Emergency Preparedness Training Opportunities

This site lists various training opportunities for first responders' personnel in public safety, emergency management, and homeland security. Check this site often for updated events and training opportunities. For more information on any particular class or other training opportunities, contact us by email at Homeland Security Training.

Upcoming Classes/Events

USFA Type 3 Incident Management Team Course

Target Audience: Participants in this course should include emergency response personnel, such as fire protection and law enforcement personnel, emergency medical services (EMS) responders, Department of Public Works, Department of Public Health, Emergency Management, Mass Care, Non-Governmental agencies, and members of various community and tribal groups offering critical emergency response services. Priority will be given to members of the NCR – Incident Management Team members.

 

Prerequisites:  ICS 100 through 400

 

Dates	June 4-8, 2012
Time	08:30-16:30
Location	CCF – Building Classroom 1 7911 Anchor Street Landover, MD 20785
Registration	Contact: Tyrone Wells Email: tnwells@co.pg.md.us

L550 –COOP PLANNER’S TRAIN-THE-TRAINER WORKSHOP

The Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planner’s Workshop is to provide COOP training for Continuity Planners at the Federal, State, Territorial, Local, and Tribal levels of government. Federal Continuity Directive (FCD) 1 directs the Federal executive branch departments and agencies and offers guidance for non-federal, in governments for developing COOP Plans and Programs. COOP Plans facilitate the performance of essential functions during any situation which may disrupt normal operations. The goal of this workshop is to provide you with the tools and hands-on experience necessary to improve your departments’ or agencies’ Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans. This training includes a train-the-trainer module to equip planners to facilitate the course to others.

 

Dates	June 21-22, 2012
Time	08:30-15:30
Location	Frank D Reeves Center of Municipal Affairs 2000 14th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20009 2nd Floor Community Room
Registration	Please submit signed FEMA Form 119-25-1 no later than June 7, 2012 (DHS – FEMA General Application Form) Contact: Julian K. Muhammad, DGS Risk Manager Email: Julian.muhammad@dc.gov Tel: 202-671-2251/202-731-9809

ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

This 24-hour classroom course is designed for front-line personnel with supervisory responsibilities, such as the Incident Commander or Planning Section Chief. The three-day curriculum includes instruction in general principles associated with incident command, along with various tabletop exercises that allow students to put this knowledge to practical use.

 

Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200 and IS-700

 

Dates	June 19-21, 2012
Time	08:00-16:30
Location	CCF – Building Classroom 1 7911 Anchor Street Landover, MD 20785
Registration	Email: homelandtraining@co.pg.md.us

PER 211 Medical Management of CBRNE Events

Participants completing this program will be able to properly perform patient triage, decontamination, treatment, and transportation in the event of exposure to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) weapons. The course consists of facilitated discussions, small group exercises, hands-on activities, and task-oriented practical applications. Course participants will use both state-of-the-art adult and pediatric human patient simulators to promote critical thinking skills while utilizing the RAPID – Care concept.

 

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to demonstrate the skills necessary for proper detection and monitoring, triage, mass decontamination, treatment, stabilization, self-protection, and cross-contamination prevention.

 

Target Audience: EMS technicians, paramedics, Fire and HazMat personnel, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Physicians, physician assistant, Emergency Management and hospital, and medical treatment facility personnel.

 

Dates	July 24 & 25, 2012
Time	08:00-17:00
Location	3500 West Northern Parkway Baltimore, MD 21215
Contact	Lauren Holley-Allen at MEMA , 410.517.5114 or e-mail: Lauren.holley-allen@Maryland.Gov
Registration	Medical Management of CBRNE Events-July 24 & 25, 2012 No Cost [CG 7] Registration Form

ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

This 24-hour classroom course is designed for front-line personnel with supervisory responsibilities, such as the Incident Commander or Planning Section Chief. The three-day curriculum includes instruction in general principles associated with incident command, along with various tabletop exercises that allow students to put this knowledge to practical use.

