Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents

Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents

The Eugene Police Department, Eugene Springfield Fire, and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) invite you to attend a FREE training opportunity.

Continuing Education Units: 0.4

The PRSBI course focuses on understanding the history and threat of suicide bombing to the United States as well as suicide bomber methodologies.

Date: March 6, 2020

Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Location: Eugene Police Fire Training Center

1705 W. 2nd Ave Eugene, OR 97402

The course guides first responders through the Nine Phases of a Bombing Incident as they relate to suicide bombers (beginning with bomber recruitment) with interdiction opportunities presented at every phase. First responders are provided with information on Suicide Bomber Improvised Explosive Devices (SBIEDs), SBIED component recognition, and delivery methods. Additionally, first responders are presented with the tools to recognize a suicide bombing threat and countermeasure planning tools to prevent and/or mitigate the effects of such an attack. This information enables first responders to return to their organizations and maximize efforts and planning for suicide bombing threats.

Target Audience

• Emergency Management
• Emergency Medical Services
• Fire Service
• Law Enforcement

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the history and threat of suicide bombing to the United States.
• Identify Suicide Bomber Improvised Explosive Devices (SBIEDs), SBIED components, and SBIED delivery methods.
• Recognize the Nine Phases of a Bombing Attack as they relate to suicide bombers and the interdiction opportunities associated with each phase.
• Identify suicide bomber attack methodologies and strategies.
• Recognize the role intelligence and community outreach programs play in threat mitigation.
• Identify suicide bomber countermeasures to prevent or mitigate a suicide bombing attack.

Special thanks and appreciation to Eugene Police Department and Eugene Springfield Fire for hosting this important training opportunity. This training is sponsored by Eugene Springfield Fire, the New Mexico Tech – Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center with funding provided by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

The Prevention of and Response to Suicide Bombing Incidents (PRSBI) course was developed with support and cooperation from the Department of Homeland Security, National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board, and New Mexico Tech.

Questions: Protective Security Advisor – Chass Jones, chass.jones@hq.dhs.gov (503) 507-8822