SEPA Disaster Training Institute 2025: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview

Thursday April 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT

Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview is an instructor-led, virtual instructor-led and web-based course for anyone involved in, or working with, American Red Cross Disaster Cycle Services, including those training to deliver services to disaster-affected clients. This includes disaster responders, disaster instructors, external community and government partners, unaffiliated (event-based) volunteers, and partners.

Speakers

Danelle Stoppel

Thomas Thomas

Thursday April 24, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Liberty

Sheltering Mass Care SRT Logistics

REQUIRED Prerequisites None
Recommended Pre-requisites None

9:30am EDT

Concept of Operations Basics

Thursday April 24, 2025 9:30am - 10:00am EDT

Liberty

Speakers

Danelle Stoppel

Thursday April 24, 2025 9:30am - 10:00am EDT
Liberty

Sheltering Mass Care SRT Logistics

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
Recommended Pre-requisites None

10:00am EDT

Everyone is Welcome

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT

Liberty

Everyone is Welcome is a basic instructor-led, virtual instructor-led and web-based course that informs the learner about the Red Cross commitment to excellent service delivery to individuals with access and functional needs, including those with disabilities by inclusion and integration of their varied needs before, during and after disasters. This course also provides tips for providing services to individuals with access and functional needs, including those with disabilities.

Speakers

Danelle Stoppel

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Liberty

Sheltering Mass Care SRT Logistics

REQUIRED Prerequisites None
Recommended Pre-requisites None

10:30am EDT

DST and HAM Radio Introduction

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Independence

Introduction to DST functions on Level 2 and 3 DROs which are supported locally and an introduction to HAM radio.

Speakers

Cliff Hotchkisss

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Independence

Logistics

10:30am EDT

Mass Care: An Overview

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Liberty

Mass Care: An Overview is a basic, web-based and instructor led course that provides an introduction to the Mass Care activities. The course introduces participants to the Sheltering, Feeding, Distribution of Emergency Supplies, and Reunification services that are provided by Mass Care to people affected by disaster. Participants will learn how to become involved in Mass Care roles.

Speakers

George Breslau

Thursday April 24, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Liberty

Sheltering Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
Recommended Pre-requisites None

12:00pm EDT

LUNCH

Thursday April 24, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Atrium

Thursday April 24, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium

Disaster Cycle Services

1:00pm EDT

Sourcing Fundamentals

Thursday April 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

Independence

Speakers

Steve Thomas

Thursday April 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Independence

Logistics

NOTE: Sourcing is a replacement of the Supply and Procurement GAPs which no longr exist

1:00pm EDT

Shelter Fundamentals v2

Thursday April 24, 2025 1:00pm - 3:30pm EDT

Liberty

Shelter Fundamentals v2 is a basic level course that introduces the roles and responsibilities for opening, operating and closing a shelter during a disaster. The course focuses on what new shelter workers need to know to work in a shelter.

Each delivery method of this course covers the same content. However, the instructor-led course has participant activities. Participants have the option of choosing the delivery method that is best suited to their learning preferences. This fact sheet describes all delivery methods unless otherwise indicated

Speakers

Hal Cohen

Ed Robold

Thursday April 24, 2025 1:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
Liberty

Sheltering Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
Recommended Pre-requisites None

2:30pm EDT

Warehousing Fundamentals

Thursday April 24, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

Independence

The instructor-led course contains the same content as the web-based course. A participant who completes either the classroom or the web-based course will be equally qualified to perform Warehousing tasks.

Speakers

Fred Lehman

Thursday April 24, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm EDT
Independence

Logistics

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Logistics: An Overview

3:30pm EDT

Deployment 101

Thursday April 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Atrium

Deployment Fundamentals for Responders Traveling Away from Home is a self-paced video course that introduces disaster workers to the expectations and responsibilities of being a disaster worker and prepares them for what to expect before, during and after a disaster assignment. The course is specifically for workers traveling to a location, usually outside of their own region and staying in lodging for 2 weeks or more.

