CDP readies for 2022 Tribal Nations Training Week

FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness is gearing up for its annual Tribal Nations Training Week, the largest event of its type in the Department of Homeland Security.

The 2022 event will span five weeks – one week of resident courses March 5-12 followed by four weeks of virtual training offerings between March 14 and April 7.

The training is open to anyone who works in an emergency response capacity and is affiliated with one or more tribal nations or the Indian Health Service. 

Eligible responders can apply to attend Tribal Training Week by visiting the CDP website at https://cdp.dhs.gov/apply, entering their FEMA Student Identification Number (SID), and typing (not cutting and pasting) in the PROMO Code for the desired course. 

Those who do not have a FEMA SID can apply for one at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/register.

The five Tribal Training Week resident courses are as follows:

   • Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents/Integrated Capstone Event – PROMO Code: 168TRHCL

   • Biological Incidents Awareness/Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents/Integrated Capstone Event – PROMO Code: 158TRBIA

   • Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents/Crisis Leadership and Decision Making/Building Whole Community Engagement through Local Emergency Planning Committees – PROMO Code: 172TRICS300

   • Site Protections through Observational Techniques/Law Enforcement Active Shooter Emergency Response/Integrated Capstone Event – PROMO Code: 175TRSPOT

   • EOC Operations and Planning for All-Hazards/Emergency Operations Plans for Rural Jurisdictions/Access and Functional Needs Preparedness Planning for Rural Communities/Expeditionary Training – PROMO Code: 162TREOC

The 16 web-based training offerings are:

   • Crisis Standards of Care and Treatment Decision-Making (March 14, 2-3:30 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0614 HCV1

   • Special Needs Population Considerations During Emergency Response (March 15, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0615 HCV3

   • Hospital Incident Command System (March 16, 2-4 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0616HCV7

   • Contact Tracing for Transmissible Infectious Disease (March 17, 2-3:30 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0617 HCV11

   • Community Point of Distribution Operations (March 21, 2-3:30 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0618 HCV16

   • Barrier Precautions and Controls (March 22, 2-3:45 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0619 HIDV1

   • Patient Management: Receiving a Highly Infectious Disease Patient (March 23, 2-3:45 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0620 HIDV3

   • Patient Management: Management of a Highly Infectious Disease Patient in a Healthcare Facility (March 24, 1-4 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0621 HIDV4

   • Emergency Communication Methods (March 28, 2-4:30 PM CST) - PROMO Code:  22NV-0622 MPIV3

   • Media Relations and Press Conferences (March 29, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0623 MPIV3

   • Communicating Effectively in an Emergency (March 30, 2-3:30 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0624 MPIV7

   • The Effective Use of Social and Traditional Media during Emergencies (March 31, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0625 OLS-V8

   • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD): “We Need It More Than We Know” (April 4, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0626 OLS-V2

   • Hospital Planning for Mass Casualty Incident Surges: Natural Disasters (April 5, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0627 OLS-V4

   • Active Shooter/Assailant: Behavioral Indicators and How to Respond (April 6, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0628 OLS-V9

   • Emerging and Resurging Infectious Diseases (April 7, 2-3 PM CST) - PROMO Code: 22NV-0629 OLS-V12

Responders who have questions or desire more information about the event should contact David Hall, CDP Eastern Region and Tribal Nations Training Coordinator, at David.Hall@fema.dhs.gov or 866-213-9546.

FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during and after disasters. The CDP supports this mission by training first responders from across the nation to prepare for and respond to natural and man-made disasters.