A full-day of free isolation and quarantine training certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be held at UNMC’s College of Public Health on May 19.
The Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium and UNMC’s Center for Preparedness Education are sponsoring two classes designed to provide small, rural and remote communities with the knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively plan for and respond to events that require isolation and/or quarantine of their populations, and events where their personnel and resources will be required.
Classes are:
- MGT 433: Isolation and Quarantine for Rural Communities
- MGT 432: Isolation and Quarantine for Rural Public Safety Personnel
A minimum of 20 people are required to register by May 5 before the class can be held. A FEMA SID number is needed for class registration.
Brianna Rooney, graduate assistant in the Center for Preparedness Education and president of the College of Public Health Student Association, said that oftentimes, rural America and it’s small tight-knit communities are referred to as a place where “everybody knows everything that goes on.”
The effects of a scenario such as isolation and quarantine can have incredible ethical challenges and long-lasting effects as every citizen struggles to find their place of comfort with the situation, she said.
“This is a great opportunity to gain the knowledge, skills and abilities that rural communities will face should an event necessitate isolation and/or quarantine of individuals.”