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April

4/2/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

***Postponed***G0489 Management of Spontaneous Volunteers
This course aims to introduce the keys to success in managing large numbers of spontaneous volunteers in disasters. Its underlying assumption is that much of the volunteer help is indeed needed, and that with basic emergency management coordination skills, the volunteer resources can often be put to effective use, making a positive difference in the affected community.

Kitsap County Dept of Emergency Management

4/7/2020
8:00 AM to 4/9/2020 5:00 PM

***Postponed***G2300 Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate, through activities and a Final Exam, the managerial and operational roles of the modern-day EOC as a NIMS Command and Coordination functional group operating within a Multiagency Coordination System (MACS)

Kitsap County Emergency Operations Center

4/7/2020
8:00 AM to 4/9/2020

*Postponed*ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.

Seattle Municipal Tower

4/9/2020
8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

***Postponed***AWR-136 Essentials of Community Cybersecurity
Worried about the vulnerability of your computer systems and networks and how it affects your community? Register today!

Spokane County Water Resource Education Center

4/14/2020
7:30 AM to 4/16/2020 5:00 PM

ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
Class size limited; preference is given to City of Pierce County employees.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

4/14/2020
8:00 AM to 4/15/2020 5:00 PM

***Postponed***PER-326 Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security for Freight by Rail or Highway (STEPS Freight)
The Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security for Freight by Rail or Highway (STEPS-Freight) course goal is to provide participants with the training necessary to identify the roles and responsibilities of preparedness, prevention, and response to emergencies involving surface transportation freight and passenger systems.

Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center

4/15/2020
8:00 AM to 4/16/2020 4:00 PM

***Postponed***ICS-400 Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for ICS 400.

Spokane, WA

4/20/2020
8:00 AM to 4/24/2020 5:00 PM

*POSTPONED* Telecommunicator 1 - Basic Call Taking
New Call Takers with 0-3 months experience OR those needing to recertify!

City of Richland Shops

4/20/2020
8:00 AM to 4/22/2020 5:00 PM

ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS).

Tacoma Public Utilities Headworks (Green River)

4/20/2020
8:00 AM to 4/25/2020 5:00 PM

R0200 Leadership Strategies for Community Risk Reduction
This six-day course is designed for the student who has or will have responsibility to develop, implement and lead community risk reduction and health programs to include human-caused, natural disasters, and health risks.

Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue

4/21/2020
8:00 AM to 4/22/2020 5:00 PM

***Postponed***MGT-315 Critical Asset Risk Management
Through a combination of lecture, facilitated discussion, and group activities, participants will learn how threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences determine risk, and are given an opportunity to practice the fundamentals of conducting vulnerability assessments by conducting on-site assessments of select local facilities.

Spokane Community College, Lair Center (Bldg 6)

4/21/2020
8:00 AM to 4/23/2020 5:00 PM

*POSTPONED* L0102 Science of Disaster
This course provides the participants with an overview of scientific principles and concepts that shape our increasingly dangerous world.

Pierce County Emergency Operations Center

4/23/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

***POSTPONED***G0191 EOC-ICS Interface
The goal of this professional development course, E/L/G 0191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface, is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles.

King County Office of Emergency Management

4/28/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

*Postponed*AWR-148 Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents - Partnering Rural Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Local School Systems
This eight-hour awareness-level course for school administrators and emergency responders will educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators and staff to effectively respond to an emergency involving a school building or an entire school system.

North Central Educational Service District (NCESD)

4/28/2020
8:00 AM to 4/29/2020 5:00 PM

Northwest Region Training Center

4/29/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

***Postponed***AWR-219-1 Site Protection through Observational Techniques (SPOT) + Train-the-Trainer
Emergency responders, security professionals, security support staff, and the public must work together to identify suspicious objects, substances, and people. This course trains public safety personnel to improve their observational techniques by using a four-step ongoing screening process. Register today!

University Place Police Headquarters

4/29/2020
8:30 AM to 4/30/2020 5:00 PM

PER-326 Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security for Freight by Rail or Highway (STEPS Freight)
The Surface Transportation Emergency Preparedness and Security for Freight by Rail or Highway (STEPS-Freight) course goal is to provide participants with the training necessary to identify the roles and responsibilities of preparedness, prevention, and response to emergencies involving surface transportation freight and passenger systems.

Woodinville Fir & Rescue HQ/ Station 31

4/30/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

University Place Police Headquarters

4/30/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

***Postponed***AWR-376 Understanding a Targeted Cyber Attack
This course provides students with a firm understanding of an advanced persistent threat. This knowledge will place them in a better position to plan for, and recover from inevitable cyber attacks. This course will fill the gap in threat specific training for cybersecurity as a community driven course that will focus on the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT); describing, analyzing and demonstrating the phases of an APT and the attack methods used. The course will also provide participants with prevention, mitigation and response techniques that correspond with the cyber kill chain and the NIST cybersecurity framework.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

May

5/5/2020 8:00 AM

*Postponed*ICS-400 Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for ICS 400.

Seattle Municipal Tower

5/7/2020
8:00 AM to 5/8/2020 5:00 PM

MGT-409 Community Healthcare Planning and Response to Disasters
This course examines the need for collaboration among responders in a community-wide disaster response.

Kitsap County Emergency Operations Center

5/11/2020
8:00 AM to 5/14/2020 5:00 PM

*POSTPONED*Communication Training Officer
32 hour class for those tasked with training, supervisory and leadership positions within their PSAP

Spokane Fire Department Training Center

5/12/2020
8:00 AM to 5/14/2020 5:00 PM

G0428 CERT Train-the-Trainer Course
This course produces competent instructors for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Training course. Selection Criteria: People who will serve as the Course Manager for the CERT Basic Training course and people who will be CERT Basic Training course instructors in any capacity.

Jefferson County

5/12/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

PER-294 Testing an Emergency Operations Plan in a Rural Emergency Operations Center
Does your EOP work? This eight-hour performance-level course has been designed with a proactive approach to testing rural and tribal communities Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) environment.

Skagit County DEM

5/13/2020
8:00 AM to 5/14/2020 12:00 PM

G0358 Evacuation and Re-Entry Planning Course
This 12-hour course provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement an evacuation and re-entry plan for their jurisdictions. It uses a community''s vulnerability analysis and evacuation plan. It also addresses evacuation behavior and recommends methods to make evacuation and re-entry more efficient. This course does not address the decision to evacuate or re-enter.

Kitsap County Dept of Emergency Management

5/14/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

MGT-414 Advanced Critical Infrastructure Protection
The course will implement the National Preparedness Goal by facilitating the development of Resiliency Action Plans, involving all jurisdictional critical infrastructure partners.

Spokane Community College, Lair Center (Bldg 6)

5/18/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

*Cancelled*AWR-362 Flooding Hazards: Science and Preparedness
Flooding Hazards: Science and Preparedness is an awareness-level, eight-hour course that addresses the current science of the causes of floods (both meteorological and otherwise), flood forecasting, flood risk assessment, and best practices for preparation and mitigation for both short- and long-fuse flooding events. Register today!

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

5/18/2020
8:00 AM to 5/21/2020 5:00 PM

*POSTPONED*Public Safety Communications Supervisor
32 hour class for those specifically tasked with supervisory or leadership positions within your PSAP

Moses Lake Multi-Agency Communications Center

5/18/2020
8:00 AM to 5/22/2020

L0388 Advanced Public Information Officer
The National Response Framework (NRF) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) devote significant attention to the importance of emergency public information. With public information included as a function within NIMS and ICS, it is critical to address and provide training for this important element of emergency management. Selection Criteria: Full-time public information personnel who have completed the prerequisites. Applications for this course will be reviewed on an on-going basis, with registrants notified no later than 2 weeks prior to the course start date. *THERE IS NO STIPEND OR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS COURSE*

King County Office of Emergency Management

5/19/2020
7:30 AM to 5/20/2020 5:00 PM

ICS-400 Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for ICS 400.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

5/19/2020
8:00 AM to 5/20/2020 5:00 PM

G0205: Recovery from Disaster: The Local Community Role
This course is the condensed version of the 4-day E0210 resident course. This course covers foundational concepts in disaster recovery and the latest guidance on recovery planning.

Spokane, WA

5/21/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

G0191 EOC-ICS Interface
The goal of this professional development course, E/L/G 0191 Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface, is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles.

Island Co EM

5/28/2020
8:00 AM to 5/29/2020 5:00 PM

L0146 Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
This course is directed to persons involved in exercise programs and/or exercise design, development, conduct, control, evaluation, and improvement planning. PLEASE NOTE: A completed FEMA Form 119-25 AND IS-120 certificate is required for registration.

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

June

6/1/2020
8:00 AM to 6/5/2020

L0101 Foundations of Emergency Management
Training objectives for this course are based on the newly established emergency manager competencies that the National Emergency Management Association; the International Association of Emergency Managers; and state, local, territorial, and tribal emergency management professionals have established in coordination with EMI.