Video will be followed by Q&A with people from SEPA who have deployed to national DROs.

Thursday April 24, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
Atrium

Sheltering Mass Care SRT

9:00am EDT

Client Care Program Overview

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT

Revolution

Client Care Program Overview is a 20-minute, basic level, web-based or virtual or instructor-led course. This course establishes a common understanding for how the Red Cross helps individuals, families and communities recover from disasters.

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
Recommended Pre-requisites None

9:00am EDT

Introduction to a DR Response in SEPA

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

Speakers

Steve Thomas

Larry Daly

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Logistics

NOTE: Explanation of how logistics responds to local DROs with examples and how volunteers can help

9:00am EDT

Govn't Ops Fundamentals (new class)

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Independence B

Government Operations Fundamentals is a basic level, instructor-led and virtual instructor-led course that introduces the roles, responsibilities and tasks of the Red Cross government liaison. The course content is based on Government Operations doctrine. Participants engage in activities and scenarios that Red Cross government liaisons typically encounter when representing the Red Cross throughout the disaster cycle.

Note: Government Operations Fundamentals replaced the Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command Liaison course in 2013. Anyone who completed the old course was not required to take the new one.

Speakers

Gerry De Luca

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Independence B

External Relations

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview
Recommended Pre-requisites IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System; IS 230 Fundamentals of Emergency Management; IS-700 An Introduction to the National Incident Management System; IS-800 National Response Framework, An Introduction

9:00am EDT

Feeding Fundamentals v2

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Independence A Computer Lab

Feeding Fundamentals v2 is a basic level course for disaster responders who conduct tasks associated with Feeding when supporting disaster relief operations (DROs).

The instructor-led course contains the same content as the online course. A participant who completes either the classroom or the online course will be equally qualified to perform the tasks.

Disaster workers who took the previous (2013) version of Feeding Fundamentals are required to take this new course within the next 6 months (by August 2018) or before deploying to a disaster operation in the feeding activity. If a learner is currently enrolled in the 2013 version of the course in the EDGE Learning Management System, that enrollment has been removed to ensure learners do not complete an outdated course. All learners must now enroll in the new version.

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Independence A Computer Lab

Feeding

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Mass Care: An Overview; Basic Food Safety
Recommended Pre-requisites None

9:00am EDT

Operations Management Intermediate Day 1 of 2

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Liberty

Operations Management: Intermediate is an advanced level, instructor-led, disaster leadership course. This course is intended for all disaster leaders and is designed for learners to apply concepts and develop their understanding of the Concept of Operations in a no-fault environment to manage up to Level 4 Disaster Relief Operations.

This course is the intermediate tier of the ConOps training strategy for training our workforce to manage Level 3 and 4 operations.

It is imperative that hosting units for this course only allow participants who meet the audience and prerequisite requirements listed below. Inexperienced participants may be confused by the high level of content presented and may not be able to successfully participate in the discussions. In addition, instructors will not be able to take the time to stop to explain terms and topics experienced participants should know.

Speakers

Division Instructors

Friday April 25, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Liberty

Leadership

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Relief Operations Planning Fundamentals; Supervising the Disaster Workforce; Concept of Operations Intermediate; Collaborating Essentials ; Disaster Relief Operations Planning Management
NOTE: Participants must complete an Application for Disaster Training (Form 5898H). Class is 2 days. MUST attend both days to receive credit.
Recommended Pre-requisites None

9:30am EDT

Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake

Friday April 25, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am EDT

Revolution

Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake is a basic level course for disaster workers who will need to conduct client intake during steady state and while supporting disaster relief operations (DROs). A participant who completes this online course will be qualified to perform these tasks.