 

Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200 and IS-700

 

Dates	July 17-19, 2012
Time	08:00-16:30
Location	CCF – Building Classroom 1 7911 Anchor Street Landover, MD 20785
Registration	Email: homelandtraining@co.pg.md.us

MGT-346 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Operations and Planning for All-Hazards Events

The EOC course offers participants insight into, and practical experience with, emergency management and decision-making skills necessary to effectively manage an EOC and the overall response to a large-scale Type 3 or 2 and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)/terrorism incident or all-hazard event utilizing the MACS. The EOC course is 24 hours in length, with decision-based exercises comprising 8 of the 24 hours. This course will develop and reinforce emergency management, situational awareness, information management, resource management, and decision-making skills for course participants. The course adapts existing emergency management [National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS)] procedures to the unique requirements of EOC operations

 

Target Audience: Eligible participants include emergency management and response personnel who currently or potentially work in an EOC at the state, local, tribal or DoD installation level. Enrollment can be single participants, jurisdictions, or mixed. Disciplines include, but are not limited to:
• Law Enforcement
• Emergency Medical Services
• Emergency Management
• Fire Service
• Governmental Administrative
• Public Safety Communications
• Health Care
• Public Health
• Hazardous Materials
• Public Works
• Non-governmental Organizations

 

Dates	July 30 – Aug. 2, 2012
Time	08:00-17:00
Location	PRCR Conference room 2nd floor 2700 S. Taylor St. Arlington, Va.
Registration	Contact: Robb Hoffower Arlington County Office of Emergency Management Email: rhoffower@arlingtonva.us Tel: 703-228-7936

ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff, Complex Incidents and MACS

A 16-hour classroom course provides training on the advanced resource management provisions of the Incident Command System (ICS). Course topics include explaining the special management challenges of major incidents, as well as explaining how Multi-agency Coordination Systems (MACS) are established. The target audience for this course is senior personnel who are expected to perform in a management capacity in an Area Command or Multi-agency Coordination Entity.

 

Prerequisites: ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, and IS-700.

 

Dates	August 8 & 9, 2012
Time	08:00-16:30
Location	CCF – Building Classroom 1 7911 Anchor Street Landover, MD 20785
Registration	Email: homelandtraining@co.pg.md.us

 

AWR136 - Essentials of Community Cyber Security

Essentials of Community Cyber Security is a 1/2 day introduction to cyber security. This course is a basic awareness course that explores how cyber attacks can impact, prevent and/or stop business operations and emergency response, through a discussion-based curriculum building terminology, ways to identify fundamental cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures.

 

Topics: Basic Cyber Security Terminology, Levels of cyber security threats, Techniques for security awareness with community leaders, and how cyber attacks affect physical world

 

Audience Participants that would like to better understand basic computer security such as emergency operations, critical infrastructures, public or private incident response personnel, state, county, and municipal officers, as well as industry members

 

Dates	August 23, 2012
Time	08:00-12:00
Location	City of Laurel Partnership Activity Hall (next to police station) 811 5th Street Laurel, MD
Contact	John Reginaldi Maryland Emergency Management Agency Email: john.reginaldi@maryland.gov Tel: (443) 865-9514
Registration	AWR136 - Essentials of Community Cyber Security - 4.00 Hours Registration Form

 

WebEOC User Training (PDF 34KB) - Detailed Class Description (PDF 14KB)

This is a one-day entry level class designed to teach new WebEOC users how to effectively use and operate the application. Participants will gain a basic understanding of how WebEOC can be used to support all phases of management during a major emergency, disaster, exercise, or event. Also serves as a refresher course.

Upcoming classes: March 14th, April 11th, June 13th, August 15th, October 10th, and December 12th
Cranford-Graves Fire Services Building, 6820 Webster Street, Hyattsville, MD 20784
Register by linking to http://weblearningit.com/webeoc/.

Online Training

• IS-7 A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance
• IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
• IS-100.b - (ICS 100) Introduction to Incident Command System
• IS-100.FDA Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS 100) for Food and Drug Administration
• IS-100.HCb Introduction to the Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals
• IS-100.HE Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education
• IS-100.FWa Introduction to the Incident Command System for Federal Workers
• IS-100.LEb Introduction to the Incident Command System for Law Enforcement
• IS-100.PWb Introduction to the Incident Command System for Public Works Personnel
• IS-100.SCa Introduction to the Incident Command System for Schools
• IS-120.a An Introduction to Exercises
• IS-200.b (ICS 200) ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• AWR-212-W, Advanced Crisis Communications Strategies for Public Safety Communications Supervisors
• IS-546.a Continuity of Operations Awareness Course
• IS-547.a Introduction to Continuity of Operations
• IS-548 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager
• IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
• IS-701.a NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) Course
• IS-702.a National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information Systems
• IS-703.a NIMS Resource Management Course
• IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management
• IS-800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction

Regional Training Opportunities

NCR Homeland Security Events Calendar

NCR WebEOC Training

State and Federal Training Opportunities

Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Training Calendar  

Emergency Management Institute

Center for Domestic Preparedness

Program Links

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Center

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

National Response Framework

Ready Responder Program

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