Continuing Education

LOCAL

• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

• Lane Preparedness Coalition: Hosts quarterly trainings to enhance each member’s ability to educate the community about their efforts to mitigate, respond to, and continue critical operations during, and recover from crisis and disaster events.

STATE

• Oregon State Training Calendar

• Preparing for the Cascadia Subduction Zone Event: In this interactive course, residents and guests of Oregon and other western states can become aware of the Cascadia Subduction Zone Event and learn how to prepare for it. This course is offered free to the public on eXtension.org through Oregon State University Extension.

• WA State Emergency Management Division Calendar 

REGIONAL / NATIONAL

• FEMA Region X Training Opportunities 

• FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI)

• Online Independent Study Courses: The FEMA Emergency Management Institute offers free, self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities as well as the general public. To complete the courses, you will need to obtain a FEMA Student Identification Number. Some of the courses relevant to COAD include:

• • IS-0100.b: Introduction to Incident Command System

  • IS-0200.b: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

  • IS-0288.a: The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Emergency Management

  • IS-0244.b: Developing and Managing Volunteers

  • IS 700.B NIMS, Intro to National Incident Management System(updated 6/25/18)

  • ICS 100.C, Intro to Incident Command System (updated 6/25/18)

  • IS 909 Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone, (updated 10/31/13)

  • IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (updated 3/11/19)

  • IS-703.B: NIMS Resource Management (updated 5/4/20)

  • IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction (updated 10/31/13)

  • IS-800.D: National Response Framework, an Introduction (updated 5/6/20)

  • IS-0806: Emergency Support Function (ESF) #6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services