COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course prepares HazMat techs and CBRN operators to serve on Joint Hazard Assessment Teams (JHAT) at mass gatherings—such as sporting events, parades, and festivals.
 

Training covers planning, threat response, and incident management for HazMat/CBRN threats, hoaxes, or accidents. Participants will learn small-unit tactics, dismounted and ATV/UTV-based operations, and communications.
 

Optional modules include integrated training with bomb squads, SWAT, and tactical/event EMS.

Course Overview

To equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/ emergency response.

PREREQUISITES (Mandatory)

–How to register for PEMA courses external to Train PA (PEMA prerequisite courses, FEMA IS courses, etc.)

Course Title: G-393PA Mitigation for Emergency Managers (MEM)

Length of Course: 21 Hours Lecture/Lab Breakdown: xx Hours / xx Hours

Prerequisites: None

Referenced Texts: FEMA G-393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers Course Student Manual. Instructor Guide and PowerPoint provided by PEMA.

Lehigh County provides public education, professional development training, and technical training to public safety volunteers from state government to local communities across the county.

THE STUDENT MANUAL AND HANDOUTS CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Lehigh County provides public education, professional development training, and technical training to public safety volunteers from state government to local communities across the county.

This is a three day course (modified)

Student manuals and other course material may be downloaded at any time from the PEMA web page (www.pema.gov).

Course Description

PA-PEMA: ICS 300 Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents (APR 2019)

This is a three (3) day course

As course material is now provided through electronic means it is highly recommended students bring a computer, capable of reading a USB flash drive, to the course. Please email the Course Contact for different media. Student manuals and other course material may be downloaded at any time from the PEMA web page (www.pema.gov).

Initial Damage Assessment and Reporting

This course is about 2 hours in length

This instruction is designed to familiarize County and Municipal Coordinators and Staffs with the procedures involved in Damage Assessment within their Jurisdictions. The instruction also describes the reporting mechanisms used to provide Emergency Management personnel at Municipal, County and Commonwealth Levels with situational awareness of the scope and severity of Damages incurred by a Natural or Man-Made Disaster.