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EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
DEM is the County's
coordinator for emergency training. DEM coordinates with
local, state and federal agencies that sponsor a wide range of individual
and group training courses. These courses come in a variety
of formats including self study and traditional classroom instruction.
Most courses are offered free of charge to qualified students.
Some courses are eligible for college credit.
Other sources of
training are the Washington State Emergency Management Division
(EMD) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross also offers
a series of emergency and disaster preparedness and response classes.
Other groups include Snohomish Health District and Western
Washington Interagency Training Zone.
Upcoming Local Training Opportunities:
Third Thursday Training
course overviews in the areas of incident/event emergency management and operations. there is no charge and open to every one. Normally 9:30 AM to 12 noon. New schedule will be out in January.
**Third Thursday training will be discontinued in 2012.**
Second Wednesday Preparedness nights.
In addition the DEM is also conducting Disaster Preparedness classes on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 6:30-8:30pm in the Island County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, Coupeville. There is no charge for the classes which include information on preparedness, response, and recovery in various scenarios. There will be a different topic each month to include earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, winter storms, power outages, readiness, planning, communications, etc.
Next second Wednesday night scheduled will be February 8th.
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WA State EMD
Training and Exercise Schedule
The
EMD training and exercise schedule can be viewed at the
EMD SCHEDULE
link. The application
for state training is available at the APPLICATION
link.
Registration
for WA State EMD courses requires completion of state training application
at the "APPLICATION" link above.
FEMA
The following linked
pages provide access to training available from FEMA.
NIMS/ICS
Classes:
NIMS
implementation involves several FEMA and locally taught
courses. Please go to NIMS/ICS
Classes for more information.
Health
Related training
Nurses
on the Front Line: Preparing for and Responding to Emergencies
and Disasters
This learning tool
may also provide some insight for professions other than nursing,
as well. Medical Reserve Corps unit leaders and volunteers are
encouraged to take advantage of this course and all the resources
available on the site.
Electronic
Core Disaster Life SupportT (eCDLST) Course.
The AMA Center for
Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response (CPHPDR) invites
all members of the Medical Reserve Corps to take the newly
released electronic Core Disaster Life SupportT (eCDLST) course.
The 4-hour course was developed with funding from the Department
of Homeland Security and is offered at no charge. The course
comprises nine modules, a pre-test, and a post-test.
If you have other questions
about training, please call or e-mail us at dem@co.island.wa.us.
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