RADIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST … 1_ROSS Refresher Course_1-Intro and ROSS...RADIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST REFRESHER COURSE INTRO AND CADRE MANAGEMENT UPDATE

Angela Leek Bureau Chief Iowa DPH Radiological Health

RADIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST

REFRESHER COURSE

INTRO AND CADRE MANAGEMENT UPDATE

NREP Workshop – 4/1/2019

Jeff Semancik Director, Rad Control Connecticut - DEEP

Luis Garcia Branch Chief

FEMA CBRN Support Branch

COURSE AGENDA

0800 Introduction and ROSS Cadre Development Update

0830 ROSS Toolkit and Rad Decon Tool

0930 RadResponder for ROSS

1000 Break

1020 RadResponder for ROSS

1100 NPP Modeling Review: MIDAS, RASCAL, URI-RASCAL

1200 End of Training

1300 - 1700 Attendees are encouraged to participate in RadResponder drill

IS RADIOLOGICAL & NUCLEAR

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AT A TIPPING POINT?

Nuclear power plants have supported

radiological & nuclear

preparedness since Three Mile

Island.

Reduced resources as plants close

TIMES CALL FOR INNOVATION, NEW COLLABORATION AND NEW RADIOLOGICAL/NUCLEAR EMERGENCY PROFESSIONALS

• Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS)

• working to answer this call since 2014

• Multi-agency collaboration and support

• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),

• Department of Energy (DOE),

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)

• The collaboration is building and testing tools to keep ROSS abreast of

the latest developments, to help them better plan, train & prepare

States & locals for any radiological or nuclear emergency.

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ROSS SUPPORT MANY ASPECTS OF RESPONSE

ROSS CONTRIBUTIONS IN ICS

• Assist in interpretation and application of data products,

such as stay time maps or protective actions

• JIT Training as responders are deploying

• Provide tools and resources to facilitate response

activities

• Put radiological risks in perspective to overall incident

• Translate technical information to

non-technical audience

• Provide or support JIT training in

areas where radiation expertise is

limited

• Answer questions and coordinate

with other radiation resources keep

common operating picture

• Assume roles in technical aspects of

dose assessment

• Field team coordination

• DQO and sample planning

• Additional resource to relay information

between state/local jurisdictions an

data/decision support from FRMAC and

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ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: CADRE MANAGEMENT

• Subject matter experts are working with the National

Integration Center to finish a FEMA 509 National

Incident Management System (NIMS) Typing

• A Position Task Book will follow with the educational,

experiential, training and exercise requirements to advance

from Type 3 to Type 1 ROSS.

FINAL REVIEW – National Engagement began 3/18/2019

Developing procedures for issuing position task books, typing, and deployment of ROSS

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: 509 RESOURCE TYPING

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: 509 RESOURCE - EDUCATION

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: 509 RESOURCE – TRAINING TYPE 3 ROSS • IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System

• IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action

Incidents

• IS-700.A: National Incident Management System

(NIMS) An Introduction

• IS-800: An Introduction to the National Response

Framework

• IS-836: Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex

• CTOS PER 307 Introduction to IND Efforts and

Response Strategies (Web based or Instructor Led)

• PER-325-W: RadResponder Mobile App

• RadResponder website version webinars

(Chainbridge)

• LN-100 Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment

Center (FRMAC) Liaison training or equivalent

• MGT-455--Radiological Operation Support Specialist

(ROSS) Training

• Radiation protection/emergency response training in

accordance with at least one of the following:

• Training in accordance with Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) 1910.120 HAZMAT

Technician Training,

• Advanced training in radiation protection and

radiological emergency response equivalent to that

of an American National Standards Institute /

American Nuclear Society (ANSI/ANS) 3.1

Radiation Protection Technician

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: 509 RESOURCE – EXPERIENCE TYPE 3 ROSS

• Successful completion of the National Qualification System (NQS) Position Task Book (PTB) for the National Incident

Management System (NIMS) Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS) Type 3, or equivalent Authority Having

Jurisdiction (AHJ) documentation

• Experience in a radiological response and advisory role in radiological emergency preparedness exercises for nuclear

power plants, community reception centers, or other radiological incidents such as Vigilant Guardian.

