BLACK EMERGENCY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

D.C, Maryland, and Virginia each have separate training and education requirements for their communities, but each are connected directly and indirectly to crisis events in all community in these jurisdictions.

A member of one State or jurisdiction may be able to attend a course in another jurisdiction. Contact EM agency\office or other representative listed below to determine if you can attend.

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April 2018

April 11-12, 2018, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (2 day course)

ICS 400 Advanced ICS Command and General Staff – Complex Incidents

LOCATION: Prince George’s County Office of Emergency Management, 7915 Anchor St., Landover, MD

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses. These earlier courses are prerequisites for ICS-400. The course objectives are as follows:

• Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.

• Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.

• Describe the circumstances in which multiagency coordination systems are established.

April 12, 2018, 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Stop the Bleed Workshop - Advanced First Aid Skills

LOCATION: INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus, Physician’s Conference Center

REGISTRATION: https://www.inova.org/CREG/ClassDetails.aspx?sid=1&ClassID=16327

CONTACT: 703-776-2274 or colleen.brooks@inova.org

Learn how to stop life-threatening blood loss. Emergencies happen. Be prepared.

Stop the Bleed is a course designed for members of the general public who have little to no medical training. The course teaches attendees to stop life-threatening blood loss through proper pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. Members of the public are typically the first at the scene of an accident, even before first responders. This course teaches how to help until help arrives. Learn proper technique that can help save lies, including:

• Apply pressure with hands

• Apply dressing and press

• Apply tourniquet

April 14-15, 2018, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (2 day course)

Search & Rescue in Community Disaster – Strategies and Skills for Surviving Disaster

Prince George's County Office of Emergency Management (7915 Anchor St, Landover, MD 20785)

The Search and Rescue in Community Disasters course provides training for individuals to survive a disaster and to safely conduct search and light rescue response, aiding their family and neighbors in the immediate aftermath of a natural catastrophe, technological accident, or human-caused incident. The course is intended for members of the whole community and draws on information and lessons learned from a variety of disaster incidents such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and man-made events for discussion points. This course is not intended for the professional responder however would be beneficial for the responder’s family. The course also uses hands-on training to demonstrate best practices for effective search and light rescue, which can be used in both residential and commercial environments.

April 17-19, 2018, 7:00am-10:00am

If you are interested in being a victim/actor for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWWAA), please see below. They need victims for any of the following days: Hazmat drill- need 2 per day: April 17 (Tuesday) 0700-1000, April 18 (Wednesday) 0700-1000, April 19 (Thursday) 0700-1000. All of the training will be at Fire Station 302 – off Air and Space Museum Parkway / RT 28. For more information, or to volunteer, please email Marie Powell at Marie.Powell@MWAA.com

April 21, 2018, 9:00am-11:ooam

Red Cross Square, Folger Boardroom, 430 17th St, NW, Washington,DC 20006
Disaster Action Team Orientation (DC) is disaster action team basics and is required training for all disaster action team members
Volunteer link: disaster action team orientation (dC) volunteer link
Employee link: Disaster Action Team Orientation Dc

April 21, 2018 9:00am-11:00am

Fairfax Office Rm 255, 8550 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22031
Disaster Action Team Orientation (VA) is disaster action team basics and is required training for all disaster action team members
Volunteer link: https://www.redcross.org/sso/edge?resume=/idp/7u2ki/resumeSAML20/idp/SSO.ping&spentity=https://arc.csod.com&arcPartnerId=edge&_requestid=86548
Employee link: https://intranet.redcross.org/etc/login.html?resource=%2Fredcross%2Fsso%2Fpassthrough%3FresumePath%3D%252Fidp%252Fb1FHh%252FresumeSAML20%252Fidp%252FSSO.ping%26allowInteraction%3Dtrue%26reauth%3Dfalse&$$login$$=%24%24login%24%24

April 21, 2018, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

National Weather Service SKYWARN Basic Class

LOCATION: UMD School of Public Health Building (255 SPH), Room 1312, 4200 Valley Dr., College Park, MD 20742

REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-prince-georges-county-tickets-44078487944

CONTACT: Shawn Howe at showe@umd.edu

Parking Instructions: Free parking is available in Lot UU, Lot 9b, and the Terrapin Trail Garage, adjacent to the Xfinity Center (see http://maps.umd.edu/map/). Limited pay parking is available directly in front of the SPH building. Please pay attention to the signs as many parking lots (such as Lot PP) are restricted even on weekends.

