Available Courses

Community Planning for Disaster Recovery is an eight-hour awareness-level course that provides facilitated discussions on key concepts for disaster recovery planning, including the benefits of pre-disaster planning, key elements, and the plan development process. This course will prepare participants to initiate disaster recovery plans and participate in the long-term recovery planning process in their own communities through the review of case studies and existing disaster recovery plans. The goal of this course is to prepare participants to evaluate and develop disaster recovery plans in the context of the Whole Community approach to planning.

1) This is a virtual offering from NDPTC, follow the registration link below. 2) Two days--four hours each day

https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training/delivery/3573/

This course trains law enforcement, emergency responders and other public safety personnel to improve their observational techniques by using a four-step ongoing screening process that includes increasing protective awareness, identifying pre-operational behavior, evaluating and taking action.

1) Minimum 20; maximum 45students 2) Access code: NCBRT219 3) Course ID: 31460

https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=31460

The purpose of this awareness-level, is to bring together rural pipeline security stakeholders including public safety, oil and gas pipeline representatives (large and small), local emergency planners, pertinent federal agencies, and other community stakeholders to recognize pipeline security threats and identify mitigation strategies within their jurisdictions to ensure that the rural pipeline sector is secure and resilient. The course will include various participant scenario-based activities to ensure that the nation’s emergency responders are able to work seamlessly with private industry and the various federal agencies that would respond to an attack on the nation’s pipeline system. The course objectives will enhance the participants’ mitigation, response, and recovery capabilities through both classroom instruction and in scenario-based training activities.

1) All travel and lunch are on your own, adequate time will be provided 2) Follow the link below to register 3) Minimum of 20 registrants by July 27 or course could be cancelled Facility questions: Thomas Craighton, 641-512-8717, tcraighton@hardincountyia.gov

https://forms.gle/PWPtwo3U1pHNUdTq9 Registration assistance: Susan.bloomfield@findlay.edu or 419-434-4353

This training course is to enhance jurisdiction preparedness and emergency response efforts by providing the knowledge of how to exercise and revise a plan that utilizes an all-hazards, whole community approach toward a medical countermeasures event. Assists with coordination of planning, training and responding to a Medical Countermeasure (MCM) response for a public health incident. This course responds directly to the National Preparedness Goal; as it applies to delivery of medical countermeasures to exposed populations.

1) Enter only through the door with the sign stating, "meeting entrance." This will take you to the conference room. 2) Emmet County Public Health will provide breakfast and lunch for both days. 3) Be sure to bring your WiFi enabled device. 4) Tests given will require a FEMA student ID number. 5) There is no cost for the course. 6) All other travel expenses will be on your own Follow the link below to register.

Please use the following link to register for this class: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT319&S=575

This course will prepare participants to engage individuals and volunteer organizations through social media, especially in the context of disaster preparedness and response. Social media engagement is often an enigma to most people, particularly in the public sector, because it is a different form of communication than most are accustomed. Through this course, participants will learn how to develop content that engages their audiences and turns their words into action throughout the disaster cycle. Participants will learn about social media engagement texhniques, individual and organizational roles in crisis communication and Virtual Operations Support Teams (VOST).

1) This is a virtual offering from NDPTC, follow the registration link below. 2) Two days--four hours each day 3) Follow the registration link below

https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training/delivery/3657/