Upcoming Events

"This course covers foundational concepts in disaster recovery and the latest guidance on recovery planning. Participants will either assess their own recovery plan or a sample against this national planning guidance. Following that, participants will discuss how a disaster recovery effort can be organized, managed, and led along with the types of challenges faced by recovery managers. Scenario activities throughout the course give participants the opportunity to target information strategies, and address local capabilities and challenges. They will also analyze lessons learned from Joplin, Missouri. While this is normally a 2.5 day course, in time of disaster, it can be shortened for immediate need in training the basics of recovery based on local need and covers the roles and responsibilities of local recovery team members." 

"The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) invites you to a live webinar introducing its recently released Foundations for Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity: Asset Inventory Guidance for Owners and Operators. This guidance was developed in collaboration with three U.S. federal agencies, five international partners, and more than a dozen private sector stakeholders. 

During this session, we will explore how robust asset inventories can help OT operators prioritize vulnerabilities, detect unauthorized devices, improve network segmentation, and enhance incident response capabilities. We will also walk through the steps to build an OT Asset Inventory and Taxonomy—highlighting the specific benefits to operators, especially small- and medium-sized entities."

"Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a set of skills that helps disaster responders care for their clients, co-workers, families, friends, and neighbors. PFA has become the standard in helping others cope in times of crisis. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is an evidence-informed approach that is built on the concept of human resilience. PFA aims to reduce stress symptoms and assist in a healthy recovery following a traumatic event, natural disaster, public health emergency, or even a personal crisis.

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As the centerpiece of many communities, public health, hospital and healthcare staff, county services, law enforcement, school staff, and other emergency service and community support providers are in a unique position to see and assist in monitoring the public during and after an event. As helping professionals, we are not immune from these events either and dealing with our own colleagues is stressful as well. PFA will add to the skills you already possess in effectively helping ourselves and others."

"This webinar describes public health practice-related perspectives on long-term consequences of disasters, including their relevance to the 10 Essential Public Health Services. At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to: characterize the timeframe associated with long-term consequences of disasters, describe long-term consequences of disasters for physical health, mental health, and environmental health, and characterize the relevance of the 10 Essential Public Health Services to managing long-term consequences of disasters."

"This course assists continuity practitioners with understanding their continuity roles and responsibilities and provides them with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to help develop and maintain a viable continuity plan for their organization.

The course materials are based on guidance found in Federal Continuity Directives (FCDs) 1 and 2 and the Continuity Guidance Circular (CGC) for developing continuity plans and programs. By the end of the course, students will possess the ability to build a draft continuity plan and understand the key roles necessary for developing critical mitigation strategies and key elements of a continuity capability. The target audience for this course is all levels of government and whole community partners.

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Mandatory prerequisite to attend: FEMA IS-1300"

"The goal of this professional development course, E/L/G 0191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface, is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles.

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Selection Criteria: The intended audience(s) are federal, state, tribal, territorial, local level, private industry, volunteer and nongovernmental emergency management personnel who are active in a community's ICS and EOC activities. This course works best when delivered to combined audience of ICS and EOC personnel. The materials were developed with the assumption that audience members may have little or no actual experience as a member of an Incident Command Post staff or an EOC Staff."

"This course provides plan developers with the information necessary to prepare and implement a local Hazard Mitigation Plan."

"ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
ICS 200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, reviews the Incident Command System (ICS), provides the context for ICS within initial response, and supports higher level ICS training. This course provides training on, and resources for, personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within ICS.

ICS 700, Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community - all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector - to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. The course provides learners with a basic understanding of NIMS concepts, principles, and components.

ICS 800, National Response Framework, An Introduction, provides guidance for the whole community. Within this broad audience, the National Response Framework focuses especially on those who are involved in delivering and applying the response core capabilities."

"In this session, we’ll cover essential search and rescue strategies, focusing on how trained teams locate and assist individuals in emergency situations. The webinar will provide practical tips and best practices for conducting search and rescue operations during disasters. This webinar will provide valuable knowledge and skills to help improve community emergency response."

"This course offers training in the fundamentals of the emergency planning process, including the rationale behind planning. It will develop the capability for effective participation in the all-hazard emergency operations planning process to save lives, protect property and the enviornment threatened by disaster.

Selection Criteria: This course is designed for emergency management personnel who are involved in developing an effective emergency planning system."

"This course covers foundational concepts in disaster recovery and the latest guidance on recovery planning. Participants will either assess their own recovery plan or a sample against this national planning guidance. Following that, participants will discuss how a disaster recovery effort can be organized, managed, and led along with the types of challenges faced by recovery managers. Scenario activities throughout the course give participants the opportunity to target information strategies, and address local capabilities and challenges. They will also analyze lessons learned from Joplin, Missouri. While this is normally a 2.5 day course, in time of disaster, it can be shortened for immediate need in training the basics of recovery based on local need and covers the roles and responsibilities of local recovery team members." 

"This workshop's core concept is to keep using the Access and Functional Needs Resource Framework tied to the CMIST resource memory tool so we don’t lose it. Participants will work together to: Discuss the Access and Functional Needs Program Roadmap and how it ties into the region’s next steps of building regional and local whole community inclusion (Access & Functional Needs) points of contacts or community champions to support emergency management before, during, and after emergencies and disasters, better understand what local partners are already doing in the community and goals and growth they would like to achieve, participate in inclusive conversations on community CMIST resource needs and gaps specific to the local level tied to where participants want to grow."