CDP offers virtual Tribal Nations Training

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) hosts an annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security.

This year’s resident training will be conducted March 9-16 on the center’s campus in Anniston, Alabama. For more information on the resident courses offered, visit https://cdp.dhs.gov/news-media/article/registration-opens-for-2024-tribal-nations-training-week.

The virtual portion of Tribal Nations Training Week is scheduled for March 18-28.

Virtual courses will include:

•  Emergency Management and the Public Information Officer (March 18, 2-3 p.m. CST).  This course provides the responder with an overview of the national emergency response system, which includes the National Incident Management System and the Incident Command System.

•  Hazmat and Decontamination during Storm Response – How it affects us all (March 19, 2-3 p.m. CST). This course will explain how flood water caused by hurricanes, heavy rain, or a broken dam can contain hazardous materials and how we protect and decontaminate ourselves in these responses.

•  Active Shooter/Assailant: Behavioral Indicators and How to Respond (March 20, 2-3 p.m. CST).  This course will cover the behavioral recognition of an active shooter such as physical, tactical and weapons cues. Additionally, directed conversation as a precursor to an interview or interrogation of an active shooter will also be discussed.

•  Autism Awareness for Emergency Services (March 21, 2-3 p.m. CST). This course will examine the behavioral complications of autistic adults and children, hazards associated with autistic individuals in a stressful emergency situation, and recommendations for police and fire departments to better understand the autistic individuals in their communities.

•  Hazardous Materials Personal Protective Equipment Determination and Considerations (March 25, 2-3 p.m. CST). This course will examine appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for a hazardous materials response, factors in determining required PPE to stock based on community hazards and threats, and other considerations for operations and management of personnel required to wear PPE.

•  Hazardous Materials Decontamination Determination and Operations (March 26, 2-3:30 p.m. CST). This offering will cover the considerations for determining appropriate decontamination methods and means for a hazardous materials response, to include site selection considerations and the evaluation of the effectiveness of decontamination procedures.

•  Crisis Standards of Care and Treatment Decision-Making (March 27, 2-3:30 p.m. CST).  This course will examine crisis standards of care, potential situations resulting in prioritization of care, and legal, moral, and ethical considerations for making care decisions based on limited resources or capabilities.

•  Mass Casualty Incident Response (March 28, 2-3:30 p.m. CST). This course  examines mass casualty triage and the application of the SALT (Sort, Assess, Lifesaving Interventions, Treatment/Transport) Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm. It also addresses on-scene lifesaving interventions and the treatment, stabilization, and transport of patients for further treatment in a healthcare facility.

For registration information, contact David Emigh, CDP Tribal Nations Training Coordinator, at (256) 847-2649 or (771) 217-3779, or via email at David.emigh@fema.dhs.gov.