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Healthcare and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Training July 2018 Table of Contents: Workshops... - 2 - FEMA Resident Trainings... - 4 - Webinars/On-Line Training... - 5 - Exercises... - 8 - Resources... - 8 - Conferences... - 10 - - 1 -

PHEPR/HCC Training Events: July 2018 Workshops July 10 8:00 am July 13 8:00 am July 17 July 18 July 19 Burlington, WA Kelso, WA Seattle, WA Seattle, WA Olympia, WA MGT 448: All Hazards Planning for Animal, Agriculture, and Food Related Disasters Annual Hazardous Waste Refresher This course will provide background information needed to lead a multiagency team of emergency planners in the development of an ESF annex for food and/or animal related disasters to supplement their community s existing EOP. This course will address topis such as agroterrorism; detection and diagnosis; unique challenges rural communities face in planning for and responding to food and/or animal related disasters; utiliziation of Emergency Support Functions (ESF); recovery and the importantance of sustainable operations during a disaster event; and mapping a community to identify areas of vulnerability and resources. Annual Refresher for Hazardous Waste Sites is an 8-hour course designed for private and public sector employees who work at sites covered by OSHA s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Final Rule (29 CFR 1910.120). This course requires that individuals have completed a 40-hour initial course as listed in 29 CFR 1910.120(2)(3). Group exercises, lectures, and a case study will provide students with real-life approaches to hazardous waste site operations. July 20 Tacoma, WA July 24 25 Lynnwood, WA ICS 400 This course provides advanced training in the application of the ICS, expanding upon information covered in the ICS 300 course. Prerequisite: E-300 or equivalent ICS 300 course, IS 100, 200, 700 and 800 Contact the help desk for registration. Register HERE. To Apply, use FEMA Form 119-25-1 Application: http://training.fema.gov/apply/1 19-25-1.pdf Justin Fordice,State Training Program Supervisor Phone: (253) 512-7056 Fax: (253) 512-7206 EMD.Training@mil.wa.gov Law Enforcement, EMS, Hospital Personnel, Physicians, Nurses, Mental Health Professionals, Public Health Services, Public Works, EM Organizations, Tribal, County, State, Federal, Private Industry, School Personnel, Volunteer Organizations, Community Emergency Response Teams, Dispatchers. This course is targeted towards industrial hygienists, environmental health professionals, and those responsible for worker safety and health at hazardous waste sites. Federal, state, tribal, and local EM and response personnel who require ICS 400 training within their organizations. Typically, required personnel include all midlevel management who will be involved in incident response or senior management who will be supporting the response. - 2 -

August 8 9 8:00 am to 5:15 pm Spokane, WA Animal/Plant Health: Joint Criminal- Epidemiological Investigations Course August 14 16 Pablo, MT MGT-409: Community Healthcare Planning and Response to Disasters August 28 29 7:00 am to 5:15 pm Seattle, WA Chemical and Radiological Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism Objectives: Understand law enforcement, animal health, & plant health roles, responsibilities, and authorities during an outbreak of an unusual and/or high consequence animal or plant disease o Law enforcement threat assessments, intelligence, and o investigations; Animal/plant health epidemiological, veterinary, and plant investigations to include detecting and reporting suspicious or unusual outbreaks. Identify assets and capabilities for each discipline. Demonstrate types of information collected by law enforcement and animal/plant health experts and how and when to share it with each discipline. Discuss best practices for conducting a joint threat assessment, joint investigations, joint interviews, and evidence collection. Develop inter-professional relationships between law enforcement and animal/plant health experts. When an entire community is affected by a large-scale incident involving mass casualties such as a natural disaster, a pandemic outbreak, or a terrorist attach, response activities require integration of emergency management, healthcare providers, public health officials, public safety officials, and other agencies operating in a community. Community Healthcare Planning and response to Disasters will prepare communities to effectively plan for, respond to, and recover from large-scale incidents to address the needs of an overwhelming number of patients. With growing concern that many likely terrorist threats will involve, agents of opportunity or materials that are readily available in most communities, first responders are tasked with knowing more about chemical and radiological threats than ever before. This two day course will include practical information about: Scene safety for first responders, Chemical and biological exposures, and Proper decontamination procedures related to radiological materials. Free Washington State University Spokane Campus 412 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. Spokane, WA Parking: $4.00 To Register or for more information, please contact FBI Seattle Assistant WMD Coordinator Dione Mazzolini: dmmazzolini@fbi.gov Register by emailing Greg Gould at greg_gould@skc.edu Free Registration opens in early June. For more information, contact the Washington Poison Center at 206-517-2350 WashingtonPoisonCe ntersavethedate-agen Healthcare providers and responders to healthcare incidents. Public safety, public health, and emergency preparedness representatives. Public Health & Emergency Preparedness Professionals, Emergency Medical Services, Healthcare Providers, Emergency Dept and Hospital Staff, Law Enforcement, First Responders,City and County Emergency Preparedness Staff, Local and State Elected Officials - 3 -

