MERRTT

With over 3 million radioactive material shipments made in the United States annually the need for professional radiological safety training is greater than ever.  All emergency personnel : fire departments, police agencies, EMT's, hospital staff and all other first responders, will need to know the proper procedures to follow and actions to take in the event of a radiological emergency.  

The Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) was originally created by the Department of Energy (DOE) to integrate transportation emergency preparedness activities under a single program to address the emergency response concerns of federal, state, and local officials affected by the shipment of radiological material.  The training component of TEPP includes the Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training (MERRTT) program.

MERRTT has a modular design, consisting of 18 concise and easy to understand modules and was designed to provide facilitated (instructor led) or self-paced instruction.

The modules taught in the course are:

Module 01 -   DOE Shipments and Resources                        

Module 02 -   Radiological Basics

Module 03 -   Biological Effects 

Module 04 -   Hazard Recognition

Module 05 -   Initial Response Actions

Module 06 -   Radioactive Material Shipping Packages

Module 07 -   Patient Handling

Module 08 -   Radiological Terminology and Units

Module 09 -   Incident Control

Module 10 -   Radiological Survey Instruments and Dosimetry Devices

Module 11 -   Assessing Package Integrity

Module 12 -   Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Module 13 -   Decontamination, Disposal and Documentation   

Module 14 -   Transportation by Rail

Module 15 -   Transportation of Safeguards Material        

Module 16 -   Pre-Hospital Practices

Module 17 -   Incident Command

Module 18 -   Public Information Officer