The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has received over $800,000 in federal funding from the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The grant project aims to enhance the emergency response capabilities of state agriculture and animal health agencies by offering specialized emergency management training at centrally located Midwest locations.
Under the grant, MDARD will serve as the fiduciary and lead coordinator for training events to be held in Michigan, Nebraska, and Ohio over the next two years. The funding will enable the provision of All-Hazards Incident Command System training opportunities to animal health emergency responders nationwide, including federal and state departments of agriculture, industry and academic partners, and other animal disease response partners.
The project will also provide animal health emergency responders from across the country with no-cost training and travel funding to attend these training sessions. The goal of the project is to create a model for future emergency response training events and allow states to train and exercise emergency response capabilities in a team setting through the Incident Management Team capstone course.
This grant project will play a crucial role in enhancing the emergency response capabilities of animal health agencies across the nation and help ensure a coordinated and effective response to animal disease outbreaks and other emergencies.
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