November 19 21 Seattle, WA Emergency Safety Officer Training This course will familiarize attendees with hazards and stressors that may impact the health and safety of workers and responders at a disaster site. Students will apply their knowledge of safetiy and incident command in a disaster scenario and employ Incident Command System methodology to review and/or develop safety and medical plans, safety messages, and a safety analysis of an Incident Action Plan. Standard Registration: $710 Government Rate: $660 Group and Student discounts available. To register, please visit HERE or call 206-685-3089. Personnel who serve as command, safety officers, Emergency responders who may fulfill the role of a safety officer, or technical safety staff in an ICS, Emergency managers and planners, Industrial hygiene and safety professionals from general industry, construction, maritime, who have assigned responsibilities in an emergency response. FEMA Resident Trainings Please note: All the following FEMA trainings are free. Many require pre-requisites July 29 August 4 Anniston, AL Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) July 15 20 Anniston, AL Environmental Health in Emergency Response - Operations The Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents (HERT) course addresses healthcare response at the operations level for the facility and its personnel. This three-day course prepares healthcare responders to utilize the Hospital Incident Command System integrating into the community emergency response network while operating an Emergency Treatment Area as hospital first responders during a mass casualty incident involving patient contamination. The healthcare responders will determine and use appropriate personal protective equipment and conduct triage followed by decontamination of ambulatory and nonambulatory patients as members of a Hospital Emergency Response Team. The Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response Operations (EHTER Ops) is a four-day course providing participants with the operationslevel knowledge and skills needed to respond to disasters of natural- or human-caused and to use appropriate protocols and equipment to achieve mission objectives. Much of the course is conducted through hands-on operational practice or response to simulated events. Participants perform Environmental Health Responder tasks while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) Levels C and D. The course also includes training at the outdoor Northville Training Complex, part of the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility, where participants engage in scenario-based exercises in which they employ critical-thinking skills related to the selection and use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) detection and sampling instruments. https://cdp.dhs.gov/findtraining/healthcare/course/per -902 Course number: HERT PER- 902 https://cdp.dhs.gov/findtraining/publichealth/course/per-309 Course number: EHTER OPS PER-309 Hospital staff members who comprise a Hospital Emergency Response Team, such as physicians, nurses, administrators, security personnel, environmental staff, and other hospital staff. Environmental Health Responders assigned to a local, State, Territorial, or Tribal Emergency Response Team, who perform environmental health tasks in emergencies and disasters. - 4 -

