HazMatIQ LIVE eLearning_The Missing Link in HazMat Response Training

描述（由申请人提供）：MetaMedia将使用互联网以低成本向大量国家响应者提供高质量，与工作相关的相关危险材料和安全培训。在线培训缓解了公共安全专业人员培训面临的许多问题，允许学生在值班或在家时按照自己的时间表进行培训，并具有在紧急事件发生时启动和停止的能力。MetaMedia和HazMatIQ合作开发了一个危险品课件和相关资源库，将以各种模式全天候提供给响应者。第一个由NIEHS SBIR资助开发的电子学习产品是HazMatIQ的专利Above The Line/Four Step System。HazMatIQ已经在美国、波多黎各、加拿大和南美洲的课堂环境中培训了超过1.5万名应急人员。四小时的电子学习课程正处于测试的最后阶段，并将其整合到学习管理系统（LMS）中，然后向应急响应界发布。HazMatIQ GURU也由NIEHS资助，目前正在开发中，这是一种创新的移动学习（移动）方法，可以在手持设备上提供关键的现场危害响应信息。MetaMedia和HazMatIQ继续履行保护工人和公众免受化学危害或大规模杀伤性武器的伤害和死亡的使命，建议开发一系列互动培训网络研讨会，每次一到两个小时，这将补充“线上”培训。网络研讨会系列- hazmatiq LIVE！-将涵盖响应者执行随时间变化的事件风险响应决策过程所需的最关键信息和知识，包括影响决策过程的化学和物理特性、最重要的监测设备以及影响选择响应监测设备的大规模杀伤性武器（化学的、生物的、放射性的、核的和爆炸性的）的最重要特性。模拟真实世界应急响应的交互式设计将使参与者能够在“现场”现场演习中相互接触。该项目的战略目标是填补关键有害物质响应培训的空白，从而更有效地应对有害物质事件，通过现实的虚拟演习获得现场经验，使响应者能够全天候获得关键培训，并为消防部门提供降低培训成本的替代方案。我们的长期目标是，在培训预算被大幅削减、美国各地社区因自然减员而空缺的职位空缺无法填补的情况下，通过及时和成功地降低风险，减少伤害、死亡和有害物质应对事件的成本

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): MetaMedia will use the internet to deliver high quality, job-related pertinent hazardous materials and safety training to a large national responder audience at a low cost. Online training alleviates many problems faced by public safety professionals' training, allowing students to train on their schedule while on duty or at home, and with the ability to start and stop in the event of an emergency incident. MetaMedia and HazMatIQ have partnered to develop a library of HazMat courseware and related resources which will be available to responders 24x7 in a variety of modes. The first eLearning product developed with NIEHS SBIR funding is HazMatIQ's patented Above the Line/Four Step System. HazMatIQ has trained over 15,000 responders in classroom settings throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada and South America. The four-hour eLearning curriculum is in final stages of testing and integration into a Learning Management System (LMS) before release to the emergency response community. Also funded by NIEHS and presently in development is HazMatIQ GURU, an innovative m-Learning (mobile) approach to providing critical hazard response information on-scene on a handheld device. Continuing our mission to protect workers and the public from exposure, injury and death as a result of a chemical hazard or WMD, MetaMedia and HazMatIQ propose to develop a series of interactive training webinars, each one to two hours in length, which will complement the 'Above the Line' training. The webinar series-HazMatIQ LIVE!-will cover the most critical information and knowledge required for responders to perform the time-dependent, incident risk-response decision process, including chemical and physical properties that influence the decision process, most important monitoring equipment, and most important properties of WMDs (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) that influence the selection of monitoring equipment for the response. An interactive design that simulates a real-world emergency response will enable participants to engage with each other in a "live" field drill. The strategic aims of this project are to fill gaps in critical HazMat response training that lead to more effective response to HazMat incidents, gain field experience through realistic virtual exercises, enable responders to have access to critical training 24x7, and provide an alternative that reduces the cost of training for Fire Departments. Our long range goal is to reduce injuries, death, and the cost of HazMat response incidents through timely and successful risk mitigation at a time when training budgets are being slashed and vacant positions due to attrition are being unfilled in communities across the U.S. The application is rated at a priority score level of 48.