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02/27/2013

Incompatibility with Internet Explorer 10 - Use Compatibility View or use a different browser - click on "course catalog" for more info

 

08/28/2012

New Course:
IDHS and IPSC 800 MHz Radio Training


08/13/2012

New Course:
Legal Issues in Emergency Management – PEM Academy Online Prerequisite

 

06/20/2011

New Course:
Responding to Functional Needs-
Contact Hours: Four (4)

 

04/12/2011

New Course:
Active Shooter
(Employee Response) -
Contact Hours: Four (4)

 

10/21/2010

New Course: Damage Assessment -
Contact Hours: Four (4)

 

09/28/2010

New Course: Meeting Facilitator - Contact Hours: Four (4)

 

05/10/2010:

New Course: Training Basics for Instructors (Contact Hours: 6)

 

09/23/2009

New Courses:

Effective Communications

Supervisors: Suspect Package & Suspicious Substance Awareness

08/04/2009

Board of Firefighter Personnel and Standards and Education - IAC 655 Revisions - check the course catalog

05/19/2009

Finally! Two new Courses online:

Autism Spectrum Disorder - Info for Firefighters and Emergency Service Personnel

Donations Management

11/10/2008

New Courses online:

Developing Volunteers

Standard Operating Procedures - SOPs

START Triage

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
12-002
IDHS and IPSC 800 MHz Radio Training
 All Local Responders
 08/28/2012
launch

Module 1 explains the need to communicate during an emergency, and how communication impacts the mission, saves lives, and ensures safety.
Module 2 explains the basic concepts associated with radio communication, factors that may affect system coverage, radio protocol, and radio frequency, also known as RF safety.
Module 3 describes how a trunked radio system operates and the issues associated with system interruption.
Module 4 explains how the 800 MHz radios support both routine daily use and emergency operations, and the importance of interpretability between and among responders.
Module 5: There are many radios that can be used on the statewide system. We give you two examples used and general programming information for these radios.

 

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
12-001
Legal Issues in Emergency Management – PEM Academy Online Prerequisite
 All Local Responders
 08/13/2012
launch

The Legal Issues in Emergency Management Online Prerequisite is part of the Legal Issues in Emergency Management course that will be offered through the PEM Academy on October 17, 2012.   In order to register for the classroom portion of the course, you must complete the online prerequisite.  You must complete both the online prerequisite and the classroom portion in order to receive credit for the course (there is no partial credit for participating in one portion of the course, but not the other).  In order to complete the online prerequisite you must complete all three online modules, take and pass the final quiz, print the results, and send a copy of the results with the registration for the classroom portion of the course.  You will not be enrolled in the classroom portion of the course until you have demonstrated completion of the online prerequisite.

 

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
11-002
Responding to Functional Needs
 All Local Responders
 06/20/2011
launch
The purpose of this course is to assist you in developing your repertoire of techniques used to identify and appropriately respond to victims of an emergency situation who may have a physical, cognitive, or emotional condition requiring attentiveness to their functional needs. 

Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
11-001
Active Shooter (Employee Response)
 All Local Responders
 04/12/2011
launch

This course is intended to provide information you can use if you and your coworkers find yourselves in an active shooter situation.

Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
10-003
Damage Assessment (Individual Assistance--Initial Assessment)
 County Emergency Management Staff, Damage Assessment Teams.
It is NOT intended for the general public.
 10/21/2010
launch

This course focuses on what you will need to know to conduct initial assessments for Individual Assistance (IA) operations after damage has occurred to homes or businesses of a community. Public Assistance (PA) assessments will not be discussed here.

Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
10-002
Meeting Facilitator
 All Local Responders 09/28/2010
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This course focuses on the methods and techniques needed to conduct effective collaborative problem solving and decision making meetings.

Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
10-001
Training Basics for Instructors
All Local Responders 05/14/2010
launch

The purpose of this course is to provide you with very basic information you may need to conduct more effective training in your organization.  We recommend the Indiana Department of Homeland Security Presentation Skills Course as an excellent follow-on course to improve your skills on the training platform, and for more experienced trainers we recommend the Master Trainer Program from the FEMA Emergency Management Institute which teaches you how to design and develop effective training.