July 29 August 4 Anniston, AL Advanced Radiological Incident Operations August 12 17 Anniston, AL Hazardous Materials Evidence Collection for CBRNE Incidents August 27 30 Emmitsburg, MD Recovery from Disaster: The Local Community Role The Advanced Radiological Incident Operations course is a five-day course that provides participants with the advanced skills necessary to safely respond to and manage incidents involving radiological hazards. Participants apply these skills in tabletop exercises based on realistic radiological incident scenarios, set within the Incident Command System structure. Hazardous Materials Evidence Collection for CBRNE Incidents (HEC) is a four-day course, during which responders receive instruction in hazardous evidence preservation and sampling, field screening, evaluating physical evidence, responsibilities of evidence collection teams, and methods for evidence documentation and packaging. Students perform advanced, practical tasks in the Nation's only toxic chemical-agent training facility, the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility. This 4-day course covers foundational concepts in disaster recovery and the latest guidance on recovery planning. Participants will either assess their own recovery plan or a sample against this national planning guidance. Following that, participants will discuss how a disaster recovery effort can be organized, managed, and led along with the types of challenges faced by recovery managers. Scenario activities throughout the course give participants the opportunity to target information strategies, address local capabilities and challenges, and analyze experiences from Joplin, Missouri. The capstone activity is meant to apply all of the knowledge acquired in the course, through further examination of all of the elements of a pre-disaster recovery planning document in the context of a realistic recovery scenario. Travel dates: Travel days; Sunday before class and Friday after. https://cdp.dhs.gov/findtraining/publichealth/course/per-905 Course number: ARIO PER- 905 https://cdp.dhs.gov/findtraining/hazardousmaterials/course/per-201 Course number: HEC PER-201 Registration details HERE Course number: E0210 Any member of a federal, state, local, or tribal radiological/hazardous materials response team who responds to or manages a radiological incident. Members of federal, state, tribal, local, and private-sector response teams. Local or tribal participants should reside within either of two Emergency Planning Zones (EPZ). Law Enforcement, Fire Service, and Hazardous Materials technicians who require training and practice in hazardous evidence collection. Local and tribal elected officials; city/county managers and planners; members of Regional Planning Commissions and Economic Development Districts; Emergency Managers and staff; Public Works Directors; Health Care Administrators or Planners; Public Information Officers; Housing Directors or Planner/Staff; Voluntary Agency Coordinators; Faith-Based Leaders; and State Recovery Staff and Partners. Webinars/On-Line Training On-demand Online courses Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium Online courses from the RDPC are a perfect fit for those struggling to work training into their busy schedule. All online training is self-paced and offered at no cost. Browse the catalog of online courses and enroll today. Find courses HERE - 5 -

On-demand Online National Institute of Health: Social Media Analysis During Disasters On-demand Online FEMA and Management Partner Organizations PrepTalks On-demand Online Hospital Incident Command Systems: How to Lead When a Crisis Occurs The purpose of this course is to help you develop and implement a plan that will help you effectively monitor and analyze disaster information on social media. This self-paced course fulfills one of the requirements of the MLA Disaster Information Specialization, Advanced Level. The course provides three Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education (CE) credits. PrepTalks are given by subject-matter experts and thought leaders to spread new ideas, spark conversation, and promote innovative leadership for the issues of confronting emergency managers now and over the next 20 years. SHEA/CDC Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP) presents Hospital Incident Command Systems: How to Lead When a Crisis Occurs This online simulation is designed to highlight effective leadership techniques in the face of various health crises. Expert faculty provide their insights on Hospital Incident Command Systems; communications with staff, media, and the general public; and patient safety concerns. Find Course HERE Visit FEMA.gov/PrepTalks for more information. Free This course if available HERE. For emergency managers, information specialists, and other decision makers responding to large-scale disasters. FEMA encourages emergency managers to watch these PrepTalk presentations with relevant partners. This program is designed to give US hospital epidemiologists who oversee infection control programs the skills, knowledge, and tools to provide effective leadership during facility-level outbreaks and largescale public health emergencies. On-demand Online Pediatric Issues in Disasters Be sure to download the resource list for helpful information related to this activity. Learn how to identify and incorporate pediatric special considerations into preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, and resilience-building plans and actions. Focus: Be prepared every day for an emergency. Integrate pediatric issues into healthcare preparedness plans, trainings, and exercises. Provide lessons learned and examples that are easily implementable for facilities and jurisdictions immediately. What are the tools you need to fill gaps in pediatric emergency planning? Summary of Q&A, PowerPoint, Recording, and Speaker bios are available HERE. You will be asked to enter your name and email address prior to accessing the recording Local, Regional, State, and Federal entities. On-demand Online National Institute of Health: Social Media Analysis During Disasters On-demand Online Courses FEMA distance based learning courses The purpose of this course is to help you develop and implement a plan that will help you effectively monitor and analyze disaster information on social media. This self-paced course fulfills one of the requirements of the MLA Disaster Information Specialization, Advanced Level. The course provides three Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education (CE) credits. Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. Find Course HERE Find website here For emergency managers, information specialists, other decision makers responding to large-scale disasters. - 6 -

