Upcoming Training Opportunities

NWS Beyond the Warning: A Look at Weather Forecasting and Preparedness

•    Where to get trustworthy and how to monitor weather information
•    How to be prepared for typical spring and summertime hazardous weather
•    Provide context to recent severe weather events in the local area (forecast information leading up to the event, behind the scenes look to the science of the event, impacts of the event)
•    How to get involved in reporting severe weather and getting involved in the local community
 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAF29ABFFCE9-60907765-nwsbeyond#/

MGT340 Crisis Leadership

This seminar uses one of four case studies to examine the dynamics of crisis leadership and decision making from an elected or community leaders prospective.  This four-hour seminar explores recent case studies to frame the discussion regarding methods to overcome leadership challenges in planning and responding to a large-scale incident.  The seminar’s outcome is developing individual and jurisdictional action plans to guide improved preparedness and emergency response. 

Postponed due to DHS Shutdown

CERT Train-The-Trainer

This two-day course is for individuals who have attended a local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course and would like to become trainers for their local program. This course is also for those communities and organizations that would like to start a CERT program on their own and need a trainer in order to do so. This course does not take the place of attending the 20 hour CERT program offered at the local level as it does not teach the basic CERT concepts-it is intended that the attendee already know the CERT training and program. CERT Train- the-Trainer is designed for the individual who already has knowledge of the CERT curriculum and needs further instructional knowledge and state certification. The course includes preparation for teach-back to the class as an after-hours homework assignment on Day 1 and delivering teach-back to the group on Day 2.

National Weather Service Outdoor Event Planning and Monitoring Seminar

This interactive in-person session will provide an overview of the key elements of an outdoor event hazardous weather plan along with the tools and support services available from the NWS to support event related decisions. If you attended last year, you will recognize the format again this year, but all new weather scenarios have been incorporated.  If you are new to the seminar, the session will be a combination of presentation material and interactive small group breakout sessions. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAF29ABFFCE9-61717304-national

L0101 Foundations of Emergency Management

FEMA recognizes the need to tie training programs to an established set of emergency management competencies and to a Career Development Program through a progressive training and education system that includes the entry-level Academy, called the National Emergency Management Basic Academy. 

The following topics in emergency management are covered in this course: history; legal issues; intergovernmental and interagency context; influencing and organizing; social vulnerability issues; managing stress; collaboration, preparedness, and team building; mitigation, response, prevention, and protection; ethical decision-making; recovery; technology; administration; and the future.

Storm Spotter Training

The in-person National Weather Service Storm Spotter training covers severe weather hazards including thunderstorms and tornadoes, safety concerns, planning for and anticipating severe thunderstorms, general storm structure and movement, and identification of important storm features. New this year are more interactive portions of the sessions.

• Session lasts about 2 hours.
• Free and open to the public.
• Class is appropriate for all ages. Ages 10 and up will likely get the most out of the training.
• Pre-registration is encouraged

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAF29ABFFCE9-62904816-storm

Storm Spotter Training

The in-person National Weather Service Storm Spotter training covers severe weather hazards including thunderstorms and tornadoes, safety concerns, planning for and anticipating severe thunderstorms, general storm structure and movement, and identification of important storm features. New this year are more interactive portions of the sessions.

• Session lasts about 2 hours.
• Free and open to the public.
• Class is appropriate for all ages. Ages 10 and up will likely get the most out of the training.
• Pre-registration is encouraged

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAF29ABFFCE9-62904816-storm

Metra Railway Safety

SAFETY is Metra’s number one
priority. Metra counts on the combined
efforts of its railroad employees
working with local public safety
personnel to handle emergencies.
In the event of a serious incident
involving a commuter train, Metra calls
on local police and fire personnel to
provide assistance such as:
• Emergency Evacuation of
passenger coaches
• Medical & Fire Services
• Traffic Control
• Perimeter Control

THIS TRAINING
PROGRAM ADDRESSES:
• Your role in responding to an
incident
• How agencies need to work
together as a team
• How to identify railroad equipment

