# Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program

> **NIH NIH U45** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 2020 · $300,890

## Abstract

HDPT Program Summary/Abstract
The overall goals of WRUC’s Hazard Disaster Preparedness Training Program (HDPTP) are to:
1) Prepare for and respond to wildfires, earthquakes and other environmental disasters through
outreach, education, and creation of a pilot Southern California Regional Disaster Hub to
coordinate activities, 2) Prevent and mitigate the impact of refinery and chemical plant incidents
on workers and surrounding communities through refinery worker training and community-
based CERT programs, 3) Strengthen the capacity of schools and universities to respond to
disasters, in part through collaboration with university-based CERT programs, 4) Support the
capacity of tribal groups in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to respond to hazmat and other
disasters. These goals will be accomplished by UCLA-LOSH, UCB-LOHP and the University of
Washington through collaboration with worker, community, state and local responder groups in
each targeted area. Over the five-year grant period, we will train 1,814 workers and community
members per year in 112 English- and Spanish-language courses for a total of 4,532 contact
hours. WRUC will also participate in the NIEHS Worker Training Program Emergency Support
Activation Plan. These efforts will build and strengthen emergency response capacity and
institutionalize disaster preparedness efforts with these target groups in our region and
contribute to national disaster response initiatives.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10059151
- **Project number:** 2U45ES006173-29
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **Principal Investigator:** LINDA L DELP
- **Activity code:** U45 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $300,890
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 2025-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10059151

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10059151, Hazmat Disaster Preparedness Training Program (2U45ES006173-29). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10059151. Licensed CC0.

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