Friday April 25, 2025 9:30am - 11:30am EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An OverviewClient Care Program Overview

10:30am EDT

Facilities Basics and Simulation

Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

Speakers

Steve Thomas

Larry Daly

Friday April 25, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Logistics

11:30am EDT

Detailed Damage Assessment for Disaster Action Team Response Operations

Friday April 25, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Revolution

Detailed Damage Assessment for Disaster Action Team Response Operations is a 30-minute, basic level, web-based or virtual or instructor-led course. This course is designed to train Disaster Action Team (DAT) members on how to perform a detailed damage assessment to determine client qualification for Immediate Assistance which is the financial assistance provided to clients under the Client Care Program.

Speakers

Griffin Schrack

Friday April 25, 2025 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Client Care Program Overview

12:00pm EDT

LUNCH

Friday April 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Atrium

Friday April 25, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium

Disaster Cycle Services

1:00pm EDT

Feeding Activity Introduction

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Independence A Computer Lab

Feeding Activity Introduction is a basic level course that is available as a video or an instructor-led course. The course introduces the tasks and responsibilities for disaster workers who support the Feeding Activity on a disaster relief operation (DRO). This course is also intended for Red Cross Feeding workers who are new to the Feeding Activity.

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Independence A Computer Lab

Feeding

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Mass Care: An Overview

1:00pm EDT

Client Care Program: Document Review for Intake Workers

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT

Revolution

Client Care Program: Document Review for Intake Workers is a basic level, web-based or virtual instructor-led training. This course augments the Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake training and focuses on the process for accurately completing Identity and Address confirmations.

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview, Client Care Program Overview, Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake

1:00pm EDT

Introduction to Fulfillment

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

Fulfillment is a GAP that supplies materials to shelters based on the concept of every day, every shelter, every need

Speakers

Steve Thomas

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Logistics

1:00pm EDT

Collaborating Essentials

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Independence B

Collaborating Essentials is a basic level, virtual and instructor-led course designed to promote and support collaboration at the Red Cross. Participants will engage in discussions and scenarios to determine the different skills and behaviors required for building and maintaining internal and external relationships. The course emphasizes the role that collaboration plays in the successful delivery of disaster services.

Speakers

Alana Mauger

Friday April 25, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Independence B

External Relations

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview

1:30pm EDT

Basic Food Safety

Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT

Independence A Computer Lab

Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Independence A Computer Lab

Feeding

1:30pm EDT

Client Care Program: Conducting Follow-up

Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Revolution

Client Care Program: Conducting Follow-Up is a basic level course designed to teach the process for conducting follow-up as a part of the Client Care Program through instruction, RC Care demonstration and follow-up participant practice in the RC Care Sandbox so caseworkers and supervisors can successfully execute assigned duties.

Friday April 25, 2025 1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview • Client Care Program Overview • Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake

2:30pm EDT

ERV Orientation and Driver Skills Assessment

Friday April 25, 2025 2:30pm - 5:00pm EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

The ERV Orientation and Driver Skills Assessment is a hands-on course for volunteers and employees who will operate an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV), a Red Cross specialty vehicle. Red Cross specialty vehicles include Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV) and Mission Response Vehicles (MRV).

Red Cross ERV Driver candidates must meet the minimum qualifications to drive a Red Cross vehicle (valid driver’s license, 3-year Motor Vehicle Record review, and completion of a defensive driving course accepted by the Red Cross).

Speakers

Mary Noll

Heidi Dampman

Friday April 25, 2025 2:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Logistics Feeding

REQUIRED Prerequisites BIO05OC006001EHS Defensive Driving; Specialty Vehicle Operations Fundamentals; Valid Driver’s License; Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Check
NOTE: Anyone who completes this course is also qualified to drive a Mission Response Vehicle (MRV), and are not required to complete the separate MRV Orientation and Driver Skills Assessment. Drivers will be required to complete a vehicle familiarization review as mandated by Corporate Fleet Management.

3:00pm EDT

Client Care Program: Recovery Planning

Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Revolution

Client Care Program: Recovery Planning is a basic level course designed to teach the process for recovery planning as a part of the Client Care Program through instruction, RC Care demonstration and follow-up participant practice in the RC Care Sandbox so caseworkers and supervisors can successfully execute assigned duties.

