E362 - Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Train-the-Trainer (TTT)

Course Purpose

This course provides teams with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to develop all-hazard school emergency operations plans for school emergencies. The course focuses on the phases of emergency management and explains how to use the Incident Command System (ICS) as the foundation for a school emergency response plan. By using ICS, school personnel will be able to coordinate their emergency activities with outside agencies in response to any situation. The course has seven units:

Unit 1: Course Overview and Introduction
Unit 2: Responding Using the Incident Command System
Unit 3: Developing the School Plan
Unit 4: Planning for Incidents Involving Violence
Unit 5: Training and Testing the Plan
Unit 6: Final Exercise
Unit 7: Course Summary and Wrap-Up

Train-the-Trainer course will present course content (Units 1-7) and a module on “Teaching the Course in the Field”.

Team Selection Criteria

Only State and local training teams should apply for the Train-the-Trainer course (E362).

Attendance will be limited to two teams from any state for each offering.

Submit applications as a “package” using the format below as a cover sheet. Place person’s name next to position that they are filling. DO NOT DUPLICATE POSITIONS.

First Responders:

• 1 person – Law Enforcement/School Resource Officer
• 1 person – Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS)/Public Health
• 1 person – Emergency Management

School District/School Officials – 5 people

• Superintendent /Assistant Superintendent
• Risk Manager
• School Security Official
• Transportation Coordinator
• School Safety Coordinator
• Principal or Vice-Principal
• Facility Manager or Building Engineer
• Counselor or Psychologist
• Food Service Coordinator
• School Safety Team Member
• Nurse

Course Length

4 days

CEUs

2.8

Admission Process

To reserve your space in the above course, a FEMA Form 75-5 (General Admission Application) should be submitted through your State emergency management office.

For information on enrollment, please contact the NETC Admissions Office, 301-447-1035.

For further information on the above course, please contact the program manager, Dawn Warehime, by email: Dawn.Warehime@dhs.gov.