Camp Murray, Pierce County Readiness Center (PCRC)

6/1/2020
8:00 AM to 6/3/2020 5:00 PM

Telecommunicator 2 - Basic Dispatcher
24 hour class for new Dispatchers with 0-3 months experience OR those needing to recertify!

City of Richland Shops

6/3/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

MGT-405 Mobilizing Faith-Based Community Organizations in Preparing for Disaster
This course emphasizes grassroots mobilization and coordination efforts as a means of engaging all faith communities, thereby reaching those marginalized communities most vulnerable to disaster, most frequently excluded from the planning process, and ultimately, most difficult to aid in recovery.

Snohomish County DEM

6/4/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Skagit County DEM

6/8/2020
8:00 AM to 6/9/2020 5:00 PM

Tacoma Public Utilities Headworks (Green River)

6/9/2020
8:00 AM to 6/11/2020 5:00 PM

G2300 Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate, through activities and a Final Exam, the managerial and operational roles of the modern-day EOC as a NIMS Command and Coordination functional group operating within a Multiagency Coordination System (MACS)

Spokane, WA

6/9/2020
8:00 AM to 6/11/2020 5:00 PM

MGT-323 Instructor Development Workshop
The course focuses on best teaching and training practices, and it enhances understanding of instructional competencies set by the International Board for Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI).

Camp Murray, Building 91

6/16/2020
8:00 AM to 6/17/2020 5:00 PM

Kitsap County Dept of Emergency Management

6/22/2020
8:00 AM to 6/24/2020 5:00 PM

Telecommunicator 2- Dispatch
24 hour class for new Dispatchers with 0-3 months experience OR those needing to recertify!

King County E911 Program Office

6/24/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

AWR-209 Working with the Media: A Short Course for Rural First Responders
Many rural first responder organizations do not have a full or part-time PIO on staff. Therefore, in the event that a first responder is thrust into the role of PIO, whether it be roadside at the scene of an emergency or detailing directions to the public in a crisis situation, it is important to under-stand how the media works and how best to work with the available media outlets.

Snohomish County DEM Training Room

6/30/2020

AWR-148 Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents - Partnering Rural Law Enforcement, First Responders, and Local School Systems
This eight-hour awareness-level course for school administrators and emergency responders will educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators and staff to effectively respond to an emergency involving a school building or an entire school system.

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

July

7/6/2020
7:30 AM to 7/8/2020 5:00 PM

ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
Class size limited; preference is given to City of Pierce County employees.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

7/6/2020
8:00 AM to 7/10/2020 5:00 PM

Telecommunicator 1 - Basic Call Taking
40 hour class for new Call Takers with 0-3 months experience OR those needing to recertify!

King County E911 Program Office

7/7/2020
8:00 AM to 7/8/2020 5:00 PM

King County Office of Emergency Management

7/15/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

AWR-356 Community Planning for Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery is a complex, costly, and potentially lengthy process. Depending on the scope of a disaster, recovery efforts can last years and cost millions of dollars. Planning has a direct positive impact on a community’s ability to recover from disasters. Planning for disaster recovery before disasters occur can significantly speed up and facilitate the post-disaster recovery process.

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

7/30/2020

MGT 415 Disaster Recovery in Rural Communities
Disaster Recovery in Rural Communities is an eight-hour planning and management-level course designed for public officials, community leaders, and private-sector representatives in rural communities who play key roles in the disaster recovery process. The course assists rural communities with effective and efficient implementation of recovery efforts, thus ensuring the best possible long-term social and economic recovery of their communities from disaster.

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

August

8/4/2020
8:00 AM to 8/5/2020 5:00 PM

G0288 Local Volunteer and Donations Management
The course is designed to strengthen the abilities of local jurisdictions to successfully prepare for and handle volunteer and donations management issues that may arise.

Snohomish County 911

8/6/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

AWR-160 Standardized Awareness Training
The course provides instruction in the individual actions for preventing and deterring terrorism and the identification of chemical and biological hazards or agents, radiological and nuclear hazards, and explosive devices and hazards.

Snohomish County DEM

8/11/2020
8:00 AM to 8/12/2020 5:00 PM

PER-220 Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents
This is a performance-level course designed to address fundamentals associated with emergency response to biological incidents

Thurston County OEM

8/12/2020
7:30 AM to 8/13/2020 5:00 PM

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

8/19/2020
8:00 AM to 8/20/2020 12:00 PM

Pierce County Emergency Operations Center

8/19/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

MGT-381 Business Continuity Planning
This course will help prepare business owners as well as executive level managers develop a comprehensive and effective business continuity program from start to finish.

