SWAST have a legal responsibility to respond to acts of terrorism and incidents involving chemicals with the intent of saving and preserving life. There have been several high-profile incidents on UK soil in recent years which have seen significant numbers of deaths and serious injuries associated with them.
The management of these incidents is extremely challenging for the emergency services, calling for a multi-agency joined up approach to ensure the effective command and control of the incident, the rapid deployment of key staff to the scene and the fast, safe and effective treatment and extrication of patients to local receiving hospitals.
SORT trained staff members only
To ensure that the Trust maintain their responsibility to respond to acts of terrorism and incidents involving chemicals with the intent of saving and preserving life, we commit to training our staff.
Staff are required to undertake 7 training days a year, as a minimum. These are as follows:
- MTA 1
- MTA 2
- CBRN 1
- CBRN 2
- Clinical
- Leadership
- Physical Competency Assessment
Accommodation T&Cs
Accommodation is provided to staff who, based on timings from the AA Route planner:
- Have a travel time in excess of 90 minutes, when attending MTA 1, MTA 2, CBRN 2, PCA and Clinical.
- Have a travel time in excess of 120 minutes for Leadership
- Staff who are booked onto a courses over 2 consecutive days
MTA Training
- TIS NM 01-01 PPE
- TIS NM 01-02 Joint Operating Procedures
- TIS NM 01-03 Siege Operations
- TIS NM 01-04 Entry Control and Procedures
- TIS NM 01-05 Equipment
- TIS NM 01-06 Warm Zone Operations
- TIS NM 01-07 Emergency Procedures
- TIS NM 01-08 Clinical Operations
- TIS NM 01-09 Multi-agency Working
- TIS NM 01-10 Pre-deployment
- TIS NM 01-11 Command & Control
Please book via the form below. A set of joining instructions will be delivered to you after booking – if you cannot see the date you are looking for, it means that date is fully booked.
*Please note, if you are attempting to book a date which is less than two weeks from date of booking, please be aware that the expectation will be that you complete this in your own time, as ROC will be unable to reschedule shifts so close to the date. Alternatively, further dates will be made available soon*
For further details about the event, please contact the Inter Ops Team.
*Please note – An applications at this stage does not guarantee you a place. A confirmation will be sent to the email address you have used to apply.*
CBRNe Training
- TIS NB 01-01 SORT operating criteria
- TIS NB 01-02 Zones & cordons
- TIS NB 01-03 Casualty Collection Point(s) CCP & Triage
- TIS NB 01-04 Decontamination processes
- TIS NB 01-05 Clinical considerations
- TIS NB 01-06 PRPS
- TIS NB 01-07 Decontamination shelters
- TIS NB 01-08 Generators
- TIS NB 01-09 Water heater
- TIS NB 01-10 Submersible pump
- TIS NB 01-11 Air heater
- TIS NB 01-12 Lighting
- TIS NB 01-13 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS)
Please book via the form below. A set of joining instructions will be delivered to you after booking – if you cannot see the date you are looking for, it means that date is fully booked.
*Please note, if you are attempting to book a date which is less than two weeks from date of booking, please be aware that the expectation will be that you complete this in your own time, as ROC will be unable to reschedule shifts so close to the date. Alternatively, further dates will be made available soon*
For further details about the event, please contact the Inter Ops Team.
*Please note – An applications at this stage does not guarantee you a place. A confirmation will be sent to the email address you have used to apply.*
Clinical Training
- TIS NB 01-01 SORT operating criteria
- TIS NB 01-02 Zones & cordons
- TIS NB 01-03 Casualty Collection Point(s) CCP & Triage
- TIS NB 01-04 Decontamination processes
- TIS NB 01-05 Clinical considerations
- TIS NB 01-06 PRPS
- TIS NB 01-13 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS)
Please book via the form below. A set of joining instructions will be delivered to you after booking – if you cannot see the date you are looking for, it means that date is fully booked.
*Please note, if you are attempting to book a date which is less than two weeks from date of booking, please be aware that the expectation will be that you complete this in your own time, as ROC will be unable to reschedule shifts so close to the date. Alternatively, further dates will be made available soon*
For further details about the event, please contact the Inter Ops Team.
*Please note – An applications at this stage does not guarantee you a place. A confirmation will be sent to the email address you have used to apply.*
Leadership Training
- TIS NM 01-01 PPE
- TIS NM 01-02 Joint Operating Procedures
- TIS NM 01-03 Siege Operations
- TIS NM 01-04 Entry Control and Procedures
- TIS NM 01-05 Equipment
- TIS NM 01-06 Warm Zone Operations
- TIS NM 01-07 Emergency Procedures
- TIS NM 01-09 Multi-agency Working
- TIS NM 01-10 Pre-deployment
- TIS NM 01-11 Command & Control
Please book via the form below. A set of joining instructions will be delivered to you after booking – if you cannot see the date you are looking for, it means that date is fully booked.
*Please note, if you are attempting to book a date which is less than two weeks from date of booking, please be aware that the expectation will be that you complete this in your own time, as ROC will be unable to reschedule shifts so close to the date. Alternatively, further dates will be made available soon*
For further details about the event, please contact the Inter Ops Team.
*Please note – An applications at this stage does not guarantee you a place. A confirmation will be sent to the email address you have used to apply.*
Physical Competency Assessment
- Unload Decontamination Vehicle
- Clinical Decontamination Recovery
- Marauding terrorist Attack Simulation
Please book via the form below. A set of joining instructions will be delivered to you after booking – if you cannot see the date you are looking for, it means that date is fully booked.
*Please note, if you are attempting to book a date which is less than two weeks from date of booking, please be aware that the expectation will be that you complete this in your own time, as ROC will be unable to reschedule shifts so close to the date. Alternatively, further dates will be made available soon*
For further details about the event, please contact the Inter Ops Team.
*Please note – An applications at this stage does not guarantee you a place. A confirmation will be sent to the email address you have used to apply.*
The protected characteristics monitoring form is separate to the main application form above; completion is optional & anonymous. We ask for information on your ‘protected characteristics’ in order to help us monitor our performance on equality.
If you have already completed this form since April 2024 & nothing has changed, there is no need to complete again.