The U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Office of Bombing Prevention

Protective Measures Course (PER-336)

Event Purpose

The Protective Measures Course (PMC) provides participants with a basic understanding of how to identify risks and vulnerabilities to a facility, determine additional security needs for a special event/public gathering, and identify and apply physical and procedural protective measures to mitigate the threat of an improvised explosive device (IED) or vehicle-borne IED.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for public and private sector security personnel at the executive, management, and operations level. Public safety workers, emergency managers, law enforcement, and special event security personnel can also benefit from the course.

Schedule of Events

Module 1: Course Introduction and Overview

Module 2: Overview of Explosive Effects

Module 3: Identifying Risk

Module 4: Protective Measures

Module 5: Determining Appropriate Protective Measures

Module 6: Special Event and Public Gathering Security

Module 7: Course Summary

Course POC

Megan Drohan, Protective Security Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security [email protected]

Cost

This event will be provided by DHS with no charge to attend - any lodging/per diem expenditures will be the responsibility of the attendee’s own agency/department/company.

Transportation, Parking, and Lunch

Free parking is available on-site.

Lunch will be on your own—there are a number of restaurants nearby.

REGISTRATION

You must register online through the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness (https://cdp.dhs.gov/apply)

A FEMA Student Identification (SID) number is required (https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID).

Registration information is provided in the attached document.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis.