EDUCATION

The USF CBD education component serves as a resource for health care professionals, law enforcement and fire rescue/HazMat personnel, government officials and agencies, private industry, safety professionals and the news media on a growing number of issues related to weapons of mass destruction, infectious diseases and emergency preparedness. The USF CBD training programs utilize a multidisciplinary, all-hazards approach to emergency planning, management, response and mitigation. All programs are developed using best practice methods in their field and incorporate materials and all applicable national and/or state standards from the CDC, FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Florida Department of Health and various local entities. USF CBD administrators and educators facilitate collaboration between organizations responsible for the recognition and response to disasters, and utilize resources available to the university and to the USF CBD to bring people together from the national, state and local levels. Programs are developed in collaboration with content area and target audience specialists and are offered statewide, with some being offered nationally.