Course Catalog

The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the Basics of WEBEOC and how WEBEOC can enhance emergency communications.

Building awareness of future climate hazards and impacts that the emergency services sector may face is very important. This course helps emergency services and the community better prepare for the climate adaptations necessary and systems vulnerabilities that may occur from hazard impacts. Participants will be able to describe the principles of climate adaptation planning for emergency management and existing first response processes and will be able to discuss the impact of weather on critical infrastructure and key resources while explaining the concurrent effects of climate change on those impacts. Participants will also gain an understanding of how to identify and apply adaptation strategies to address local emergency services sector vulnerabilities. The course is also designed to provide opportunities for participants to learn about various resources that can be used to implement local climate adaptation strategies in their communities.

The goal of this course is to prepare the community and the emergency services sector for the climate adaptations and systems vulnerabilities that might occur from hazard impacts and to enhance awareness to future climate hazards and impacts that the emergency services sector may face.

This course discusses work-life balance. Upon completion of this course you will be able to: define work-life balance, analyze your current state of balance, apply strategies to balance your life, utilize techniques to maintain your balance. This course must be completed within 1 year of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to "CPTP 2015 Group 2 Capstone."

The Key Planning Factors and Considerations for Response to and Recovery from a Biological Incident (Bio KPF), Distance Learning (DL) Course, based on the similarly named guidance document, is designed to support the creation of plans and closure of response and recovery knowledge gaps by introducing biological incident specific planning considerations.

DHS Course

This course is intended to introduce the Public Assistance Grants Management staff to the Backlog Resolution Procedures. The Backlog Resolution Procedures outline the standardized method by which all Expense Reviews will be processed and reviewed. Further, the Backlog Resolution Procedures implement standardized checklists, timelines, and notations thereby ensuring consistency in the processing of all Expense Reviews amongst the Grants Management staff.

"One of the most important and valued characteristics of a well led team or organization is trust. Gaining the trust of those you supervise is vital to your success. Trust may take some time and effort to earn, but it can be destroyed in an instant by careless or thoughtless actions. This course is designed to help the supervisor gain, maintain, and if necessary rebuild the level of trust within his or her team. This course must be completed within 2 years of promotion. This course is a pre-requisite to ""2015 Supervisory Group 1 Capstone.""

This course is an alternate for the ""CPTP Ethical Behavior in the Workplace"" course. ""CPTP Ethical Behavior in the Workplace"" does satisfy this course requirement.

Each day brings new stories of people whose lives have been turned upside down. The disaster may be a natural occurrence, such as a tornado, or man-made, such as an active shooter. Either way, the destruction experienced by victims can be devasting.

Although we may not be able to avoid a disaster, we can be prepared for one.
• Prepared to minimize the damage to our lives and property.
• Prepared to survive.
• Prepared to help others.

Topics Discussed:
Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Kits
Tornadoes
Storms
Floods
Active Shooter Awareness