Hazardous Material Maritime Industry Response Training Safety Initiative (HazMIRTSI)

Information

  • Research Project
  • 10060353
  • ApplicationId
    10060353
  • Core Project Number
    U45ES019350
  • Full Project Number
    2U45ES019350-11
  • Serial Number
    019350
  • FOA Number
    RFA-ES-19-003
  • Sub Project Id
    5354
  • Project Start Date
    8/17/2010 - 13 years ago
  • Project End Date
    5/31/2025 - 11 months from now
  • Program Officer Name
  • Budget Start Date
    8/1/2020 - 3 years ago
  • Budget End Date
    7/31/2021 - 2 years ago
  • Fiscal Year
    2020
  • Support Year
    11
  • Suffix
  • Award Notice Date
    8/10/2020 - 3 years ago
Organizations

Hazardous Material Maritime Industry Response Training Safety Initiative (HazMIRTSI)

Program Abstract Accidents, natural disasters, exposure to hazardous agents and terrorism are constant threats in the maritime industry. Hazardous materials incidents are generally infrequent but can be catastrophic when they occur, resulting in serious injury and death. Workers in the maritime environment have limited experience responding to hazmat emergencies, limited knowledge of emergency procedures and often limited rapid access to qualified emergency responders or hazmat units. The Institute for Disaster and Emergency Preparedness (IDEP) within Nova Southeastern University (NSU)'s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM) is a regional, national and international resource for the provision of educational services, trainings and programs focused on all-hazards preparedness, disaster and emergency preparedness and hazardous waste worker safety training. IDEP began as a task force shortly after 9/11 and is now formally an Institute that is widely recognized for its expertise with major support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Florida Department of Health. For nearly five years, Project Hazardous Material Maritime Industry Response Training Initiative (HazMIRTSI), a Hazmat Preparedness Disaster Training Program (HPDTP), funded by a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), builds on existing programs and relationships established by IDEP and the greater SEAMIST program (a Hazardous Waste Worker Training Program (HWWTP) targeting health and safety for personnel whose jobs may bring them into contact with hazardous materials). Specifically, Project HazMIRTSI has extended our presence from the Gulf and Atlantic states to the northern Atlantic states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Project HazMIRTSI trains fire rescue and emergency medicine service (EMS) personnel to respond to emergencies at sea and in port as well as preparedness and recovery training to healthcare workers, volunteers and communities impacted by disasters, with emphasis on hurricanes and flooding. To date, HazMIRTSI has trained approximately 1,000 first responders to effectively handle disasters on our waterways, reducing and possibly eliminating incidences of injuries and deaths among first responders and community members. In carrying Project HazMIRTSI forward, we aim plans to expand our disaster response training to 3,000 skilled response personnel, provide new disaster preparedness training to 1,000 community members and continue to revise, optimize and enhance our training curricula and evaluation protocols.

IC Name
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
  • Activity
    U45
  • Administering IC
    ES
  • Application Type
    2
  • Direct Cost Amount
    216464
  • Indirect Cost Amount
    15832
  • Total Cost
  • Sub Project Total Cost
    232296
  • ARRA Funded
    False
  • CFDA Code
  • Ed Inst. Type
  • Funding ICs
    NIEHS:232296\
  • Funding Mechanism
    OTHER RESEARCH-RELATED
  • Study Section
    ZES1
  • Study Section Name
    Special Emphasis Panel
  • Organization Name
    NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
  • Organization Department
  • Organization DUNS
    002971240
  • Organization City
    Fort Lauderdale
  • Organization State
    FL
  • Organization Country
    UNITED STATES
  • Organization Zip Code
    333147796
  • Organization District
    UNITED STATES