- QA/QC

**Response Team Training **
**(Response through Manager)**
- National Priorities/HHS Playbooks
- Skills, drills, functional exercises across teams
- APHT’s, MHT’s, RDF’s
- DoD, Johns Hopkins, American Red Cross
- Ft Sam Houston – Camp Bullis

## FY 07 OFRD Training Initiatives

**Call to Active Duty (novice)**
- Identifying curriculum
- Tested 40% of operational concepts
- Need finalized curriculum approval from Transformation Officer to develop and test
**USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium**
- Available to all Tiers
- Quarantine and surge capacity
- CDC, University of Michigan, OFRD
**Direct Military Training Network BLS program for USPHS**
**HAMR team training curriculum**

## Managerial – Executive
IRCT Drill Down Training (Web Based)
Operations
Planning
Logistics
Admin/Finance
Leadership Training 
Playbooks
Pan flu (workshop)
IND/RDD (Discussions plus tabletops)
Hurricanes (Discussions plus tabletops)
Possibly Earthquake, Anthrax, IED

- IRCT Drill Down Training (Web Based)
- Operations
- Planning
- Logistics
- Admin/Finance
- Leadership Training
- Playbooks
- Pan flu (workshop)
- IND/RDD (Discussions plus tabletops)
- Hurricanes (Discussions plus tabletops)
- Possibly Earthquake, Anthrax, IED

- FY 07 ASPR Training Initiatives

## Questions?

- 	CDR Kimberly Elenberg
- 	Medical Readiness Training Director
- 	301-443-1476
- 	LCDR Patrick Denis
-    Training Program Management Officer
- 	301-443-1475