“There are a number of things that we’re doing that are outside the strategic plan,” said Grundmann. “We’re going to be looking at emergency action plans; we’re going to be looking at escape routes.”
Training sessions are currently offered to House members and some staff, but they are not mandatory. They are hosted by the House Sergeant-at-Arms’ emergency division and available through the platform that employees use for many other trainings, from workplace rights and harassment prevention to professional development sessions.
An aide for the Committee on House Administration said office emergency coordinators have been notified to encourage their office’s staff to attend an Emergency Procedures class. Training is also available for individual congressional offices via Microsoft Teams.
House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren recently attended the first emergency training session solely for House members, inside the House chamber. The setting of the training was especially relevant, as lawmakers inside the House chamber scrambled or struggled on Jan. 6 to don escape hoods and ducked under chairs to hide from the mob of insurrectionists trying to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.
The escape hoods, which are clear, loose-fitting respirators, are designed to protect the wearer against a chemical or biological attack. The Capitol first acquired thousands of them in 2002 after the Sept. 11 and anthrax attacks the previous year.
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