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    <title>Colorado Fire Training Officers Association upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CFTOA Meeting - August 13, 2026 (08/13/2026)</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (08/25/2026)</title>
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  &lt;font color="#000000" face="Open Sans, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;This 16-hour training program is designed to take the complex topic of a radiological accident&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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  &lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Open Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;response and break it down into 16 easily understood modules and hands-on practical exercises.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Students will be presented with the training to simplify the topic while developing a comprehensive&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;understanding of radioactive material, radiological survey instruments, decontamination techniques for&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;handling radiologically contaminated victims, and resources available to responders during a response.&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;An important element of the training is detailed information on the types of packages used to transport&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;radioactive material. The course includes use of “live” radiation sources in the practical exercises to&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;reinforce learning. Upon successful completion of the MERRTT course students will receive a&lt;font face="PT Sans"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;certificate from the Department of Energy’s Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program,&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_9"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;including up to 9 hours of continuing education hours (CEH) for medical response personnel.&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_10"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;MERRTT meets the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act training requirements and is listed on the Department&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_11"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;of Homeland Security Federal Approved Courses Listing.&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_12"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;By attending the Train-the-Trainer module, one additional hour of instruction delivered at the end of&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_13"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;the 16 hours of training, students can be qualified as MERRTT trainers.&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_14"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Prerequisites – None. This training will develop necessary responder skills for all levels&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;and types of responders.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Target Audiences – All types and levels of emergency responders assigned the&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_17"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;responsibility to enter the hot zone, perform emergency rescue, identify package types,&lt;font face="PT Sans, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_18"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;and isolate the hot zone until advanced level support arrives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;https://veoci.com/v/p/form/qzbyxgznmetf?c=296982&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;Contact John Cole with any questions 719-728-7630&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://cftoa.wildapricot.org/event-6736800</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>EVOC Train-the-Trainer (09/30/2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Square Market&amp;quot;; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Emergency Vehicle Operator Course Train-the-Trainer Class (EVOC T3)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &amp;quot;Square Market&amp;quot;; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"&gt;Sterling, CO, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://cftoa.wildapricot.org/event-6640104</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CFTOA Meeting - October 19-23, 2026 (Unknown exact day) (10/19/2026)</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>CFTOA Meeting - December 10, 2026 (12/10/2026)</title>
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      <link>https://cftoa.wildapricot.org/event-6474478</link>
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