Courtesy of the Will County Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Preparedness & Response at the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University. Date: Thursday, September 17th, 2024 Time: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CT) How to obtain a certificate: Sign up for the course on this page. Take […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invites you to a webinar for the faith-based community on Thursday, September 18 from 11:00 – 12:15 (PDT). This webinar will provide participants with a threat briefing during the period of Fall religious observances and the “Protecting Places of Worship National Weeks of Action.” In addition, federal partners will […]

Join Serve Washington and subject matter experts from the Washington State Emergency Management Division as they discuss Washington State’s greatest natural hazard hits – volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, and more on this webinar! Learn what the state is doing to better understand its natural hazards and mitigate their impact before disaster strikes. Topics covered will include […]

Disaster Response Training Sunday, September 22, 2024 Registration: 8:30 AM Class Begins: 9:30 AM Location: Grants Pass Better Living Center An informative and hands-on training session on disaster response. This 6-hour class will equip you with the skills and knowledge to set up and manage a donations center, enabling you to effectively respond to disasters […]

This webinar will include presentations on strategies that support preparedness awareness and activities that help communities plan for disasters and build resilience. Presenters will share takeaways from the Risk Communications, Crisis Communications and Community Engagement Summit report and apply them to examples of successful community engagement and risk communications for disaster preparedness. Participants will learn […]

FEMA released the National Resilience Guidance (NRG) and a webinar series that will provide an overview of the NRG and the supplemental resilience resources available. Register for the webinars on:   Sept, 24, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET Sept. 26, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET Oct. 1, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. ET Oct. 9, 2024 at 3:00 […]

Violence (real, perceived, and potential) affects everyone, everywhere.  Our INVOLUNTARY human response to violence cannot differentiate between life threatening danger and non-life-threatening stress. You can save your life by responding to any situation using three steps, even if you don’t have medical knowledge.  When harnessed correctly, this will help save a life, maybe yours.  The […]