Contact Hours: Six (6)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
09-005 Effective Communications All Local Responders 09/23/2009
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We all have communications skills, but like so many things they can be taken for granted and always can be improved. Communication skills affect both our professional and personal lives. We have learned to read, write, and speak and because of this, we feel that we communicate effectively. What we may not realize is that we are not as effective as we could be if we understood some of the things that take place in all of us during communications, especially important ones. There are many processes that combine to create this thing we call communications, and by becoming aware of them, you will be able to greatly enhance your communications effectiveness.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
09-004 Supervisors: Suspect Package & Suspicious Substance Awareness Supervisors 09/23/2009
launch

This course jointly offered by the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Administration, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is intended to help you, the supervisor, to protect yourself and your staff from illness, injury, or death from malicious packages or mail delivered to your workplace.

Because of the various threats posed by disgruntled former employees to terrorists, all employees of the government can become victims.
This course is intended to assist you in preparing your organization for response to an attack that uses a chemical, biological, or explosive agent or device.
This course is a partner to a similar course designed to help train employee preparedness and response to a similar type of attack.

Some of the situations presented in this course may be disturbing. It is not our intent to make you paranoid or afraid of everyone in the workplace. It is our intent to make you aware of the fact that there is always a potential for an attack at the workplace, and you, the supervisor, can play a critical role in averting it or lessening its effect. This course provides options you might not have been prepared for if you hadn’t taken it. Our aim is your preparedness.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
09-003 Board of Firefighter Personnel and Standards and Education - IAC 655 Revisions All Firefighters 08/04/2009
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The purpose of this course is intended to provide you an update of new changes to Indiana Administrative (IAC) Code 655, Indiana Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education which became effective January 14, 2009. It should answer questions you may have about your role as a firefighter, instructor, lead instructor, lead evaluator, evaluator and proctors in the State of Indiana.
Contact Hours: Two (2)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
09-001 Autism Spectrum Disorder All Local Responders 05/19/2009
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The purpose of this course is to assist you in developing your repertoire of techniques used to identify, rescue, triage, and treat victims of an emergency situation, especially those who may be suffering from Autism Spectrum Disorders.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? Why can knowledge of this disorder be important to an emergency responder? During this course, we will attempt to answer these questions and more so that you can more effectively respond to victims who have a special need.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
09-002 Donations Management All Local Responders 05/19/2009
launch

The purpose of this course is to provide you with information you may need to develop effective donation management for your organization. Total reliance on government funds limits the capability of a public sector organization to accomplish its mission. During any full-blown emergency, there are so many tasks to be accomplished and things the people need. Nothing is free, and some things don’t qualify for reimbursement. To a stricken community, donations of money, food, water, clothing, blankets, and cots are very welcome.
But, how do you manage all that in a way that it is effectively distributed and accountable.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
08-001 Suspicious Packages and Substances All Government Employees 11/01/2008
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This course is jointly offered by the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Administration, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and is intended to help you to protect yourself from illness, injury, or death from malicious packages or mail delivered to your workplace. Learning the signs of a potential attack and how to respond can save your life and the lives of those around you.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
08-002 Developing Volunteers All Local Responders 11/07/2008
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The purpose of this course is to assist you in developing a program or programs that use local volunteers as staff. There are times of emergency when local responders are overwhelmed with tasks that directly relate to saving lives and property, and restoring order to the community. Local volunteers can help by completing a multitude of tasks that free the responders to do their primary missions. Volunteers can be a valuable resource if properly planned for, trained, and utilized.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
08-003 Standard Operating Procedures - SOPs All Local Responders 11/12/2008
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The purpose of this course is to provide you with information you may need to develop effective standard operating procedures for your organization. Emergency management and public safety are complex functions by organizations of people. These functions cannot be accomplished efficiently, effectively, and safely without careful forethought of the methodologies to be used. This is especially true during emergencies. Properly crafted procedures assist the people of the organization to function as expected and as planned in situations where a disciplined approach is necessary. Standard operating procedures can mean the difference between chaos and order in an emergency.
Contact Hours: Four (4)

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Course No Course Title Audience Last updated Launch Course
08-004 START Triage All Local Responders 11/12/2008
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The purpose of this course is to provide you with knowledge of a system that will help you to quickly and effectively conduct medical triage on a mass casualty scene. When first responders arrive on a mass casualty emergency scene the rules of triage change. Responders must do the greatest good for the greatest amount of people injured. START Triage provides methodology and a system to accomplish that imperative.

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If you are an Indiana First Responder you do have a Public Safety ID Number (PSID) assigned to you by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

When you launch a course you will be asked for your PSID. It is crucial that you provide us with that number or you may not get credit for taking this online course. If you for some reason you do not have an Indiana Public Safety ID number or have questions about the PSID please contact: psidquestions@dhs.in.gov

If you reside outside Indiana, you are welcome to take the course. For tracking purposes please enter your state of residence in the PSID field.

Thank you.