By attending this course, you will be trained by NWS personnel to recognize features associated with developing, mature, and dissipating thunderstorms which cause hazardous weather such as lightning, flooding, hail, tornadoes and downbursts. The attendee will also learn basics about winter weather and tropical hazards. At the end of the course, you will be assigned a SKYWARN® spotter number and be directed how to report this vital weather information. For those who have attended in the past but want a refresher, please feel free to attend. We would love to see you again!

April 22, 2018, 9:00am-5:00pm

Fairfax Office Rm 254, 8550 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22031
ERV Ready, Set, Roll This course consists of two sessions. In the first session, participants use the participant workbook, video and the Safe Handling Procedures on Disaster Relief Operations handbook to learn about the safe use and operation of an ERV. At the conclusion of the first session, participants complete a self-administered true or false question course review. In the second session, participants receive an ERV orientation and take a road test. PREREQUISITES: SEE ATTACHMENT. Prerequisites must be completed and documentation turned in before student may register for the class. Must submit driver's license and driving record to Betty Godwin at betty.godwin@redcross.org as soon as possible.

April 21, 2018, 2:00pm – 4:00pm

National Weather Service SKYWARN Basic Class

LOCATION: UMD School of Public Health Building (255 SPH), Room 1312

4200 Valley Dr., College Park, MD 20742

CONTACT: Shawn Howe at showe@umd.edu

REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-prince-georges-county-tickets-44078487944

Parking Instructions: Free parking is available in Lot UU, Lot 9b, and the Terrapin Trail Garage, adjacent to the Xfinity Center (seehttp://maps.umd.edu/map/). Limited pay parking is available directly in front of the SPH building. Please pay attention to the signs as many parking lots (such as Lot PP) are restricted even on weekends.

At the end of the course, you will be assigned a SKYWARN® spotter number and be directed how to report this vital weather information. For those who have attended in the past but want a refresher, please feel free to attend. We would love to see you again!

April 22-27, 2018

Fairfax County USAR Full Scale Exercise April 22 - 27, 2018 (Lorton Training Facility)

We will be hosting a full scale exercise in conjunction with our sister team from Los Angeles , and will be in need of about 10 CERT volunteers per operational shift for this exercise as well. Details will be forthcoming on this, but It will be a large undertaking and I wanted to put it on your radar now. For additional information or to sign up, please contact Melissa Serich at Melissa.Serich@fairfaxcounty.gov or call at 703-803-2106

April 23, 2018 (see below for times)

VATF1 Spring Drill, Lorton, VA ~ Victim Actors Needed

2018 Spring Virginia Task Force One (VATF1) Drill(Fairfax County).
Members of Fairfax County 's Virginia Task Force One (VATF1) members will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and work together with other task forces from around the country. The training will start on April 23, 2018, at Virginia Task Force One’s (VATF-1) training facility at the former Lorton Juvenile Detention Center located at 9900 Furnace Road, Lorton, VA 22079. You will be asked to check in at the gate of the facility before you enter the drill site. We will be utilizing volunteers as role player victims for the drill, allowing drill participates to have life like experiences in this unique opportunity to practice their skills in a realistic full-scale exercise, allowing players to react to information and situations as they are presented. As a victim actor, you may be covered in theatrical make-up (moulage), you could be lying in a damaged building waiting to be rescued, or even looking for your imaginary friend. The scenarios you’ll participate in allow VATF1 responders to gain insight and learn to treat multiple victims in a short period of time. Please bring: Clothing that may get damaged or stained, A change of clothes, Sunscreen (if needed), Bug spray. We will have water and snacks but feel free to bring snack or drinks of your choice.

