This full-day class is designed for everyone responsible for your municipality’s emergency management program, including elected officials, municipal managers, road crew/public works personnel, and, most importantly, local emergency management coordinators (EMCs).

This full-day class is designed for everyone responsible for your municipality’s emergency management program, including elected officials, municipal managers, road crew/public works personnel, and, most importantly, local emergency management coordinators (EMCs).

This full-day class is designed for everyone responsible for your municipality’s emergency management program, including elected officials, municipal managers, road crew/public works personnel, and, most importantly, local emergency management coordinators (EMCs).

This full-day class is designed for everyone responsible for your municipality’s emergency management program, including elected officials, municipal managers, road crew/public works personnel, and, most importantly, local emergency management coordinators (EMCs).

This webinar will provide an overview of the state’s current energy assurance plan and efforts in relation to Emergency Support Function 12 - Energy. The presenters – DEP Energy Program Specialists – will facilitate a discussion regarding short and intermediate energy/fuels shortages with regard to local government planning efforts and emphasize the importance of proper planning for critical infrastructure.

Join us for this two-session presentation which discusses such topics as fire service, emergency management, police, ambulance service, mutual aid, homeland security, and municipal liability for volunteers.

In light of such hot topics as climate change and natural disasters, townships need to address floodplain management and mitigation internally and externally with the public. This webinar, presented by John Luciani of FirstCapital Engineering, Inc., will address the continuous improvement processes that need to be performed and how to address floodplain ordinance changes. Topics will include 100-year floods, the watershed approach, and hazard mitigation.

Townships and fire service organizations serve diverse communities across Pennsylvania and have struggled with decreasing volunteers and increased costs. This session will use lecture, small group discussions, and facilitated brainstorming to identify solutions to sustain or improve fire service in your community.

This workshop will focus on the impact of the pandemic on the commonwealth's EMS system, including the toll it's taken on agencies' finances and their workforces. It will also explore the safety and sanitization steps that EMS agencies are taking to protect the public from COVID-19.

Today, the actions of police are often viewed through the "social justice" lens. Protesters pressure elected leaders to make changes AFTER an incident becomes national news. But what can you do up front to minimize the chances that your township will be front-page news? The presenters will explain how understanding current law, implementing good personnel practices and policies, and providing direction and leadership can help mitigate these problems.