• At least two tabletop or other exercises demonstrating the radiological response and advisory role such as Silent

Thunder series or Isotope Crossroads series.

• Practical experience working with, and making measurements of, radioactive material or radiation generating devices

• Emergency response experience and training on the federal radiological response framework


Same as Type 3, PLUS:




• Experience in a radiological response and advisory role in national level exercises such as Vibrant Response

• Three years of experience as an operational health physicist or radiation safety officer with emergency response

experience and training in the federal radiological response framework

• The development and implementation of at least three separate radiological and nuclear emergency training sessions

for first responders or other emergency management personnel


Same as Type 2, PLUS:




• Three additional years of experience as an operational health physicist with extensive emergency preparedness /

response experience and detailed knowledge of federal and state radiological response agencies and capabilities

• Working knowledge of plume projection/dose assessment modeling and software, like RASCAL, HotSpot, RESRAD, as

demonstrated in training or exercises

• The development and implementation of at least three additional separate radiological and nuclear emergency training

sessions for first responders or other emergency management personnel

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: CADRE MANAGEMENT AND POSITION TASK BOOK



ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: CADRE MANAGEMENT PROCESS PLANNING

Interested individuals attend

ROSS PER-378 Course

(previously MGT-455) –

CTOS

Candidates register with ROSS Program

A Position Task Book (PTB) issued

in OneResponder

Candidates work with

ROSS Program and/or state

radiation control

program to complete

PTB

Candidates submit

completed PTB to ROSS Program for review and

typing

ROSS assigned typing

designation as deployable

asset

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: TRAINED INDIVIDUALS

• 47 people have been trained as ROSS categorized in the interim.

• 6 - interim Type 1



• 50 additional ROSS Candidates from three classes in summer/fall 2018

• Our goal: 200 - 300 ROSS trained by 2020

ROSS DEVELOPMENTS: TRAINING

• Three Type 1 ROSS are working with the Counter Terrorism Operations Support (CTOS)

National Nuclear Training Center to prepare training to be FEMA Certified course.

• Developing additional training

• Refresher training at national conferences

• Access to training opportunities

• Create trainings (online or resource based) to fill gaps in training or knowledge

ROSS BRINGS TOOLS AND RESOURCES

• Radiological expertise

• Application of radiation principles and

resources to actionable advice

• Use tools to provide situational awareness

and support decision making

ROSS CAN SUPPORT ALL

TYPES OF RAD/NUC

CHALLENGES

Nuclear power plant disasters like

Fukushima and Chernobyl

Radiological dispersal devices (RDDs)

An improvised nuclear device

(IND)

Detonation of a nuclear weapon

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: NPP EXERCISES

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In 2018 - ROSS deployed in multiple NPP exercises in

Connecticut and Iowa.

Developing a model for jurisdictions to:

• Request a ROSS

• Develop contract language to facilitate deployment

• Develop briefing/integration materials

ADDITIONAL ROSS TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENTS

• ROSS are participating is a series of tabletops and exercises.

• High activity source transportation accidents,

• High activity source protection and loss consequence management scenarios, and

• Providing radiological fundamentals training as a companion piece.

• ROSS are testing deployments as strike teams and home team concept.

• This was tested at the IND Gotham Shield 17 exercise near New York City.

• Cobalt Magnet 19 in 2019 deals with the consequences of a plutonium-powered spacecraft

crash landing.

REQUEST A ROSS OR

PROGRAM INFORMATION

• Contact [email protected] for information about ROSS and the program.

• During a radiological/nuclear emergency incident

• ROSS can be requested through EMAC.

• For preparedness activities such as exercises, trainings, etc

• FEMA will help to coordinate the deployment and preparation of ROSS for preparedness

on an individual basis.

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RADIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST … 1_ROSS Refresher Course_1-Intro and ROSS...RADIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST REFRESHER COURSE INTRO AND CADRE MANAGEMENT UPDATE