Join your EMC colleagues from around the state at this highly-interactive session, and hear informative presentations from local and state emergency management personnel and hear the latest news and information from PEMA and TEMA. Additional presentations will address in-depth and practical ways to ensure the development and maintenance of an effective and efficient emergency operation program, and will highlight township exercise practices.

Many public employers do not understand their rights and liabilities under the Heart and Lung Act. As the result, improper benefits are provided and municipalities expend significant costs that may have been avoided. This webinar, presented by Scott Blissman and Ryan Cassidy of Eckert Seamans, will help you to identify who is and is not eligible to receive the generous benefits provided under the Act, what they receive, when benefits can be terminated and how. Learn to avoid the common mistakes made by employers which result in significant liability.

If you're not focused on volunteer recruitment and retention for your volunteer fire departments -- what are you focused on? This conversation will outline some of the forces converging on today's volunteers and will focus on offering solutions for the community and its first responders to move forward together towards adequate and affordable public safety services.

This three-day event was created just for you — newly elected (or veteran) supervisors, other newly elected officials, and new secretaries/managers. Learn the everyday tasks to running a municipality, explore the tools and resources available to help you do your job successfully, and experience real-life scenarios through discussion with experienced PSATS members.

With townships across the state faced with costs to respond to different types of emergency and catastrophic situations – from tornados to hurricanes to flooding and more – it is of critical importance that they know how to properly conduct preliminary damage assessments in order to maximize potential state and federal relief funds. In this webinar, Tom Hughes with PEMA will review best practices for damage assessments and review the path forward for PEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

With seemingly more frequent, severe storm events occurring, public works departments are busy with culvert and bridge repairs and replacements and stream maintenance activities. These activities may be regulated by the state or federal government. This webinar, presented by Beth Uhler, Project Manager at CEDARVILLE Engineering Group, will review what types of maintenance activities are allowable in streams, when to seek engineering assistance, and when a permit may be required.

This program will review the statutory and regulatory requirements for a municipality and their police department to properly implement Act 57, relating to background checks for law enforcement employment purposes and Act 59, relating to mental health evaluations and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for law enforcement officers. The program will also provide elected policy makers, municipal officials, Chiefs of Police and command staff with the best practices for implementation & recognizing the pitfalls.

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.

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.

This webinar will educate participants on how fire and emergency medical services (EMS) operate in Pennsylvania. Among the topics to be covered include the different types of fire-related services that may be offered, the different components of EMS and how they are structured and operated, and how municipalities can assist fire and EMS in handling the issues currently facing them, whether financial, operational or due to a lack of volunteers or staffing issues.