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).

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.

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.