Friday April 25, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Client Care Program Overview; Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake

4:00pm EDT

Shelter Resident Transition with RC Care

Friday April 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Revolution

Shelter Resident Transition with RC Care is a basic level course designed to teach Shelter Resident Transition (SRT) Caseworkers having conversations with the primary client to capture their information in a new case and capture their shelter transition roadblocks using the SRT Service in RC Care.

Friday April 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Revolution

Mass Care SRT

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Client Care Program Overview; Client Care Program: Disaster Client Intake

9:00am EDT

Public Affairs Essentials

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT

Revolution

Public Affairs Essentials is a basic level, web-based or virtual, or instructor-led course. The course provides a general overview for Red Cross volunteers and employees who may have contact with traditional media, or use social engagement sites such as Facebook and Instagram.

Speakers

Alana Mauger

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Revolution

Communications

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview

9:00am EDT

Disaster Action Team Duty Officer Fundamentals & Exercise

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

Disaster Action Team Duty Officer Fundamentals is a virtual and instructor-led course that provides instructions to new and potential Disaster Action Team (DAT) Duty Officers on how to perform tasks and key job duties as a Duty Officer for local disaster responses.

Will be followed by an excercise.

Speakers

Michael Bradley

Daphne Hanford

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Duty Officers

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Disaster Action Team Response Fundamentals unless previously completed Disaster Action Team Fundamentals

9:00am EDT

Sheltering Simulation

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Constitution A

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Constitution A

Sheltering

9:00am EDT

Trailer Towing Certifications (no maximum)

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Parking lot

Speakers

Fred Lehman

Mary Noll

Heidi Dampman

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Parking lot

Logistics

9:00am EDT

Integrated Care and Condolence Team Fundamentals

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Liberty

Integrated Care Condolence Team Fundamentals supports the standards and procedures and highlights the unique aspects of working as a team to provide services to families and friends of missing, injured and deceased loved ones. The course was revised to align with ConOps 3.0 and new or revised doctrine. The changed content includes more information on fatality-related assistance and updated position descriptions.

Speakers

John Hoopengarten

Jane Hoopengarten

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Liberty

ICCT

9:00am EDT

Operations Management Intermediate Day 2 of 2

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Constitution B

Speakers

Division Instructors

Saturday April 26, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Constitution B

Leadership

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Relief Operations Planning Fundamentals; Supervising the Disaster Workforce; Concept of Operations Intermediate; Collaborating Essentials ; Disaster Relief Operations Planning Management
NOTE: Class is 2 days. MUST attend both days to receive credit.

10:00am EDT

Disaster Public Affairs: Visual Storytelling

Saturday April 26, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Revolution

Disaster Public Affairs – Visual Storytelling is a basic level course that can be taught virtually or in person. This course will help prepare participants to work as part of the communications team to effectively tell the Red Cross story to the public through photos and videos.

The course is intended to teach Red Cross volunteers and staff who are interested in serving in the Public Affairs activity on national Red Cross relief operations as Service Associates or Supervisors. This course is designed to teach Red Cross visual guidelines to a mixed audience of novice to expert photographers and videographers to support objectives during disaster. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in open discussions to reinforce important concepts and meet segment objectives.

Speakers

Alana Mauger

Saturday April 26, 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Revolution

Communications

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Public Affairs Essentials

12:00pm EDT

LUNCH

Saturday April 26, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Atrium

Saturday April 26, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Atrium

Disaster Cycle Services

1:00pm EDT

Disaster Public Affairs: Writing for the Red Cross

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Revolution

Disaster Public Affairs – Writing for Red Cross is a basic level course that can be taught virtually or in person. This course is designed to prepare participants to work as part of the public affairs team to effectively tell the Red Cross story to the public through written work for multiple platforms.

The course is intended to teach Red Cross volunteers and staff who are interested in serving in the Public Affairs activity on national Red Cross relief operations as Service Associates or Supervisors. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in case-based scenarios, group exercises, practice activities and open discussions. These participatory activities reinforce important concepts and meet segment objectives.

