🔵🔵 Church of the Brethren Children’s Services is offering its 25-hour training for volunteers who wish to care for children after a disaster. The training utilizes a variety of hands-on activities. Their link for more information and to register is: https://www.brethren.org/cds/. Upcoming dates and locations are:
September 27-28 Frederick MD
September 28-29 Modesto CA
October 18-19 Victor, NY
Topics include:
- shelter simulation (includes an overnight stay)
- disasters (types and phases)
- children
- needs after a disaster
- how to respond to children in a healing manner
- the role of play after a disaster
- how to use play to start recovery in children
- Children’s Disaster Services Centers
- set up
- operation
- safety procedures
- volunteers’ roles
- Self-care onsite and after returning home
🔵🔵 The FEMA VOISE Partner Call will take place on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 2 PM ET, with the theme: Strength in Unity: The Power of Mass Care Partnerships. Register.
🔵🔵 The Northwestern PA Emergency Response Group is hosting AWR-228 – Community Resilience on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 8 AM – 5 PM ET, at the Pampered Palate Catering and Conference Center, 606 South Street, Saegertown, PA 16433. This course will teach meaningful actions that can be taken to enhance resilience to natural hazards. Learn more and register.
🔵🔵 FEMA will present the webinar, “Engaging Communities and Communicating Preparedness,” on Monday, September 23, 2024, at 2:30 PM ET. This webinar will include presentations on strategies that support preparedness awareness and activities that help communities plan for disasters and build resilience. Register.
🔵🔵 FEMA is proud to announce the release of the National Resilience Guidance (NRG) and a webinar series that will provide an overview of the NRG and the supplemental resilience resources available. The National Resilience Guidance emphasizes that strengthening resilience requires a collective approach. A resilient nation is created and sustained through thriving communities with secure and adaptable social, economic, environmental, housing, infrastructure, and institutional systems. Addressing resilience from only one perspective or through only one resilience lens will not be successful. Advance registration is required and on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, click on your preferred session below:
Webinar 1: 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 Register for Webinar 1
Webinar 2: 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 26, 2024 Register for Webinar 2
Webinar 3: 1:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 Register for Webinar 3
Webinar 4: 3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Register for Webinar 4
🔵🔵 The National Center for Disaster Preparedness has released AWR-433-W: Climate Literacy for Emergency Managers. This awareness-level, free, web-based training will give learners an overview of climate change and how it relates to emergency management. The course will review the root causes and address climate change’s impacts on communities. Additionally, risk communication messaging strategies around climate change will be shared. It is a 90-minute to two-hour web-based training. This training can be completed on your own time and provide knowledge geared for your role. Register.
🔵🔵 The National Center for Disaster Preparedness has a whole catalogue of free on-demand web-based trainings. Visit the training portal for a listing of the current trainings.
🔵🔵The Lehigh Emergency Services Training Academy (LESTA) was established to coordinate the delivery of training. Through partnerships with several public safety training organizations, LESTA seeks to provide high-quality programs. Out of county students: It is LESTA’s policy not to turn away out of county students. However, in-county (LEHIGH) students are given first priority. Learn more.
🔵🔵 You are invited to plan to attend the 3rd Annual Lehigh Valley Emergency Services Conference. This event will provide you an excellent chance to interact with key decision makers from Pennsylvania’s Task Force Regions, County EMA Coordinators, Communications/9-1-1 Centers, Local Emergency Planning Committees, Special Operations Teams, emergency volunteers, government officials, school officials and health care organizations. When: April 3-5, 2025. Where: DeSales University 2755 Station Ave Center Valley PA. Website: www.lvemaconference.com. Click here to become a speaker. Learn more.