On-demand Online NACCHO: Building Workforce Resilience through the Practice of Psychological First Aid A Course for Supervisors and Leaders On-demand Online videos Disaster Resilient Communities Group July 11, 18, and 25 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Webinar Disaster Training Video of the Day Emergency Management Institute Weekly EMI e-forums Individuals in health, public health, and emergency management leadership roles are faced with many challenges when their organizations are activated in response to a disaster. Although mechanisms and processes are in place to support these responses, the abrupt change in focus from normal operations to disaster response operations and the intensity of these devastating events increase the level of urgency and stress for the entire organization. The course introduces leaders to the concept of Psychological First Aid as a leadership tool to build workforce resilience and provides an opportunity for leaders to apply PFA within scenario-based exercises The videos found in this library cover disaster related mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery training. Videos include: Fire Response Radio Communications Preparing Your Home for a Wildfire Extreme Heat Preparedness EMI e-forums: EMI e-forums are 1-hour, moderated, webinar discussion forums that provide an opportunity for EMI and the emergency management community to discuss matters of interest on national preparedness training. EMI e-forums facilitate a discussion of whole communitypresented best practices. The panel members are whole community, with topics relevant to whole community. 7/4 Nothing scheduled due to Independence Day Holiday. 7/11 Continuity Excellence Series, Level I and Level II. 7/18 Healthcare Facility Emergency Management. Is it really a different animal? Best Practices in the Healthcare Community. 7/25 The EMPP Recommended Professional Reading List and Book Clulb. Free Register HERE Free See the Disaster Resistant Communities Group website for more videos and resources Login link: EMI e-forums See Training announcement. For questions contact the Emergency Management Institute Conference call-in: 800-320-4330, PIN 107622 Individuals in health, public health, and emergency management leadership roles These exchanges of ideas are free of charge and available to anyone who wishes to participate. - 7 -

Exercises July 17, 18, 19 August 7, 8, 9 August 21, 22, 23 Virtual Tabletop Virtual Tabletop Virtual Tabletop Catastrophic Incidents Cyber Coordination Non-Stafford Act Incidents / Infectious Disease and Biological Incidents / Complex Terrorist Attacks Spring 2019 King County Full Scale Medical Countermeasures Exercise 2022 State Cascadia Rising 2.0 FEMA 4th Quarter Fiscal Year 2018 planned broadcast dates for Virtual Tabletop Exercises in support of the 2017-1018 seven Principle Objectives: 1. Intelligence and Information Sharing 2. Non-Stafford Act Incidents 3. Complex Terrorist Attacks 4. Cyber Coordination 5. Recovery Coordination 6. Infectious Disease and Biological Incident 7. Catastrophic Incidents For more information please see HERE. King, Pierce, Snohomish and Clark counties will be conducting a full-scale exercise around medical countermeasures distribution. Not yet released Scenario: Dam Failure Course: V0001 Virtual TTX Scenario: Cyber Course: V0001 Virtual TTX Scenario: Chlorine Course: V0001 Virtual TTX For more information please contact Cristin Corcoran ccorcoran@snohd.org A community-based group (not individual participation) of at least five or more personnel from local or State emergency management organizations with representation from all emergency management disciplines - public safety, public works, public health, health care, government, administrative, communications, military, private sector, non-governmental, and critical stress professionals. Resources Resource Online U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) Security of Soft Targets and Crowded Places Resouce Guide was recently released. The guide contains matrices as well as resource descriptions and links and contact information. SecuritySoftTargetsCrowdedPl aces+resourceguide.pdf Everyone, businesses, government, and first responders. Security of Soft Targets and Crowded Places Resource Guide - 8 -