Speakers

Alana Mauger

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Revolution

Communications

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Public Affairs Essentials

1:00pm EDT

Shelter Supervisor

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 4:30pm EDT

Valley Forge - Washington Square

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
Valley Forge - Washington Square

Sheltering

1:00pm EDT

Adult and Pediatric/First Aid/CPR/AED

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Constitution A

Saturday April 26, 2025 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Constitution A

Disaster Cycle Services

3:00pm EDT

Disaster Public Affairs: Media Relations 101

Saturday April 26, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Revolution

Disaster Public Affairs – Media Relations is a basic level course that can be taught virtually or in person. This Media Relations training course is designed to prepare participants to work as part of the public affairs team to effectively tell the Red Cross story to the public through traditional media outlets by using proactive, reactive and interactive tactics

The course is intended to teach Red Cross volunteers and staff who are interested in serving in the Public Affairs activity on national Red Cross relief operations as Service Associates or Supervisors. This course will introduce the critical tasks necessary to initiate a disaster public affairs response with local and regional media. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in case-based scenarios, group exercises, practice activities and open discussions. These participatory activities reinforce important concepts and meet segment objectives.

Speakers

Alana Mauger

Saturday April 26, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Revolution

Communications

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Public Affairs Essentials

9:00am EDT

Adult and Pediatric/First Aid/CPR/AED

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Constitution A

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Constitution A

Disaster Cycle Services

9:00am EDT

Disaster Assessment Fundamentals v2

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm EDT

Revolution

Disaster Assessment Fundamentals v2 is a basic level course that is available in two delivery methods: web-based and instructor-led. The course introduces the tasks and responsibilities of Disaster Assessment responders on a disaster relief operation. This revised (v2) course has new content around updated damage classifications, use of the Disaster Assessment Pocket Guide, and information on the use of the RC Collect application.

Because of the new content, all Disaster Assessment workers must take the new course by March 2020 in order to retain their position. Current Disaster Assessment workers are encouraged to take the revised course before deploying in Disaster Assessment on a disaster relief operation.

Both delivery methods of this course cover the same content. Participants have the option of choosing the delivery method that is best suited to their learning preferences. This fact sheet describes both delivery methods unless otherwise indicated.

Speakers

Susan Davis-Kienscherf

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Revolution

Information Planning

9:00am EDT

Supervising the Disaster Workforce

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT

Constitution A

Supervising the Disaster Workforce is a basic level course for disaster workers who want to attain a supervisor position in their chosen activity.

To meet the training requirements for a group and activity supervisor position in Volunteer Connection, completion of the entire Supervising the Disaster Workforce course is required. This course cannot be abbreviated.

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 4:30pm EDT
Constitution A

Disaster Cycle Services

9:00am EDT

Operations Management Advanced

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Constitution B

Operations Management: Advanced is an advanced level, instructor-led course designed to provide leadership and critical thinking skills to the Operations Management workforce. Participants will apply key leadership competencies across each of the phases of a disaster.

This course is intended for all prospective Assistant Directors (ADs) and higher, and is a prerequisite for (planned) AD-specific modules. Operations Management: Advanced is required to be promoted to AD or higher.

Speakers

Division Instructors

Sunday April 27, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm EDT
Constitution B

Leadership

REQUIRED Prerequisites Disaster Cycle Services: An Overview; Mass Care: An Overview; Mission Cards – Cardholder Overview; Concept of Operations Basics; Deployment Fundamentals for Workers Traveling Away from Home; Everyone is Welcome; Shelter Fundamentals v2; Disaster Relief Operations Planning Fundamentals; Logistics: An Overview; Psychological First Aid: Helping Others in Times of Stress; Public Affairs Essentials; Supervising the Disaster Workforce; Concept of Operations Intermediate; Operations Management: Intermediate; Disaster Relief Operations Planning Management