General Training

 
       The following links present multiple titles of online (and some classroom) training topics that are

       available to you.

Government and special organization resources

• MRC TRAIN

An optional learning management resource containing topics useful for MRC volunteers.  Click here to display descriptions of the topics listed below. Webinar: How to use MRC TRAIN.
    

• MEMA Courses (primary source)  Classroom training

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency calendar of classroom training.  Presents emergency preparedness training, seminars, workshops and conferences to state and local first responders.

• Region 4a Public Health Emergency Response Coalition Training Calendar

Out of our region but we are welcome to attend.

• DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness

Provides high quality all-hazards training, including public health, health care and public safety personnel, with a focus on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incident preparedness, response and recovery. 
 

• FEMA Online Training

      59 Independent Study courses. Click on each course name for more information.

• Massachusetts Medical Society

• Pandemic Flu: Practical Information and Strategies for Preparedness 2008

• Know the Response: Disaster Management and Communication for the Health Care Provider, 2008

• MA Responds Training, 2012

• University of Minnesota: Mass Dispensing Sites: A Primer for Volunteers

We encourage all of our MRC Volunteers to take this important course. Please let the MRC Coordinator know when you have completed it.

University Resources

• University of North Carolina, School of Public Health

• University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health

• The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

• State University of New York at Albany, School of Public Health

• Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health Basic Emergency Preparedness for all Public Health Workers—Only online course, very good introduction!! 

• University of Minnesota, Center for Public Health Preparedness, School of Public Health

Just in Time Training Resources

• http://www.drc-group.com/project/jitt.html - Free online just-in-time training video, and many other great training videos