Time slots for volunteering: 4-23 1pm-6pm; 4-23 6pm-6am; 4-24 6am-6pm; 4-24 6pm-6am; 4-25 6am-6pm; 4-25 6pm-6am; 4-26 6am-1800.
Please register by email to Chris Forty: Christopher.Yorty@fairfaxcounty.gov

April 23-26, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: L-958: All-Hazards Operations Section Chief

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

April 24, 2018, 7:00pm-10:00pm

LEC64 First Aid in Hostile Environments April 24, 2018 - 7:00 - 10:00 pm,

Doing the most good for the most people during active shooter or Boston Marathon bombing type of incidents requires different techniques and mindset than normal first aid or disaster techniques. This class will focus on the skills and procedures that are required in these unique situations. It will cover the use of commercial and improvised tourniquets when required for multiple patients in a hostile environment and the use of occlusive dressings for chest and neck injuries. Also covered will be a variety of techniques to improve your ability to stabilize common bone and joint injuries. This section will start where we left off in Med II and concentrate on what is required to immobilize injuries during splinting and then to apply a splint that will both improve patient comfort and minimizes further injuries.

April 23, 2018, 4:00pm-1200am

**2018 Spring Virginia Task Force One (VATF1) Drill**

April 24, 2018, 8:00am-4:00pm, 4:00pm-1200am

April 25, 2018, 8:00am-4:00pm, 4:00pm-1200am

April 26, 2018, 8:00am-4:00pm, 4:00pm-1200am

Please note that these exercises are during the weekdays.

LOCATION: Lorton Juvenile Detention Center, 9900 Furnace Road, Lorton, VA 22079

REGISTRATION: Email Brindisi (Bchan@co.pg.md.us) before April 13, 2018, with the following information: Name, Dates and times of service, Affiliation, Cell, Spanish speaking ability, moulage expertise. Organizers will also be taking old clothes donations for this exercise.

Members of Fairfax County 's Virginia Task Force One (VATF1) will have an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and work together with other task forces from around the country, like Los Angeles County (LACoFD USAR) and Pennsylvania Urban Search & Rescue (PA-US&R).

We are looking for volunteers as role player victims for the drill, allowing participants to have life-like experiences in this unique opportunity to practice their skills in a realistic full-scale exercise, allowing players to react to information and situations as they are presented. As a victim actor, you may be covered in theatrical make-up (moulage), you could be lying in a damaged building waiting to be rescued, or even looking for your imaginary friend. The scenarios you’ll participate in allow VATF1, LACoFD and PA-TF1 responders to gain insight and learn to treat multiple victims in a short period of time.

April 28, 2018, 8:00 am-4:00 pm

Christmas in April

LOCATION: Various Locations in Prince George’s County

CONTACT: Your local PGPD Station

April 28, 2018, 9:00am-11:30am

LEC66 Stop the Bleed Training April 28, 2018 - 9:00 - 11:30 am

A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes. While emergency responders will arrive as quickly as possible, bystanders are almost always there first. In the case of disaster and high-casualty incidents, emergency services are often spread thin. This is where Stop The Bleed! comes in to play. STOP THE BLEED is a FREE training program created by the US Department of Homeland Security in conjunction with FEMA and various other agencies, to train bystanders in life-saving techniques. With the rise of mass shootings and active shooter situations in schools, churches, public meeting places, and even office buildings, it is vital that more and more individuals are trained in the basics of life-saving techniques, such as how to properly use a tourniquet, use a hemostatic agent such as QuikClot, or even apply a chest seal. Everything that can be done to save a person's life is done in the First Five Minutes! What would you do if you were faced with the unimaginable? GET TRAINED!

April 28, 2018, 7:30am – 2:00pm

The National Capital Region will host our first signature event for the Sound the Alarm Save A Life campaign. We will canvas neighborhoods in Oxon Hill, MD in Prince George’s County, MD. We are asking everyone on the Disaster Cycle Services team to volunteer to manage the event. We need volunteers for the following positions for this event:

Neighborhood Captains (This position exists primarily to establish (within a designated area) communication protocol, training, reporting and closeout on day of the event. As part of the leadership team support of home visit teams and implementation, and evaluation of the STA event.

