Findlay, Ohio - The University of Findlay’s School of Environmental and Emergency Management (SEEM) will present a live training webcast instructing the emergency response community on how to handle clandestine methamphetamine labs at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 6.

The 60-minute live ALERT Emergency Response Training Webcast will be a full-scale simulation of the verification, entry, arrest, decontamination and medical response that results from the report of a suspected methamphetamine “cooking lab.” Police, emergency medical technicians, hazmat specialists and social service providers will conduct the simulation.

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Members of the press are invited to a “behind-the-scenes” look at how the ground-breaking ALERT Emergency Response Training Webcast is conducted. The scenario will take place at the Ohio Logistics Warehouse on Fostoria Road, Findlay, Ohio. Randal Van Dyne, executive director of SEEM, will be available for media interviews beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Anyone interested in the growing health and safety crisis that illegal meth labs have become are encouraged to register for this unique training event. A computer with speakers/soundcard and broadband Internet access are required to participate in the free training. Advanced registration is required at http://events.streamlogics.com/exponent/apr06-06/index.asp.

The University’s School of Environmental and Emergency Management (SEEM) provides education, training and information-transfer programs on environmental, safety and occupational health (ES&H) issues, as well as security management, terrorism and disaster preparedness. In the past 20 years, SEEM has awarded degrees to more than 1,100 people and has trained more than 90,000 emergency response professionals coast-to-coast.

For more information visit http://seem.findlay.edu/webcasts/methlab.html.

Media Contact: Rebecca Shell, public relations officer, 419-434-4345, shell@findlay.edu.