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  • 1.  Preparedness Workforce Development and Training

    Posted 22 days ago
    Edited by Cagla Duyal 22 days ago

    Hello PPOM, 

    I wanted to follow up on the conversation we had in March regarding Workforce Development Trainings. While this won't serve as a formal repository since links are ever-changing, I wanted to start a discussion thread where member health departments can share which trainings they require, recommend, and/or use as substitutes, as discussed during our meeting.

    Below is taken directly from our Workgroup Policy Statement, with links to the courses added for reference.

    For ICS-300 and ICS- 400: 

      • Find a course via state/local emergency management or partner organizations
      • Register through their system (often Acadis, TRAIN, or local portals)
      • FEMA does not host these

    Tier 1 

    Tier 2 

    Tier 3 

    Tier 4 

    • Local all-hazards plan 

    • All Tier 1 and 2 

    • ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (

    • All Tier 1, 2, and 3 

    • ICS-400: Advanced ICS 

    Keep the conversation going by adding your health department's trainings for workforce development!



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    Cagla Duyal MPH
    Senior Program Analyst
    National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
    Washington DC
    (610)653-6576
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  • 2.  RE: Preparedness Workforce Development and Training

    Posted 22 days ago

    To continue the conversation, this was taken from our March Meeting Chat:

    The MRC Volunteer recommended trainings are:

    ICS 100, 200, 700, 800 and Disaster Health Core Curriculum Competencies (MRC TRAIN ID 4104)



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    Cagla Duyal MPH
    Senior Program Analyst
    National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
    Washington DC
    (610)653-6576
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  • 3.  RE: Preparedness Workforce Development and Training

    Posted 20 days ago

    Statewide, Florida requires IS 100, 200, and 700 (200 is a more recent addition). There are also mandatory trainings such as Public Records, Customer Focus, and Exposure Control offerings.

    Locally, we require annual emergency duty training, which includes personal preparedness planning, ICS refreshers, COOP, special needs sheltering, and body mechanics.

    For years we've required our leadership/management staff to take 300 and 400. 

    Two years ago, we added another LMS (we use TRAIN for most of our training), Fred Pryor. There is a suite of different "tracks" focused on everything from OSHA-related content to managerial development. I have mixed feelings on this platform since I think even when the material is pretty useful, the passive delivery simply doesn't work for a lot of staff. 

    Over the past several years I've worked to get a Verbal De-escalation class offered quarterly, and while it's not officially required, it is as good as such for our frontline, field, and leadership staff. 



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    Erin Bates
    Public Health Preparedness Program Manager
    Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County
    St. Petersburg FL
    (727)568-8025
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