Skagit County PUD

September

9/8/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

MGT-452 Physical & Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
The national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. This course encourages collaboration efforts among individuals and organizations responsible for both physical and cybersecurity toward development of integrated risk management strategies that lead to enhanced capabilities necessary for the protection of our Nation's critical infrastructure. Register today!

Spokane Community College, Lair Center (Bldg 6)

9/9/2020
8:00 AM to 9/10/2020 5:00 PM

G0235 Emergency Planning
This course is designed for emergency management personnel who are involved in developing an effective emergency planning system.

Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center

9/10/2020
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

AWR-331 Winter Weather Hazards: Science & Preparedness
This awareness-level course will fulfill the goals of the “whole community” approach to emergency management by reaching a broad sector of the community. Multiple core capabilities will be addressed, with particular emphasis on “public information and warning” and “threats and hazard identification.”

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

9/15/2020
8:00 AM to 9/17/2020 5:00 PM

Skagit County DEM

9/16/2020
8:00 AM to 9/17/2020 5:00 PM

Washington State EMD

9/21/2020
8:00 AM to 9/23/2020 5:00 PM

PER-221 Tactical Operations for CBRNE Incidents
This course addresses technical aspects associated with a tactical law enforcement response to a CBRNE incident

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue - Station 60

9/22/2020
8:00 AM to 9/24/2020

ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.

Seattle Municipal Tower

9/23/2020
8:00 AM to 9/24/2020 5:00 PM

G0361 Flood Fight Operations
This program addresses community planning and response options for riverine flooding.

Snohomish County DEM

9/28/2020
8:00 AM to 10/1/2020 5:00 PM

PER-228 Advanced Forensic Investigations for Hazardous Environments
This course addresses response in a hazardous environment, with emphasis on evidence collection and recovery, as well as the paradigm shifts that are required for crime scene investigators to safely conduct a crime scene investigation in these types of environments.

Seattle PD Quartermaster

October

10/5/2020

AWR-328 All Hazards Preparedness for Animals in Disaster
This course will introduce participants to the unique issues that must be considered and addressed when animals are involved in an emergency. There is a 4-hour, web-based portion of this course that must be completed by June 30, 2018! Register Now!

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

10/5/2020
8:00 AM to 10/7/2020 5:00 PM

PER-221 Tactical Operations for CBRNE Incidents
This course addresses technical aspects associated with a tactical law enforcement response to a CBRNE incident

Bellevue Public Safety Training Center

10/6/2020

MGT-448 All Hazards Planning for Animal, Agriculture & Food Related Disasters
This course will provide the background information needed to lead a multi-agency 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.

House of Awakened Culture - Suquamish, WA

10/13/2020
8:00 AM to 10/14/2020 5:00 PM

G0108: Community Mass Care and Emergency Assistance
This course provides training for local communities to prepare for and manage the Mass Care/Emergency Assistance (MC/EA) functions effectively. The goal is to prepare community agencies, organizations, and businesses to work together in coordination with Emergency Management and traditional MC providers to plan and provide MC/EA services to those affected by disaster.

Spokane, WA

10/13/2020 8:00 AM

Seattle Municipal Tower

10/14/2020
8:00 AM to 10/15/2020 5:00 PM

MGT-465 Recovering from Cyber Incident
The Recovering from Cybersecurity Incidents course is designed to provide guidance for the implementation of an effective cybersecurity incident recovery program.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

10/20/2020
7:30 AM to 10/22/2020 5:00 PM

ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
Class size limited; preference is given to City of Pierce County employees.

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

10/20/2020
8:00 AM to 10/22/2020 5:00 PM

Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center

10/21/2020
8:00 AM to 10/22/2020 5:00 PM

Kalispel Tribe Camas Center

November

11/4/2020
8:00 AM to 11/5/2020 3:00 PM

Island Co EM

11/9/2020
8:00 AM to 11/10/2020 5:00 PM

G0318 Mitigation Planning for Local Governments
This course provides plan developers with the information necessary to prepare and implement a local hazard mitigation plan..

Camp Murray, Pierce County Readiness Center (PCRC)

11/13/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Thurston County OEM

11/17/2020
7:30 AM to 11/18/2020 5:00 PM

Tacoma-Pierce County EOC

December

12/3/2020
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

MGT 415 Disaster Recovery In Rural Communities
Disaster Recovery in Rural Communities is an eight-hour planning and management-level course designed for public officials, community leaders, and private-sector representatives in rural communities who play key roles in the disaster recovery process. The course assists rural communities with effective and efficient implementation of recovery efforts, thus ensuring the best possible long-term social and economic recovery of their communities from disaster.

Whatcom Unified Emergency Coordination Center