Upcoming  Classes!
                                          
FEMA Region X is pleased to announce virtual  classes...
Organizations Preparing for Emergency Needs (OPEN) is a virtual course created by FEMA. This offering of OPEN will focus on senior care providers and organizations. This will take place on Tuesday, July 20 from 9:30 – 11:00am PT, and will be recorded for those who miss it or who want to re-watch. ​
 Also offered...
When Minutes Matter: Alert and Warning Communications Workshop on August 3-4, 2021 at 9:00am-2:00pm PDT, each day. 
 About the When Minutes Matter: Alert and Warning Communications Workshop: This 2-day virtual learning opportunity focuses on communication channels, features, and authorization protocols; discuss real-world case studies; contribute to peer-to-peer learning; join in group discussions and activities; and identify key takeaways for improving alert and warning messaging practices. The goal of this workshop is to develop jurisdiction-specific strategies to reduce process delays in issuing Alert and Warning (A&W) messages, create research-based A&W messages that will move individuals to take action, maximize message delivery to the public, including vulnerable populations, and manage social media during disasters. In addition to attending this 2-day workshop, participants are encouraged to attend a Pre-Work Webinar on July 22, 2021 at 1:00pm-2:30pm PDT.  
 
Target Audience: The target audience are those with a role in communicating emergency protective action guidance to the public, including Emergency Managers, Public Information Officers and Social Media communicators.
 
To register, please visit When Minutes Matter: Alert and Warning Communications Workshop Registration.
 
For more information and/or questions about this When Minutes Matter: Alert and Warning Communications Workshop, please contact me at Pamela.Anderson@fema.dhs.gov, or at (425) 487-4643.
 
Respectfully,
Pam Anderson

Other Pierce county and home study programs

Pierce County Community Department of Emergency Management Training schedule:

FEMA Online Training
Take a wide variety of FEMA classes on line - at your own time and your own pace. Review FEMA training options here https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx. Or go to www.FEMA.gov, and search for EMI Training IMPORTANT for PC NET Trainers - to qualify for an emergency worker card, you must take the 3 FEMA classesIS100/700/200. Pierce County EmergEncy MANAGEMENT offers a 1-day course every few months covering these 3 classes - but you may take them anytime on line at FEMA here.

1)     IS-100.B: Introduction to Incident Command System,  ICS-100 
​2)     IS-700.A: National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction
​3)     IS-200.B ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents