Events


Making Mitigation Work Webinar Series

The Natural Hazards Center, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is pleased to present the Making Mitigation Work Webinar Series. These free one-hour webinars feature innovative speakers and highlight progress […]

EMS Command Challenges During Civil Unrest

This webcast will draw on the experiences faced by EMS supervisors and officers during civil unrest from the Ferguson events and from the protests in St. Louis County after the […]

Sport and Special Event Public Information and Emergency Notification

Hurlburt Student Center 224 Jefferson Street, 2nd Floor Combo Rm, Radford, VA, United States

Techniques used to deliver timely and accurate information in a complex information environment is challenging to any community or organization hosting a mass gathering. This interdisciplinary course brings planners, operators, […]

Sport and Special Event Public Information and Emergency Notification

Beacon Hall Conference Center 10945 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA, United States

Techniques used to deliver timely and accurate information in a complex information environment is challenging to any community or organization hosting a mass gathering. This interdisciplinary course brings planners, operators, […]

Sport and Special Event Risk Management

Richmond Ambulance Authority 2400 Hermitage Rd, Richmond, VA, United States

This course is designed to build capabilities for multi-agency collaboration pertaining to risk management for sport events. It introduces the seven-step sport security risk management process, including the idea of […]

L0101 Foundations of Emergency Management

Liberty University 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

FEMA recognizes the need to tie training programs to an established set of emergency management competencies and to a Career Development Program through a progressive training and education system that […]

When Disaster Strikes: Prepare, Act, Survive

Pulic Safety HQ - Fairfax 12099 Government Center Pkwy, Fairfax, VA, United States

This course is designed to prepare individuals who may be directly affected by a disaster help themselves, their family and other community members. Participants will learn how to develop a […]

AWR 209: Working with The Media: A Course for Rural First Responders

Rockbridge ECC 100 Baner Lane, Buena Vista, VA, United States

AWR 209 is a DHS/FEMA-certified, 8-hour, tuition-free course designed to provide rural first responders with the skills and knowledge to quickly adopt the role of public information officer (PIO) if/when […]

L0102 Science of Disasters

Liberty University 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

This course in the Emergency Management Basic Academy is designed to provide the participants with an overview of scientific principles and concepts that shape our increasingly dangerous world.

L0103 Planning: Emergency Operations

Liberty University 1971 University Blvd, Lynchburg, VA, United States

This course in the Emergency Management Basic Academy is designed to give basic concepts and planning steps to those new to the field of emergency management so that they may […]