Resources Online Preparedness & Emergency Response Learning Centers Resources Online Emergency Management Division of Washington Resources Online Northwest Center for Public Health Practice Training Catalog Search over 400 competency-based online trainings and other learning materials to find resources for building knowledge and skills in emergency preparedness and response. The Washington Military Department is committed to its goal of minimizing the impact of disasters on our communities, property, economy and environment in Washington state. That means leading a comprehensive Training and Exercise program to ensure our first responders, emergency managers, government leaders, non-governmental partners, and private citizens have the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform key tasks when a disaster strikes. The Washington State Training and Exercise Plan (TEP) 2018-2020 (PDF) provides a roadmap to accomplish this goal. NWCPHP is pleased to announce the release of a new online catalog with more than 400 emergency preparedness trainings and other learning materials. Public health professionals and their partners can use these resources to enhance the preparedness and response skills of individuals and teams. Resources Website TRACIE ASPR has launched a Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE), a gateway developed to meet the needs of regional ASPR staff, healthcare coalitions, healthcare entities, healthcare providers, emergency managers, public health practitioners, and others working in disaster medicine, healthcare system preparedness, and public health emergency preparedness. http://perlc.nwcphp.org/perlctraining-search Training and Exercise information is located HERE Contact Justin Fordice, State Training Officer/Training Program Supervisor at (253) 512-7056 or email justin.fordice@mil.wa.gov Information HERE For more resources, consult the ASPR TRACIE website and view new news HERE. Resources Online Emergency Services Sector Continuity Planning Suite New resource: Issue 7 of the Exchange: Health Professionals share lessons learned related to pre-hospital care, trauma, and emergency response from mass shootings at a large outdoor concert attended by thousands, a nightclub that held hundreds, and a relatively small place of worship. The Emergency Services Sector Continuity Planning Suite (ESS-CPS) provides a centralized collection of existing guidance, processes, products, tools, and best practices to support the development and maturation of continuity planning. Continuity planning enables first responders to complete their essential functions and fulfill their mission to save lives, protect property and the environment, assist communities impacted by disasters, and aid recovery from emergencies. For more information see the Emergency Serivces Sector Continuity Planning Suite. First responder community - 9 -

Resources Online National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) Resources Online The Train Learning Network Launched in June 2012, the National Information Sharing Consortium (NISC) strives to improve the state of public safety and emergency management information sharing and interoperability through its commitment to four areas of responsibility sharing, connecting, innovating, and leading. No single function is performed in isolation they are all interconnected, collectively enabling the NISC to foster capacity building to all of our members on multiple levels. The TrainingFinder Real-time Affiliate Integrated Network, or TRAIN, is the nation s premier learning resource for professionals who protect the public s health. TRAIN is comprised of the national www.train.org site and participating TRAIN affiliate sites. TRAIN brings together agencies and organizations in the healthcare, public health, and preparedness sectors to share, disseminate, and track training through a joint learning network. Together, TRAIN s 26 state health and preparedness agencies, three federal partners (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medical Reserve Corps, and Veterans Health Administration), as well as additional national partners, offer more than 3,800 online opportunities to build skills and knowledge. For more information, see the NISC website. Visit www.train.org for valuable materials and information. organizations involved in all aspects of homeland security, public safety, emergency management and emergency response Conferences No conferences referenced at this time. - 10 -