Skill Transfer and Virtual Training for IND Response Decision-Making: Project Summary and Next Steps

Abstract

MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) has been engaged in a project sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that examines alternative mechanisms for training and evaluation of emergency managers (EMs) to augment and complement existing techniques. The effort seeks to answer the question of how government agencies can ensure that key emergency response personnel have the required skills and knowledge to make critical decisions during an incident of unprecedented size, scope, and complexity, such as an improvised nuclear device (IND) detonation. The effort has examined gamebased training methods to determine their suitability for addressing the identified gaps and to improve the tools, techniques, and guidance for creating game-based training materials. This report summarizes the key steps and findings of the project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 2016
Accession Number
ADA635940

Entities

People

  • Adam S. Norige
  • Charles E. Rose
  • Robert M. Seater

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Best Practices
  • Computer Science
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detonations
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • First Responders
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Homeland Security
  • Instructors
  • Materials
  • Security
  • Students
  • Training

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Systems Analysis and Design