🔵🔵 FEMA and New Mexico Tech will present the live training, “Prevention of Bombing Incidents,” on May 14, 2025, from 8 AM – Noon, at the Lucerne County EMA Building, 185 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. This course provides first responders with an understanding of known phases of a bombing incident relating to suicide bomber (s). Interdiction opportunities are presented through each phase. Participants are also provided with information on Suicide Bomber Improvised Explosive Devices (SBIEDs), SBIED component recognition, and delivery methods. To register email: cas@norcopa.gov.
🔵🔵FEMA and New Mexico Tech will present the live training, “The Response to Bombing Incidents,” on May 14, 2025, from 12 – 4 PM, at the Lucerne County EMA Building, 185 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. This course trains emergency personnel of all disciplines to respond to the growing number of bombing incidents across the United States. This course guides participants through bombing response challenges, bombing threat response considerations, including evaluating threats when making evacuation vs. shelter-in-place decisions, and response priorities following the immediate aftermath of a bombing. This course includes instructor-led lectures, tabletop exercises, and live-explosive demonstrations, allowing participants to understand the damaging effects of Improvised Explosive Devices. To register email: cas@norcopa.gov.
🔵🔵Multiple agencies will be presenting the Securing Mass Gatherings and Special Events Seminar on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 8 AM to 4 PM ET at the Monroe County Public Safety Center, 100 Gypsum Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. This training is a must-attend for anyone involved in planning or supporting large-scale community events. Whether you’re a seasoned event organizer, first responder, or municipal leader, this seminar offers timely insights and practical tools to help you enhance the safety and security of public gatherings. As threats to mass gatherings continue to evolve, it’s more important than ever to strengthen our readiness and interagency coordination. What to Expect:
- Federal and state security planning resources from DHS
- Briefings from the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security
- Engagement with the Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence Center (PACIC)
- Networking with regional peers and response partners
🔵🔵 The Northeast PA Regional Task Force is presenting AWR-409 – Recognizing and Identifying Domestic and Homegrown Violent Extremism on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 8 AM to 4 PM ET at the Carbon County EMA, 1264 Emergency Lane, Nesquehoning, PA 18240. This is an awareness-level course that explores violent extremism in the United States. This course describes the radicalization and recruitment process and the tactics that extremists use to carry out their mission. Students need to have a FEMA SID prior to enrolling in this training. Please visit cdp.dhs.gov/. Learn more and register.
🔵🔵The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Office of Bombing Prevention presents AWR-348 – Bombing Prevention Awareness on Friday, May 23, 2025, from 8 AM to 4 PM at the Luzerne County EMA Building, 185 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. The Bombing Prevention Awareness course provides an overview of IEDs and explosive effects, homemade explosives, an introduction to the terrorist attack cycle, and response to suspicious behaviors and items. This basic awareness is used to enhance bombing prevention measures. Online registration will be completed through the FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness. Students require a FEMA Student Identification (SID) number to register. For more information contact: Charles Krommes, ☎️ (570) 820-4400 or charles.krommes@luzernecounty.org.
🔵🔵 PEMA is offering G-489 Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in Disaster on Thursday, May 29. 2025, from 8 AM to 4 PM ET at the Lehigh County Joint Operations Center, 4300 Broadway, Allentown, PA 18104. The purpose of the course is to introduce the skills and planning considerations that are required to manage large numbers of people who are not affiliated with an experienced relief organization but want to help in disasters. Prerequisites (recommended): G-288, IS-100, 200, 700, and 800. Register.
G-489 Train the Trainer will be offered on Friday, May 30, 2025, from 8 am – 4 PM ET. Registration is separate on TrainPA.
🔵🔵 FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute is offering K0418: Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Planning and Operations. Course dates: June 2–5, 2025 (10 a.m.–3 p.m. ET) August 11–14, 2025 (10 a.m.–3 p.m. ET). Course Length: 20 hours of online instruction. This virtual course will be held over 4 consecutive days. Go to Training Opportunity 1877.
🔵🔵 MGT-451 – Bomb Threat Management Planning will be offered June 3, 2025 at 8:00 am Eastern Time in Stroudsburg, PA …Course # 25N-0781 BTMP . You must have a FEMA SID number before you can apply for the class. If you need a FEMA SID number, go to: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID. Click Here to Apply for the class.
