Training Opportunity. EMS STUDENTS NEEDED FOR HEALTH CARE AND EMS COURSE

STUDENTS NEEDED FOR HEALTH CARE AND EMS COURSE

The National Fire Academy is recruiting students for its mediated online course August 28 – September 24, 2016. 

The course, M0564 – Challenges for the Future III: Health Care and EMS, is a 4 week EMS/healthcare-focused mediated online course designed to explore the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the evolution of healthcare systems have on their organizations. Students will evaluate the historical formation of modern EMS and the societal safety nets of Social Security and Medicare resulting in the current healthcare system. 

They will evaluate the impact that PPACA has on the emergency services system. Finally, students will evaluate the impact that the PPACA has on the workforce, and consider the implications healthcare innovations will have on their organizations.

The primary audience for this course will include (but not be limited to) experienced company officers and new chief officers.  The secondary audience may be personnel who are involved in the strategic planning process.

Interested applicants should submit FEMA Form 119-25-1, General Admissions Application available for download from http://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/admissions/apply.html   

Complete the form, scan it and email it to netcadmissions@fema.dhs.gov or fax it to 301-447-1441. The application period will close July 1, 2016.

If you do not have a Student ID (SID) number, you can get one by registering at:  http://www.usfa.fema.gov/training/nfa/admissions/apply.html.


When you are filling out your application, use M0564 – Challenges for the Future III: Health Care and EMS for the title.


For details on this course including course requirements, please view the course syllabus at:  http://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/misc/M0564_Syllabus_Aug_2016.pdf


You will be notified of your acceptance or rejection to this course via email from the NETC Admissions Office.

Event: May 10, 2016 1-5pm Can A City be Sustainable? The Worldwatch Institute

Join the Worldwatch Institute for the launch of State of the World: Can a City Be Sustainable Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | 1:00-5:00 PM EST Reception to follow 1400 16th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Near Dupont Circle Metro

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Cities are the world's future. Today, more than half of the global population---- 3.9 billion people---- are urban dwellers and that number is expected to double by 2050. Will the world invest in the physical and social infrastructure necessary for livable, equitable, and sustainable cities?  Join us to discover the most pressing challenges facing cities and the most promising solutions currently being developed.

Confirmed Speakers: Garrett Fitzgerald | Strategic Partnerships Advisor, Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) Hilari Varnadore | Executive Director, STAR Communities  Gregory Kats | President, Capital E | Managing Director, ARENA Investments LLC Bill Brower | Manager of Biosolids Operations, DC Water

Annual 7th Annual National Hmong American Farmers (NHAF) National Conference

Dear Friends of NHAF,

On April 29, 2016 in Fresno, CA at the Ramada Inn located at 324 East Shaw Ave, NHAF will be hosting our Annual 7th Annual NHAF National Conference. Participating will be many of the USDA National State Department Appointees and employees, agency leaders, CBO leadership was well as farmer leader members representing the Hmong, African American, Latino, Filipino and other farming communities. Last year's event included four farmers from Laos. There are many hands on activities designed for the ESL participants including USDA-SNAP-EBT sign up, loan application, programs share, and others.

NHAF is the first Hmong Community Based organization to solely focus its mission on the subject of Farming. As you know the Hmong people settled in the USA after assisting the American's during the Vietnam War. As our first generation parents were scatters across this great land many did not have the educational background, job training skills and spoke English well enough to enter the mainstream workplace and true excel and achieve the American Dream. In the 1980's many, many Hmong families settled in the Central of California, Fresno and began farming on .5-1 acre and since then our Hmong refugees have been feeding the world with the many locally Hmong/Asian Specialty Crop.

NHAF was founded in 2003 as the lone Hmong CBO to assist our community achieve the American Dream through agriculture/farming while assisting the elected officials, USDA and other governmental and CBO better understand the many positive contributions from the Hmong and the Hmong farming community as their have been many misunderstands that have escalated into troublesome times for both parties involve when their intentions are positive

If you should have any questions please feel free to contact me at 559-313-3339 or email at cxthao05@gmail.com.

Sincerely,

Chukou Thao, E.D.

National Hmong American Farmers, Inc.

6366 N. Fig Garden Dr. Ste. 101A 

Fresno, CA  93722

559/313-3339

webpage: www.nhaf.org

Homeland Security Hiring Veterans - April 5 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Fort Belvoir

Homeland Security Hiring Veterans

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting veterans and promoting on-the-spot job offers to qualified veterans looking for jobs in law enforcement, mission support, program and budget analysis, contracting and chemical security. 

The National Protection and Programs Directorate hiring event is scheduled for April 5 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Fort Belvoir Community Center, Fort Belvoir, Va. 

A flyer promoting the event is available online. 

DHS is hiring military veterans who are eligible under the following special hiring authorities: (1) Veterans Recruitment Appointment and (2) 30 percent or more disabled veteran. Learn more about federal hiring authorities for veterans at the Feds Hire Vets website. 

For more information, contact Ms. Laureen Dupree at (703) 805-2605/1836.

$45 dollar credit card-style gift card. Volunteers Needed for District-wide Emergency Management Exercise on May 18, 2016

Volunteer Role Players Needed –

Persons with Disabilities and Others with Access and Functional Needs for District-wide Emergency Management Exercise

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, the District will be host to the ‘District of Columbia 2016 Full- Scale Exercise.’ The exercise, which is designed to assess our emergency response capabilities, will simulate a train derailment and hazardous chemical spill. Several District agencies will exercise at multiple locations throughout the city and focus on first response capabilities, activating the District Emergency Operations Center, and conducting shelter operations.

Our goal is to make this exercise as realistic as possible and we would like to make sure that the players are a good representation of our whole community. As a result, we are asking individuals to volunteer as role players on the day of the exercise. These ‘actors’ will portray displaced personnel that need to seek refuge at a shelter.

Our total recruitment goal is 30 volunteer role players for persons with disabilities and others with access and functional needs. No experience required! All role players must be 18 years of age or older. All volunteer role players will receive morning refreshments, lunch, afternoon refreshments and a $45 dollar credit card-style gift card.  

For more information regarding the exercise and to register as a role player, please visit the following link: http://dcfse2016.eventbrite.com

For difficulties accessing the link and/or reasonable accommodations in support of registration please contact Sarah Kessler at 703-518-9982 or       skessler@olsongroupltd.com

  

Registering as a role player does not guarantee selection for participation in the exercise; all participants must successfully pass a background check and complete a DC HSEMA participant waiver form. 

Providing your date of birth is a requirement for the background check.

More information will be provided to individuals that pass the background check.