Water Laboratory Alliance - Response Plan:
Introductory Lesson
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### Module Overview

Welcome to the Water Laboratory Alliance - Response Plan (WLA-RP) module. This module is sponsored by the Water Laboratory Alliance Training Center.

- Goals
- Objectives
- Audience

Goals

The goals of the WLA-RP Module are to:

1. Introduce the purpose and scope of the WLA-RP
2. Describe the benefits of using the WLA-RP processes and procedures to coordinate laboratory responses during an event
3. Present resources available to support analytical responses during an event

Objectives

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:

1. Identify the purpose and the scope of the WLA-RP
2. Describe the responsibilities of the three main roles listed in the WLA-RP: Analytical Services Requester (ASR), Primary Responding Laboratory (PRL), and Mutual Support Laboratory (MSL)
3. Describe coordination between the three main WLA-RP roles and how this integrates with the Incident Command System (ICS)
4. Describe how communication and notifications during an event should be handled
5. List resources that can be used to identify support laboratories
6. Discuss factors that influence the types of methods selected for analysis and the level of QA/QC performed

Audience

The target audience for this module includes the following:

- Water utilities
- Laboratories
- First responders
- Emergency managers
- Public information officers
- State drinking water administrators
- Other government officials
- EPA regions, etc.

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