Plan routes for teams.
Establish communication protocols.
Follow all guidelines, training, safety and documentation requirements for this task.
Confirm that all volunteers placed on home visit teams have completed volunteer prerequisites (age, read & agree to Red Cross Policies, background check, and training)
Experience organizing work teams on events, logistics, planning, and working with partners. Ability to relate well and effectively with diverse groups and individuals.
Excellent interpersonal verbal communication and organizing skills.)

Trainers (trains educators, documenters and smoke alarm installers of procedures and safety protocols)
Logistics (distributes tools and supplies)
Canteen/Feeding/ERV Drivers
Health Services (RN)

Please register at the following link: https://volunteerconnection.redcross.org/?nd=vms_public_form&form_id=3954
Please note that this link is not for volunteers that plan to participate in installing smoke alarms.

April 28, 2018, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Volunteer Reception Center Basics (VRC) Functional Exercise/Simulation

LOCATION: Franklin D. Reeves Center, Community Room (2000-14th Street NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20009

REGISTRATION: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ef04vxs73d7b0f20&oseq=&c=&ch=

The Volunteer Reception Center registers, screens, and places spontaneous volunteers in available opportunities in times of disaster.

You will gain the skills to establish a local Volunteer Reception Center (VRC). Established VRCs can be invaluable to your community in times of disaster.

Volunteer Reception Center Training will prepare participants to staff VRCs that will register and place spontaneous volunteers in times of disaster. These centers ensure that volunteers are given meaningful and constructive opportunities to satisfy their desire to assist in a time of need, while not overwhelming the affected community during the disaster response and recovery process. The training includes an interactive volunteer reception center exercise where participants experience the VRC model and practice managing spontaneous volunteers.

MAY 2018

May 2, 2018, 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM

MARYLAND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM 2018

College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
3501 University Boulevard East
Hyattsville, MD 20783

To sign up, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maryland-emergency-response-symposium-2018-tickets-44206858905?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTQxNTg2MjkvcmFsYWRkaW5AeWFob28uY29tLzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&utm_term=attend

May 3, 2018, 7:00am-3:00pm

Full scale exercise

You will be given a complete orientation of the exercise and your role and responsibilities prior to the start of the exercise. Restrooms will be available for your convenience. Lunch will be provided. Volunteers will be simulating victims of an accident involving an active shooter and either small explosions or a vehicular injury. Make-up (moulage) will be applied to your body and possibly clothes to simulate injuries. Medical procedures will be simulated. Volunteers will be on a transportation vehicle during this process. Volunteers will be asked to move quickly to exit the vehicles. Volunteers will be expected to follow all instructions and procedures due to the potentially dangerous theatrical explosions and gunshots. Following the exercise you will be asked to formally check out prior to departing the area. The Full Scale Exercise Planning Team is actively recruiting actors for the upcoming May 3rd Exercise. Included in this email is the link to the centralized actor registration site that we ask that you distribute to your volunteers. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided. Actors from all jurisdictions should use this link to register for the exercise so we will have all volunteer information in one place. https://ess.ascenttra.com/Registration/EPiC_Collaboration/index.cfm

REGISTRATION: Email HDEmergencyPreparedness@co.pg.md.us for registration forms

May 5, 2018, 5:30am-1:00pm

Washington Dulles International Airport is hosting a Full Scale Emergency Exercise. In addition to providing victim-actors, Fairfax County REGISTRATION: https://dullesemergencyexercise2018.eventbrite.com, Deadline: April 27, 2018. CONTACT: EmergencyDrill2018@mwaa.com

CERT is responsible for providing Administrative Support for the exercise, including accountability for more than 200 volunteer victim-actors and other personnel. CERT moulage artists are also needed to make up the 200 actor/victims anticipated for this event. Success of this exercise is critical to Dulles retaining its certification with the FAA, so we need your help! If you have not previously participated in a CERT event, this is your chance to earn your CERT shirt (and a cool Dulles emergency exercise t-shirt as well)!

