Available Courses

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

1) Parking is in front of the building adjacent to the flagpole with overflow parking across the driveway in the Davenport Public Works lot. Do not park in the employee lot directly east of the building. 2) This training is NOT grant funded, all travel, meal expenses, and printing the student material are on your own. 3) Participant material will be provided electronically. 4) Follow the link below to complete your registration.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WNNM95C

Winter storms can strike every state in the United States. It is important that every community be ready for the hazards associated with them. This course assists to provide emergency managers, first responders, and community members across all sectors with a basic understanding of the latest knowledge in winter weather science, forecasting, warning, and best practices in preparedness. The course enhances the ability of participants to identify and describe the hazards associated with winter weather and to better prepare for and mitigate the impacts of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and dangerously low temperatures. The goal of this course is to provide participants with the basics of winter weather science, forecasting, warning, and preparedness. Course Modules: Science of Winter Weather, Winter Weather Forecast Process, Winter Weather Warning Process and Safety, Winter Storm Scenario

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

Copy and paste link to complete registration: https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training/delivery/4475/

This course is designed to provide participants with tools and methodologies for training and developing stakeholders assigned to and responsible for public safety at sporting and special events through comprehensively reviewing safety and security staffing challenges, whole community training requirements, and the management and continuous improvement of sport and special event training programs. The training is applicable across the United States regardless of the venue size, capacity, or type of event.

1) This facility takes a whole block, with Polk County Public Health on the front (south side of bldg)—directly to the north of the Polk County Human Services (DHS) Building. 2) Park in the two east most rows or the southern most row, see link for parking. https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/emergency-management/about-us/location-facilities/ 3) Travel and meals are on your own, adequate time will be provided. 4) Registration is required, follow the link below.

Copy and paste link to complete your registration: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=NE&C=MGT304&S=50

Evacuations can be ordered at any time for many types of disasters. The larger the scal of the evacuation, the more complex it is to plan as well as to execute. Effective planning helps ensure that evacuations can be conducted swiftly, safetly, and in an orderly manner. This eight-hour management-level course is designed to provide emergency managers, first responders, transportation professionals, security and safety professionals, and government administrators with the ability to utilize current tools and technologies to institute best practices and strategies to plan for and execute an emergency evacuation. This course discusses the hazard conditions for which an emergency evacuation could be an appropriate protective action and inform participants on resources and methods to help them better prepare for an emergency evacuation. This course will allow participants to explore data, modeling tools, and simulations that assist with the implementation of an emergency evacuation.

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

Copy and paste link to complete registration: https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training/delivery/4476/

This eight-hour management-level course is designed to prepare small and large business to effectively plan for emergencies of all types. This course strives to teach executive-level managers and small business owners how to develop a comprehensive and effective business continuity program from start to finish.

1) Parking will be on the south side of the Sheriff's Office, entrance through SE door marked "Civil/Admin", take elevator up to 3rd floor training rooms. 2) Travel and meals are on your own, adequate time will be provided. Registration is required, follow the link below

Copy and paste link to complete your registration: https://studentportal.ruraltraining.org/courses/display/446