The Military/ Civilian Disaster Strategy: A National Emergency Food Protection Practicum Food and water protection is at the intersection of many of public health’s greatest challenges: pandemic disease preparedness, agriculture and bio-terrorism, emerging infectious disease, food security, and climate change. Moving between traditional environmental health, epidemiology, and all-hazards preparedness tracks, the Wright State University Master of Public Health Program, through the National Center for Medical Readiness, partnered with the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to develop a novel, national training schedule for military and civilian food safety inspectors focused on realistic scenarios they could face during times of emergency.
This unique and intensive, two-day training program is based upon the Food and Drug Administration Model Food Code, a proven military food defense program, and (the soon-to-be-implemented) 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act. The course is a field practicum, taught by United States Air Force instructors and Wright State University academicians, and tested in a mobile food establishment designed for contingency situations. Training content tests the trainee’s ability to make sound judgment in the face of a real-time emergency. Knowledge of food microbiology/ toxicology, ionizing radiation, disease vectors, food storage and salvage, and detection equipment, is tested “hands on” in a mock food establishment that is an emergency simulator. Scenarios include: failed food holding units (stocked with perishable foods), vector infestations, flood waters, failed structural and mechanical systems, and many other tests of technical training competencies.
Trainees will be videotaped and graded according to performance. Successful candidates receive emergency training certification, issued jointly by Wright State University and the United States Air Force. Presenters will discuss expected training outcomes and proposals for future national training criteria augmentation and expansion.
NOTE: This Information is the property of the United States Air Force and Wright State University: confidential until selection for presentation.
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