Admin Support Staff

CERT team members are needed to staff entry, screening, and registration posts; sign participants in and out; issue wristbands; escort victim-actors to moulage stations and to the exercise site; and help ensure a safe and successful emergency exercise for the numerous Fire, Police, and EMT units participating. A minimum of 16 CERTs will be needed to staff these positions, but more are welcome. If you are CERT-trained and able to commit to availability for the event at Dulles International Airport on Saturday, May 5, 2018 beginning at 5 a.m., please contact Administrative Support ICs Sher Plunkett (sherplunkett@gmail.com) or Peggy Plunkett (plunkettpj1@hotmail.com) immediately. You must also click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/support-staff-moulage-support-staff-controllers-evaluators-observers-iad-exercise-2018-tickets-44228484588 and register for a “Support Staff” ticket prior to April 26th.

Moulage Support Staff

We also need 16 or more moulage artists to support this exercise. Moulage staff will use a variety of techniques and materials to simulate a wide range of injuries on as many as 200 victim-actors. Note that moulage artists will also be able to serve as victim-actors for the exercise once moulage is complete. If you are a CERT interested in helping with Moulage and able to commit to availability for the event from 5:00 AM - 9 AM, please email the Moulage IC, Susy Ledgerwood (moulage@fairfaxcountycert.org), as soon as possible. You must also click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/support-staff-moulage-support-staff-controllers-evaluators-observers-iad-exercise-2018-tickets-44228484588 and register for a “Moulage Support Staff” ticket prior to April 26th.

Victim-Actors

Rather just be an actor for the exercise? We still need plenty of those! Click https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dulles-international-airport-full-scale-emergency-exercise-tickets-42420910084 to register to be a victim-actor exercise volunteer no later than April 27th.

May 5-6, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Basic CERT Training class

LOCATION: Prince George's Office of Homeland Security/Office of Emergency Management ... 7915 Anchor St., Landover, MD 20785

REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adult-basic-cert-class-0180505a-may-5-6-2018-2-day-class-tickets-44760479800?aff=FB

May 7-9, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: L-973: All-Hazards Finance/Administration

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

May 8, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

FEMA National Level Exercise--Volunteers Needed!

Location TBD

The District of Columbia must be prepared to respond to all natural, man-made, and technological disasters that pose a threat to our residents and visitors.

Join us for the first part of our spring training and exercise series to explore core capabilities within community response through your volunteer service.

Visit https://serve.dc.gov for more information.

May 15, 2018, 9:00am-12:00pm

Course: IMT Qualification Workshop

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

May 15-16, 2018, 7:00am-4:00pm

If you are interested in being a victim/actor for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWWAA), please see below. They need victims for any of the following days: EMT Refresher- need 4 per day: May 15 (Tuesday) 0700-1600 and May 16 (Wednesday) 0700-1600. All of the training will be at Fire Station 302 – off Air and Space Museum Parkway / RT 28. For more information, or to volunteer, please email Marie Powell at Marie.Powell@MWAA.com

May 16, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

G557 Rapid Needs Assessment

LOCATION: Montgomery County (MD) Emergency Operations Center-Training Room*, (1300 Quince Orchard Blvd. Gaithersburg, MD 20878), REGISTRATION: https://memamaryland.csod.com In order to receive the benefits of a Rapid Needs Assessment the assessment process must be effectively planned. Assessments just do not happen when a disaster or emergency occurs. They require planning and training to support the planned activity if they are to realize their greatest potential. When needed, the Rapid Needs Assessment must be rapidly implemented by local governments. Assessment teams must be identified and trained together. The field teams need to be supported by personnel who can rapidly analyze the findings of the individual teams and presented to management to support prioritization and decision-making. *Secure facility-Bring a photo ID (either driver’s license or work badge).

May 22 and 24, 2018, 6:00pm-8:00pm (2 day class)

**Metro CERT Training**

LOCATION: Carman Turner Building, 3500 Pennsy Drive, Landover, MD

REGISTRATION: First come, First serve. Email Brindisi (Bchan@co.pg.md.us) with the following information: Name, Affiliation, Email, and Cell number.

What are the concerns associated with providing CERT assistance on WMATA? How would you self-evacuate from a Metro Bus? A Metro Train? What should you do about the Third Rail? All of these questions and more will be answered. This CERT training is offered to those who have completed the Basic CERT Adult training. The first night we will do a class on Terrorism and the second night will be a class on Rail Familiarization.

