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EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND PREPAREDNESS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
DEM is the County's
coordinator for emergency training. While DEM itself has
a limited capability to provide training, it coordinates with
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.
The main sources of
training are the Washington State Emergency Management Division
(EMD), FEMA, and the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP).
The Island County Chapter of the American Red Cross also offers
a series of emergency and disaster preparedness and response classes.
Other groups including the Snohomish Health Region and he Western
Washington Interagency Training Zone, Fire Training.
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.
Fire
Training Opportunities
Interagency Fire Training Schedule
These courses
are primarily for firefighters and are not necessarily open to
the general public. Most also have prerequisites or experience
requirements. Use the FIRE
TRAINING
link for more information.
New
guidance is being developed for the training of structural firefighters
into wildland skills. The two basic documents are linked
below:
NWCG
Recognition of USFA Skills Crosswalk
Skills
Crosswalk - Wildland Training for Structural Firefighters
With the exception of
the Red Cross, fire courses, and FEMA self study courses, applications
to attend state and federal courses are processed through DEM.
EMD
Class Schedule
The
2007 EMD training schedule can be viewed at the
EMD
SCHEDULE
link. The application
for state training is available at the APPLICATION
link.
Registration
for these courses requires completion of state training application
at the "APPLICATION" link above.
FEMA
& ODP
The following linked
pages provide access to training available from FEMA
and ODP.
NIMS/ICS
Classes:
NIMS
implementation for 2007 involves several FEMA and locally taught
courses. Please go to NIMS/ICS
Classes for a complete explanation
If you have other questions
about training, please e-mail us at dem@co.island.wa.us
and send us your questions.
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