National Weather Service Outdoor Event Planning and Monitoring Seminar

This interactive in-person session will provide an overview of the key elements of an outdoor event hazardous weather plan along with the tools and support services available from the NWS to support event related decisions. If you attended last year, you will recognize the format again this year, but all new weather scenarios have been incorporated.  If you are new to the seminar, the session will be a combination of presentation material and interactive small group breakout sessions. 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FABAF29ABFFCE9-61717643-national

MGT 310 – Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and Stakeholder Preparedness Review

This course introduces the six-step THIRA/SPR process which includes identifying threats and hazards that stress a community’s capabilities, giving context to those threats and hazards and identifying associated impacts consistent with specific factors, identifying community-specific capability targets, assessing current levels of capability in comparison to those targets, identifying capability gaps and subsequent strategies to close those gaps using the POETE (Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, and Exercises) areas, and assessing and describing the impact of funding sources on building or sustaining capabilities in a community.

https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=LS&C=MGT310&S=1622   

MGT 414 Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Community Lifelines

In this course participants will learn how to develop a roadmap for progress toward the National Preparedness Goal by facilitating the development of resilience considerations and involving essential community critical infrastructure partners. Participants will learn how to formulate considerations for the resilience of community assets that leverage cross-sector partnerships.

https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=LS&C=MGT414&S=610   

MGT 361 – Crisis Management Affecting Institutions of Higher Education: A Collaborative

This course trains higher education campus and community members, and others involved in crisis management duties and responsibilities to effectively manage a crisis by applying a whole community approach. Risk management strategies, effective crisis communication, and a series of well-developed plans as described in the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) are emphasized.

https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=LS&C=MGT361&S=256

AWR 326 Tornado Awareness

This course will prepare participants to understand the basics of tornado science, the weather forecasting process, the tornado warning process, and the fundamentals of tornado safety and preparedness. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on "public information and warning" and "threats and hazard identification. Participants will be better able to implement safety measures for themselves, their families and their organizations in preparation for tornado season.

AWR 362 – Flooding Hazards: Science & Preparedness
 

Flooding hazards can threaten any community in any location in the United States. Flooding can occur over a period of weeks or days, or minutes, thus this course focuses the identification and assessment of hazards due to flooding to enable proper preparedness and response. As flooding is one of the top meteorological killers in the United States, and poses particular hazards to emergency responders, this introduction to recognizing flooding threats is essential for developing safe communities.

MGT 439 – Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness

This course prepares participants to employ best practices for the planning and operational needs of children impacted by disaster. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to make pediatric considerations/accommodations while planning and preparing for community all-hazards events. The goal is the implementation of a safe, efficient, and effective integrated response with pediatric-focused utilization of public safety response assets. This course addresses pediatric emergency planning considerations through a combination of lectures and small group activities.

MGT 439 – Pediatric Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness

This course prepares participants to employ best practices for the planning and operational needs of children impacted by disaster. Participants will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to make pediatric considerations/accommodations while planning and preparing for community all-hazards events. The goal is the implementation of a safe, efficient, and effective integrated response with pediatric-focused utilization of public safety response assets. This course addresses pediatric emergency planning considerations through a combination of lectures and small group activities.

MGT 452 – Physical and Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure

This course encourages collaboration efforts among individuals and organizations responsible for both physical and cybersecurity toward development of integrated risk management strategies that lead to enhanced capabilities necessary for the protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure.

https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=NE&C=MGT452&S=375   

MGT 307 – Enterprise Risk Management: A Collaborative Community Mitigation Effort

This course introduces enterprise risk management (ERM) to organizations by providing a structured and comprehensive approach to identifying, assessing, managing, and mitigating risks that can impact the achievement of an organization’s goals and objectives. Given the complexity of risks faced by higher education institutions, specialized ERM training is essential.

https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=LS&C=MGT307&S=22

MGT318 – Public Information in an All-Hazards Incident

This course examines the role of public information in all-hazards incident management and provides practical training in crisis communication techniques.  In a major incident, it is imperative that community leaders, incident managers, and Public Information Officers (PIOs) are prepared to communicate with the public through traditional and social media. The course consists of three modules.

AWR-407 Drone Assessment and Response Tactics

The Drone Assessment and Response Tactics (DART) course provides emergency personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to detect, identify, track, assess, respond, and report Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) activity. Participants are presented with information on the current UAS criminal and terrorist threat, analog and electronic UAS detection techniques, and response tactics to address this threat.