May 24, 2018, 6:30pm-8:30pm

National Weather Service SKYWARN Flood Class

LOCATION: University of Maryland Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute

4500 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742

CONTACT: Roland Berg at RDBerg@co.pg.md.us REGISTRATION: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-prince-georges-county-tickets-44148919607

By attending this course, you will be trained by NWS personnel to recognize different types of flooding, learn how it is forecast and what causes it to occur, and get an in-depth look into the science of hydrology. The SKYWARN Basics course is NOT required prior to attending this course -- everyone is welcome!

May 21-25, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: USFA O-305: Type 3 AHIMT

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

May 31, 2018-June 2, 2018

**Maryland Emergency Management Association Symposium**

LOCATION: Ocean City, MD

REGISTRATION: https://www.marylandema.org/symposium1/

The Annual Symposium seeks to bring together emergency management and public safety professionals from across the State of Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region. MDEMA2018 will be our best yet! Don't miss out on the great line up of presentations and fun activities.

The Maryland Emergency Management Association promotes and supports an all-hazards approach to Emergency Management in the State of Maryland. At both the Local and State level the Association members promote emergency preparedness.

JUNE 2018

June 11-12, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: L-956: All-Hazards Liaison Officer

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

June 23-24, 2018

**CERTCon 2018: Lifelong Learning**

LOCATION: Montgomery County, Maryland

REGISTRATION: Opens in late April

Initial call for presenters: Please consider classes and presenters that you believe would be a value to the conference and the theme Lifelong Learning. The suggested presenters should include a short bio, a course description and be sent to Training@montgomerycert.org, cc: bchan@co.pg.md.us for consideration.

June 25-26, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

PEDIATRIC DISASTER RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MGT-439 (CERT)
Class location - Public Safety Headquarters
The 2010 report by the National Commission on Children and Disasters identified a training gap for emergency responders, first receivers, and emergency management personnel that reduced their effectiveness in responding to pediatric patients and their unique needs/considerations. This course addresses pediatric emergency planning and medical response considerations through a combination of lectures, small group exercises, and a table-top exercise.
Topics: Introduction to Pediatric Response • Emergency Management (EM) Considerations • Implications for Planning and Response • Functional Access Needs Considerations • Mass Sheltering • Pediatric Triage and Allocation of Scarce Resources • Pediatric Reunification Considerations • Pediatric Decontamination Considerations.

July 9-13, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: L-964: All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

July 10-11, 2018, 8:00am - 5:00pm (2 day course)

G205 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role

Location: Montgomery County (MD) Emergency Operations Center-Training Room* (1300 Quince Orchard Blvd. Gaithersburg, MD 20878), REGISTRATION: https://memamaryland.csod.com

This course covers the activities usually performed by local governments after the emergency response to a disaster has peaked and the long–term activities (called recovery) begin. Recovery may commence while the emergency response is still ongoing; however, recovery activities usually require different knowledge, skills and abilities than response activities, and are usually performed by a different team of people. This course identifies the types of local government officials who may serve on a disaster recovery team and describes their roles and responsibilities as a member of that team. *Secure facility-Bring a photo ID (either driver’s license or work badge).

July 21, 2018

Lorton Spring Master Exercise

This Master Exercise will give our newly trained CERTs an opportunity to demonstrate skills and work together with our seasoned CERTs. From moulage to triage, you’ll experience it all. This is a unique opportunity to practice your skills in a realistic full scale exercise. We're excited to offer this training at Virginia Task Force 1's training facility at the former Lorton Juvenile Detention Center. Registration will open up in April.

July 30, 2018-August 2, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: L-962: All-Hazards Planning Section Chief

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/

Pont of Contact: Leslie.Harrison@dc.gov

Phone: 202-481-3057

August 20-24, 2018, 8:00am-5:00pm

Course: USFA O-305: Type 3 AHIMT

Location: Unified Communications Center, (UCC), 2720 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20032

All courses are posted on the HSEMA Training Track System

To register go to: https://trainingtrack.hsema.dc.gov/