#1 Debris Management Course (40 participants)

This 2-1/2 day workshop provides an overview of issues and recommended actions to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major debris-generating event (with emphasis on state and local responsibilities). Who Should Attend - local, state and federal personnel responsible for planning and/or implementing debris removal and disposal.

This is a 2-1/2 day workshop. The goals for this course are to: Open a dialogue with the Special Needs network that will lead to cooperative planning and appropriate response. Raise awareness of and commitment to planning for special needs populations. Provide personnel who are responsible for emergency planning with an understanding of the special needs populations and with knowledge required to develop and implement sound plans. At the end of this course, the participants should be able to: Define special needs populations at the local level.

Identify appropriate resources to assist in planning for special needs populations. Identify capabilities and limitations of the special needs network. Define key terms related to special needs planning.

Describe the special needs considerations in all phases of comprehensive emergency management. Identify the relationship between special needs planning and the community Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). Identify basic components of a special needs plan.

# 3 Hurricane Readiness Course for Coastal Communities (45 participants)

This 2 day course covers proven methods and techniques for planning response operations before and after a hurricane. Topics include hurricane hazards forecasting and decision aids, evacuation, shelter, refuges of last resort and initial post-storm response. Who should attend - planners responsible for developing or revising hurricane operations plans and procedures.

#4 Hurricane Readiness for Inland Communities
(30 participants)

The Hurricane Readiness for Inland Communities course is a 1 day course based on the recently developed field course G-363 Hurricane Readiness for Coastal Communities. This course differs from the latter by specifically discussing the inland hazards from tropical systems, highlighting the inland flood threat. This course also covers the tools that help analyze these threats, the planning decisions pre-season, pre-landfall, and post storm, with the concept of using a Hurricane Readiness Checklist. Instructors involved in this course would be from the National Weather Service and experienced emergency managers. The course is aimed at the local inland emergency manager to build their capacity to prepare and respond to tropical systems.

#5 Unified Hazard Mitigation Grant Assistance Application Development Course
(35 participants)

This 2 1/2 day course will provide grant applicants and sub-applicants the knowledge to develop and submit Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Applications. The course is intended for personnel of state and local governments, tribal governments and private non-profit (PNP) organizations that are eligible applicants or sub-applicants under HMA grants; and FEMA employees assigned to HMA grant activities. Recommended, but not required, that participants have already completed the following courses :E393.A - Introduction to Hazard Mitigation course; and IS212 - Introduction to Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance course.

National Weather Service (NWS) Training Session
"Communicating/Interpreting Crucial Weather Info During a Hurricane Impact"

(50 participants) Tuesday 3/30, 2010 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

This one day, off-site session is designed for emergency managers, NWS forecasters and broadcast media. Please indicate whether you have access to a car or need transportation to the workshop.

Hurrevac 1
(30 participants)

1/2 day course

Hurrevac 2
(30 participants)

1/2 day course

SLOSH Training
(30 participants)

1/2 day course

Hurrevac 3
(30 participants)

1/2 day course