🔵🔵 The Lehigh County Emergency Management Agency and Steve Crimando of Behavioral Science Applications will present the webinar: Emerging Trends in Mental Health: Implications for Workplace Violence Prevention, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 1 – 2:30 PM ET. Following the pandemic, the prevalence of mental illness among adults in the United States increased from 18.6% to 26.4%, according to data from Johns Hopkins, reflecting a rise from one in five to one in four adults. Projections indicate that mental health and substance abuse disorders may soon become the leading cause of global disability, surpassing physical diseases. Comprehensive understanding of the relationship between mental illness and targeted violence, alongside current mental health trends, remains crucial for those involved in violence prevention. Register.
🔵🔵 The PA Office of Homeland Security / PA State Police, the PA Region 13 Counterterrorism Task Force, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Western PA All Hazards Fusion Center (WPAHFC) will host the 9th Annual Security and Risk Management Symposium on November 6, 2025, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Greentree. Attendance is free of charge. This symposium is targeted towards professionals from various sectors including private and public sectors, engineers, security experts, law enforcement, educators, and more. The topics will encompass criminal activities, cyber and physical security threats, countermeasures, risk management strategies, best practices, and tools for protecting critical infrastructure and enhancing resilience. Registration is required to attend.
🔵🔵 G205 – Recovery From Disaster; A Local Community’s Role will be presented on November 6 and 7, 2005, at the Youngsville Boro Building, 40 Railroad Street, Youngsville, PA, 8 AM – 4:30 PM both days. This course provides an introduction to disaster recovery principles and includes current recovery practices and policies. Activities are included in the course to support engaged and participatory learning. Prerequisites: IS-0100, IS-0200 or IS2200, IS-700, IS-800. A continental breakfast and hot lunch will be provided. The course is free but a two-step registration is required – email Jsmitley@warrencountypa.gov AND register on TrainPA (Both must be done!)
🔵🔵 The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) will present “SPORT AND SPECIAL EVENT RISK MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING AWR-167” on November 6 and 7, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM both days, at the Monroe County Public Safety Center, 100 Gypsum Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. The Sport and Special Event Risk Management and Planning course is designed to develop capabilities for multiagency collaboration pertaining to sport and special event safety and security. Through activity-based training modules, participants will enhance their ability for planning, risk assessment, training, and exercising practices specific to conducting sport and special events. The expectation is for participants to return to their respective organizations and coordinate the development of a sport and/or special event risk management and planning process. There is no cost for the training and lunch will be provided at no charge to participants. Register.
🔵🔵The Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security is hosting its 2025 Virtual Faith-Based Pre-Holiday Workshop on Thursday, November 13, 2025. This is a virtual event and will be offered in two convenient sessions: the morning session will be held from 9 AM until NOON, and the evening session from 6 PM to 9 PM. Both will be held via Microsoft Teams. This FREE virtual workshop for faith leaders and members will touch on seasonal safety strategies, protecting your house of worship, supporting your congregation, and leading with confidence and care. The training will include a DHS threat brief, legal issues in providing security within houses of worship, and practical strategies for seeking peace within our faith communities. Register for the 9 am session. Register for the 6 PM session.
🔵🔵New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) is presenting their 3-day in-person training for volunteer spiritual care chaplains in mass care settings or whoever else their services might be needed on November 17 – 19, 2025, 9 AM to 5:00 PM each day. The training will take place at NYDIS headquarters at 4 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10038. The training is NIMS compliant and includes ICS 100c and IS 505. The course also conforms to the NVOAD Spiritual Care Points of Consensus. Cost is $250, plus travel and housing costs. Register.
🔵🔵 The National VOAD Community Preparedness Committee will present the webinar, “CERT Training Overview” on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 7 – 8:30 PM ET. Don Sowers, Tennessee CERT coordinator, will describe the benefits of communities and organizations having a CERT team.
🔵🔵 MGT 335: Event Security Planning for Public Safety Professionals will be presented om January 13 and 14, 2026, from 8 AM – 5 PM ET, at the Susquehanna County Public Safety Center, 210 Public Way, Suite 3, New Milford, PA 18834. MGT 335 is a DHS/FEMA-certified, tuition-free, 16-hour course designed to educate small and rural community public safety personnel, as well as local officials, regarding security concerns and considerations involved with planning any event. This course enables participants to recognize and plan adequate strategies and security measures to prevent or mitigate security incidents which may occur during scheduled events. This course reinforces the importance and magnitude of security planning required to execute a safe and effective event regardless of the size. Register. Deadline for registering is December 30, 2025. FEMA S.I.D. REQUIRED. Register for your FEMA Student Identification Number by visiting https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid. The noon meal will be provided.
🔵🔵 The National VOAD Community Preparedness Committee will present the webinar, “How to Establish a CERT for your Organization,” on Tuesday, March 17, 2025, from 7 – 8:30 PM ET. Don Sowers, Tennessee CERT coordinator, will describe the process of starting a CERT program in your organizations.
🔵🔵The Salvation Army has recently launched new Emergency Disaster Services training courses that are designed to equip faith and community leaders with tools to build stronger, connected communities, fostering resilience and empowering service. These free courses are self-paced and available in both English and Spanish. Read a press release here and access the training website here!
🔵🔵 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.
🔵🔵 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.
🔵🔵 The Lakeside Global Institute is a collegiate-style professional development training. The training both nurtures and supports individuals to grow in self-awareness while learning research-based information in many fields of study. Trainings sponsored by The CHG Charitable Trust beginning January 2026 are now open for registration. Learn more about the Intensive Courses and Workshops.
🔵🔵The Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program provides training, funding, and a Resource Portal of tools to empower human health research in response to disasters and public health emergencies. Visit the DR2 Website.
🔵🔵 You can access the Bucks County Community College’s Training Catalog here.
🔵🔵 You can view the Lehigh County Emergency Services training schedule here.