Contact:
Todd Ofsthun
509.372.3143
HAMMER@rl.gov

For more information on training at HAMMER, visit Doing Business with Us.

Emergency operations training and support services at HAMMER enable emergency responders to perfect response techniques before a natural or man-made disaster occurs. In HAMMER classrooms information is disseminated, roles and responsibilities are identified, and response plans are formulated.

Using life-sized props, students practice what they have learned during realistic scenarios with hands-on participation. By experiencing a variety of conditions and situations, multi-faceted HAMMER training maximizes protection to workers, the public, responders, facilities and the environment.

Domestic preparedness programs held at HAMMER include weapons of mass destruction and non-proliferation training. New emergency response technology often becomes part of training programs and exercises.

Typical training classes include:

• Crisis Management
• Emergency Planning and Response
• Incident Command
• Disaster Site Response and Recovery
• Medical Emergency Response
• Counter Terrorism and Nonproliferation
• Transportation Emergency Response
• National and International Border Security Training
• Weapons of Mass Destruction Drills and Exercises
• Multiple Agency Response

Frequently Used Props include:

• Search and Rescue Building
• Six Story Training Tower
• Port of Entry Buiding
• Burn Building
• Railcar/Truck Burn Pad

HAMMER is available to DOE and DOE-affiliated entities as well as military, other authorized federal and state agencies, and local emergency response agencies.