🔵🔵 MGT-451 – Bomb Threat Management Planning will be offered June 5, 2025 at 8:00 am Eastern Time in Wilkes Barre, PA …Course # 25N-0776 BTMP . You must have a FEMA SID number before you can apply for the class. If you need a FEMA SID number, go to: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID. Click Here to Apply for the class.
🔵🔵 FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute is offering K0419: Shelter Field Guide Training for State and Local Communities. It is designed for use with its companion piece, the Shelter Field Guide. Read more in Training Opportunity 1804. June 16–17, 2025, August 25–26, 2025. The course is 10 hours of online instruction, held over 2 consecutive days.
🔵🔵 PER-294: Testing an Emergency Operations Plan in a Rural EOC will be presented June 24, 2025, 8 AM to 4 PM at the Northampton County EMA Building, 100 Gracedale Ave., Nazareth, PA 18064. This is a DHS/FEMA-certified, 8-hour, tuition-free, performance-level course designed with a proactive approach to testing the Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs) of rural communities in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) environment. EOPs are all-hazard plans developed for use by state and local jurisdictions to ensure a coordinated and effective response to natural, technological, or man-made disasters that may occur within an area. It serves as the “game plan” for those who will be tasked with responding to an incident. Testing these plans on a routine basis is critical to their effectiveness. Register.
🔵🔵 FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute is offering K0289: State Volunteer and Donations Management. Course Dates: July 14–18, 2025 (10 a.m.–3 p.m. ET. 25 hours of online instruction. This virtual course will be held over 5 consecutive days (5 hours/day). Go to Training Opportunity 1879.
🔵🔵The Lehigh County LEPC is sponsoring the Rail Car Incident Response for Crude, Ethanol, and Other Flammable Liquids training course from the University of Findlay on both July 16 and July 17, 2025, in Schnecksville, PA at the Lehigh Carbon Community College, from 8 AM to 5 PM. You only need to register for ONE day. Who should attend this course: Firefighters and first responders, community Emergency Management personnel, and community stakeholders. Register for July 16. (Deadline July 2). Register for July 17. (Deadline July 3). For registration assistance, please contact Susan Bloomfield at Susan.Bloomfield@findlay.edu or ☎️419-434-4353.
🔵🔵 FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute is offering E0490: Voluntary Agency Coordination in Disasters. Course dates: September 8–11, 2025. Course Length: This course is 4 days in length at EMI. Go to Training Opportunity 1874.
🔵🔵 The Lehigh Emergency Services Training Academy (LESTA) was established to coordinate the delivery of training to all fire and rescue services, EMS and Law Enforcement within Lehigh County, PA. Through partnerships with several public safety training organizations, LESTA seeks to provide high-quality programs for firefighters and rescue personnel and is committed to meeting the training needs of all first responders in Lehigh County. Out of county students: It is LESTA’s policy not to turn away out of county students if in-county (LEHIGH) students are given priority. Read the latest Training Newsletter.
🔵🔵 FEMA has made available the Trauma-Informed Disaster Response Course for individuals and teams involved in disaster response and recovery efforts. This course aims to leverage existing capabilities, build on emotional intelligence and present new techniques. There are three video lessons and a guidebook that teaches about trauma, trauma-informed care techniques, and ways for staff to take care of themselves in disaster recovery work. The course is self-paced and available here.
🔵🔵 You can access the Bucks County Community College’s Training Catalog here.
🔵🔵 AWR-423-W: Mass Care Shelter and Relocation Communication (Web based) is available on TRAIN. The estimated time of completion is 1.5 hours. This web-based course provides participants with an understanding of messaging for shelter and evacuation operations and reviews at-risk populations and messaging for the whole community. By the end of the course participants will be able to fulfill the following learning objectives:
- Identify multiple effective communication strategies for individuals and households about where to find information on evacuation and shelters.
- Identify the ways in which age- and culturally-appropriate warning and notification systems, evacuation protocols, and coordinating services for at-risk individuals are developed and disseminated in multiple platforms and multilingual, multicultural formats.
- Compare messaging approaches that can differ between jurisdictions and subpopulations
Access the course via TRAIN.
🔵🔵 FEMA has made available the Trauma-Informed Disaster Response Course for individuals and teams involved in disaster response and recovery efforts. This course aims to leverage existing capabilities, build on emotional intelligence and present new techniques. There are three video lessons and a guidebook that teaches about trauma, trauma-informed care techniques, and ways for staff to take care of themselves in disaster recovery work. The course is self-paced and available here.