8am - 4pm
MEMA sponsored CERT Train the Trainer Course. November 13 through 15, 8am to 4pm.
Click here to register.
MEMA sponsored CERT Train the Trainer Course. November 13 through 15, 8am to 4pm.
Click here to register.
Community Health Programs of Great Barrington, MA is sponsoring a Psychological First Aid Training on Friday, October 25, 2013 from 8:30am – 4:30pm. Continuing Education Units have been requested for Psychologists, EMS, and LADC.
For the information flyer, click here.
To register, click here.
Would you like to be safer in a disaster? Do you want your community to be more resilient? If “YES” then this class is for you!
Let’s Make a Plan (LMaP) is a free 90 minute community education workshop designed to teach you how to prepare yourself and your family for emergencies. This preparation makes the whole community more resilient, because if you have an emergency plan you are more capable of helping yourself and then reaching out to help your neighbors. The workshop is intended to meet the needs of older adults, families, children, people with mobility issues and other health concerns, etc. You will leave the workshop having started your emergency plan and with addtional resources for continuing the preparation process. Also, you will receive—for free, as supplies last—items necessary to start your own emergency preparedness kit!
Registration: Click here for online registration (preferred) or with Rebekah at admin@frcog.org and (413)774-3167 x101
Part of the WRHSAC Faithbased Community Partners for Preparedness Project
The Pioneer Valley COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disasters” is actively recruiting Franklin County organizations to become members. The COAD is in the process of writing an emergency response plan and practicing it so response to the next disaster is a more efficient and coordinated effort. If you work for a human service or faith-based organization, civic club, or other community organization that might have resources to help disaster victims, please contact Tracy Rogers at 413-774-3167 x118 or regionalprep@frcog.org for more information. The next COAD meeting will be 11/4 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. at the John W. Olver Transit Center, 12 Olive St, Greenfield
Thank you to MassLive.com for publishing this article on WRHSAC’s Faith Community Partnering for Emergency Preparedness Emergency Rest Center project.
Faith Community Partnership new blog post provides and overview of the current efforts to build emergency rest center network in western Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has issued Hurricane Evacuation Guidance for 2013. This flyer provides useful preparedness planning information for you and your family included: how to receive emergency notices; how to prepare for possible evacuation; what to do if public officials ask you to evacuate; and what to take with you.
Let’s Make a Plan (LMaP) is a free 90 minute community education
workshop designed to teach you how to prepare yourself and your family
for emergencies. This preparation makes the whole community more resilient,
because if you have an emergency plan you are more capable of
helping yourself and then reaching out to help your neighbors. The workshop is intended to
meet the needs of older adults, families, children, people with mobility issues and other
health concerns, etc. You will leave the workshop having started
your emergency plan and with additional resources for continuing
the preparation process. Also, you will receive—for free—items
necessary to start your own emergency preparedness kit!
Class size limited to 15. Register by calling or emailing Lindsey Britt at 413-774-3167 x136
Download the event flyer
The Western Region Homeland Security Advisory Council awarded funds to the Franklin Regional Council of Governments to conduct a Disasters and Town Management Training Series. This series focused on providing members of town management, such as Selectboard members, Town Administrators and other officials, with pertinent skills to better prepare them for their roles in relation to All Hazards planning, response and recovery. The training gave particular focus to the role of town management in recovery from natural disasters. The series took place from October 2012 through January 2013. The following videos of the training series are available for viewing on the WRHSAC video page.
The Western Massachusetts Tech Rescue Team continues to take formation. WRHSAC has supported the development of the team with funds for both training and equipment. The Hampshire Gazette recently caught up with the team during a training day in Northampton. The article can be found here.