AWR-290 Railroad Safety Awareness

This course outlines the skills necessary to recognize the severity of incidents involving rolling stock used in rail surface transportation, contact the proper personnel with the railroads, and work seamlessly with the private sector employees and contractors that may be dispatched. These skills will be generated via education on railroad personnel, proper safety procedures for working on and around railroad property, an overview of the different types of rolling stock and the risks associated with them, the various markings and reference materials necessary to ascertain the contents of a rail car, and general overview of the different types of damage commonly incurred during a derailment. The comprehension of these subjects will allow the participant to rapidly analyze the severity of an incident and notify the appropriate people so that any specialized equipment can be dispatched as quickly as possible.

PER-331 Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security – Senior Officials (STEPS-SR)

This half-day course is perfect for those in leadership or senior official roles to learn how to prepare for surface transportation emergencies. This course provides an introduction to the roles and responsibilities of preparedness, prevention, and response to emergencies involving surface transportation freight and passenger systems. Participants will be introduced to a clear overview of freight and passenger system threats facing jurisdictions/organizations of public and private officials and the organizational structure that must be implemented according to the National Response Framework (NRF) in an incident. 

PER-330 Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security – Mass Transit & Passenger Rail (STEPS-PT)

This course will provide information to allow participants to conduct threat assessments and identify vulnerabilities within state, local, and tribal jurisdictions as they relate to mass transit and passenger rail systems. Participants will be able to recognize and prioritize passenger transportation facilities and conveyances hardening in order to prevent and protect them against identified threats involving Hazardous Material/ Weapons of Mass Destruction (HazMat/WMD), and especially IEDs.

PER-326 Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security – Freight (STEPS-FR)

The Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security for Freight by Rail or Highway (STEPS-Freight) course goal is to provide participants with the training necessary to identify the roles and responsibilities of preparedness, prevention, and response to emergencies involving surface transportation freight and passenger systems. Participants will be able to identify the hazards of Hazardous Material/ Weapons of Mass Destruction (HazMat/WMD/IEDs and apply this information to the appropriately to the applicable areas of an incident.

PER-325 Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response

The Homemade Explosives: Awareness, Recognition, and Response course is designed to provide emergency first responders with the skills to recognize and respond to incidents involving Homemade Explosives (HME). Emergency first responders are presented with information necessary to recognize HME precursors, HME manufacturing indicators, and HME exposure indicators, and determine pre-detonation and post-detonation response strategies.

AWR-132 Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents

The Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents course is designed to provide emergency first responders and school staff with the skills to plan and respond to school bomb threats and bombing incidents through lectures and exercises. Participants are presented with information necessary to recognize a threat and determine pre- and post-detonation threat response strategies, and develop actionable items specific to each individual's school needs.

AWR-231 Prevention of Bombing Incidents

The Prevention of Bombing Incidents course is designed to provide emergency first responders with the skills to help in the prevention of criminal and terrorist bombing incidents as well as adding awareness to threats and trending ideologies. Participants will develop skills on how to prevent, deter, and mitigate the effects of a bomber through the implementation of countermeasures and defensive concepts.

AWR-230 Response to Bombing Incidents

The Response to Bombing Incidents, Residential (RBI) course trains emergency personnel of all disciplines to respond to the growing number of bombing incidents across the United States. This course guides participants through bombing response challenges, bombing threat response considerations, including evaluating threats when making evacuation vs. shelter-in-place decisions, and response priorities following the immediate aftermath of a bombing.

ICS 300 – Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

The goal of this professional development course, ICS 300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, is to provide training on and resources for overall incident management skills for personnel who require intermediate application of the Incident Command System (ICS).

Metra Railway Safety

SAFETY is Metra’s number one
priority. Metra counts on the combined
efforts of its railroad employees
working with local public safety
personnel to handle emergencies.
In the event of a serious incident
involving a commuter train, Metra calls
on local police and fire personnel to
provide assistance such as:
• Emergency Evacuation of
passenger coaches
• Medical & Fire Services
• Traffic Control
• Perimeter Control

THIS TRAINING
PROGRAM ADDRESSES:
• Your role in responding to an
incident
• How agencies need to work
together as a team
• How to identify railroad equipment