Education & Training: Zoom-Based Courses Available for Emergency Responders UP TO MAY 2025

 

Courses Available Via Zoom Through May 2025   Spots are still available for a number of LSU NCBRT/ACE's virtual courses. These DHS/FEMA-certified courses are available to your agency or organization at no cost. A FEMA Student ID is needed for registration. Find your FEMA SID here.     The following courses are available:    PER-383-C: Document Inspection for Law Enforcement - Customized (0.4 CEUs) AWR-118: Biological Incidents Awareness (0.7 CEUs) MGT-324-C: Campus Emergencies Prevention, Response, and Recovery - Customized (0.8 CEUs) AWR-219-C: Site Protection Through Observational Techniques - Customized (0.4 CEUs) AWR-315: Fundamentals of Criminal Intelligence (2.0 CEUs)       PER-383-C: Document Inspection for Law Enforcement - Customized (4 hours)   Note: This course is for certified law enforcement professionals ONLY.   This course provides participants with the skills to evaluate the authenticity of identification documents and ensure that documents are lawfully possessed. This course provides a professional and comprehensive examination of overt and covert security features of genuine current state drivers licenses and federal travel documents.More information on the course can be found here.   Date: Wednesday, June 11 Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST Course ID: 34041 Access Code: NCBRT383   REGISTER     AWR-118: Biological Incidents Awareness (7 hours*)   This course provides a brief overview of biological incidents that have occurred; biological agents that are naturally occurring, could be accidentally released, or could be used deliberately; the typical course of disease and how that may vary in a deliberate incident; an overview of biological agents as terrorist weapons; and methods of protection from biological agents. More information on this course can be found here.   *Note: This course is a seven hour-long course delivery over two consecutive days. The first day is four hours long, and the second day is three hours.   Date: Wednesday, May 14 - Thursday, May 15 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST (Wednesday); 10:00 - 1:00 PM (Thursday) Course ID: 34038 Access Code: NCBRT118   REGISTER     MGT-324-C: Campus Emergencies Prevention, Response, and Recovery - Customized (8 hours*)   The goal of this course is to assist the campus community and neighboring jurisdictions in developing the necessary decision-making skills to prevent, protect, mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from a an active shooter situation or other campus emergency. More information on this course can be found here. *Note: This course is an eight hour-long course delivery over two consecutive days. Each day is four hours long.   Date: Monday, May 12 - Tuesday, May 13 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST (both days) Course ID: 34036 Access Code: NCBRT324   REGISTER     AWR-219-C: Site Protection through Observational Techniques - Customized (4 hours)   This course trains law enforcement, emergency responders and other public safety personnel to improve their observational techniques by using a four-step ongoing screening process that includes increasing protective awareness, identifying pre-operational behavior, evaluating and taking action. More information on this course can be found here.     Date: Thursday, May 29 Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST Course ID: 34030 Access Code: NCBRT219   REGISTER     AWR-315: Fundamentals of Criminal Intelligence (20 hours*) This course presents participants with the core capabilities required for intelligence personnel from an all-crimes, all-hazards perspective. It encompasses traditional crimes, domestic and international acts of terrorism, and other potential crises. The goal of this course is to ensure intelligence personnel leave equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary to manage, staff, and operate criminal intelligence enterprises within their agencies, in order to help protect and prevent potential threats to the public. More information on this course can be found here. *Note: This course is an 20 hour-long course delivery over five consecutive days. Each day is four hours long.   Date: Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9 Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST (all days) Course ID: 34048 Access Code: NCBRT315   REGISTER     Questions about our national open enrollment courses?   Contact Our National Open Enrollment Coordinator

Funding Opportunity: California. Webinars. Cal OES Hazard Mitigation DR-4856 NOFO

Cal OES Hazard Mitigation DR-4856 NOFO

 

 

HAZARD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE     Notice of Funding Opportunity DR-4856   2025 California Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Dear Hazard Mitigation Partners, The Cal OES Hazard Mitigation Section has released the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) as a result of the Presidential Major Disaster Declaration, DR-4856 (California Wildfires and Straight-line Winds). The full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) which includes eligibility, priorities, and timelines can be found on the Cal OES Grant Opportunities webpage. Additionally, the Cal OES HM Section will be hosting two webinars covering key topics from the DR-4856 HMGP NOFO. Interested partners should plan to attend either April 9th and/or April 23rd (11 AM Pacific). The webinars will cover the following topics and have dedicated time for Q&A: Eligibility Hazard Mitigation Planning Requirements Timeline Funding Priorities Submitting a Notice of Interest (NOI)   To apply, you must submit a Notice of Interest (NOI) to Cal OES by May 29, 2025 through the Cal OES Engage Portal. If eligible, you will then be invited to submit a subapplication by September 15, 2025.   Sign up for our listserv to receive funding updates, webinar invites, and other mitigation announcements   Cal OES is pleased to provide technical assistance to support your NOI and/or subapplication development. We strongly encourage you to set up a project scoping call with our team to discuss your project idea by emailing resilientca@caloes.ca.gov.   We look forward to partnering with you on your subapplication.   Respectfully,   Cal OES Hazard Mitigation