🔵🔵 The Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security is hosting its 5th Annual Human Trafficking Virtual Summit with a focus on healthcare on Thursday, October 23, 2025, from 9 AM – 3:30 PM. Learn more and register.
🔵🔵 The Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (CAAP) will hold its 2025 CAAP Conference – “Rooted in Action, Rising in Impact,” from October 27-30, 2025, at the Eden Resort and Suites in Lancaster, PA. This year’s event will bring together leaders, innovators, and community members from across Pennsylvania and beyond to connect, learn, and share ideas that advance stability and opportunity in our communities. Together, we can ensure as many people as possible benefit from the conversations, tools, and inspiration this event provides. More information can be found here.
🔵🔵The National Association of Counties will present the webinar, GoFundMe’s Crisis Response Playbook: Trusted Solutions for Counties, on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 2 PM ET. Learn more and register.
🔵🔵 The Lehigh County Emergency Management Agency and Steve Crimando of Behavioral Science Applications will present the webinar: Emerging Trends in Mental Health: Implications for Workplace Violence Prevention, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 1 – 2:30 PM ET. Following the pandemic, the prevalence of mental illness among adults in the United States increased from 18.6% to 26.4%, according to data from Johns Hopkins, reflecting a rise from one in five to one in four adults. Projections indicate that mental health and substance abuse disorders may soon become the leading cause of global disability, surpassing physical diseases. Comprehensive understanding of the relationship between mental illness and targeted violence, alongside current mental health trends, remains crucial for those involved in violence prevention. Register.
🔵🔵 The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) will present “SPORT AND SPECIAL EVENT RISK MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING AWR-167” on November 6 and 7, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM both days, at the Monroe County Public Safety Center, 100 Gypsum Road, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. The Sport and Special Event Risk Management and Planning course is designed to develop capabilities for multiagency collaboration pertaining to sport and special event safety and security. Through activity-based training modules, participants will enhance their ability for planning, risk assessment, training, and exercising practices specific to conducting sport and special events. The expectation is for participants to return to their respective organizations and coordinate the development of a sport and/or special event risk management and planning process. There is no cost for the training and lunch will be provided at no charge to participants. Register.
🔵🔵 MGT 335: Event Security Planning for Public Safety Professionals will be presented om January 13 and 14, 2026, from 8 AM – 5 PM ET, at the Susquehanna County Public Safety Center, 210 Public Way, Suite 3, New Milford, PA 18834. MGT 335 is a DHS/FEMA-certified, tuition-free, 16-hour course designed to educate small and rural community public safety personnel, as well as local officials, regarding security concerns and considerations involved with planning any event. This course enables participants to recognize and plan adequate strategies and security measures to prevent or mitigate security incidents which may occur during scheduled events. This course reinforces the importance and magnitude of security planning required to execute a safe and effective event regardless of the size. Register. Deadline for registering is December 30, 2025. FEMA S.I.D. REQUIRED. Register for your FEMA Student Identification Number by visiting https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid. The noon meal will be provided.
🔵🔵 The Lehigh Emergency Services Training Academy (LESTA) was established to coordinate the delivery of training to all fire and rescue services, EMS and Law Enforcement within Lehigh County, PA. Through partnerships with several public safety training organizations, LESTA seeks to provide high-quality programs for firefighters and rescue personnel and is committed to meeting the training needs of all first responders in Lehigh County. Out of county students: It is LESTA’s policy not to turn away out of county students if in-county (LEHIGH) students are given priority. Read the latest Training Newsletter.
🔵🔵 AWR-423-W: Mass Care Shelter and Relocation Communication (Web based) is available on TRAIN. The estimated time of completion is 1.5 hours. This web-based course provides participants with an understanding of messaging for shelter and evacuation operations and reviews at-risk populations and messaging for the whole community. By the end of the course participants will be able to fulfill the following learning objectives:
- Identify multiple effective communication strategies for individuals and households about where to find information on evacuation and shelters.
- Identify the ways in which age- and culturally-appropriate warning and notification systems, evacuation protocols, and coordinating services for at-risk individuals are developed and disseminated in multiple platforms and multilingual, multicultural formats.
- Compare messaging approaches that can differ between jurisdictions and subpopulations
Access the course via TRAIN.
🔵🔵 The Lakeside Global Institute is a collegiate-style professional development training. The training both nurtures and supports individuals to grow in self-awareness while learning research-based information in many fields of study. Trainings sponsored by The CHG Charitable Trust beginning January 2026 are now open for registration. Learn more about the Intensive Courses and Workshops.
🔵🔵The Center for Domestic Preparedness is offering multiple courses virtually through October and November. Click on the links for more information.
🔵🔵The Disaster Research Response (DR2) Program provides training, funding, and a Resource Portal of tools to empower human health research in response to disasters and public health emergencies. Visit the DR2 Website.
🔵🔵 You can access the Bucks County Community College’s Training Catalog here.
🔵🔵 You can view the Lehigh County Emergency Services training schedule here.
🔵🔵 FEMA’s National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) resumed in- person resident instruction at the National Emergency Training Center campus in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and hasimmediate vacancies for Fiscal Year 2025. Visit training.fema.gov to explore NDEMU’s training opportunities. Highlights of the FY 25–26 Catalog
- Flexible delivery with in-person and virtual options for professionals and partners.
- Up-to-date coursework content aligned with current policy, best practices and emerging technology.
- Programs for every career stage, from entry-level practitioners to senior leaders.
- Advanced Courses for senior professionals, focusing on strategic decision making, public information, advancement of strategic and policy level executive leadership and operational planning
Apply early — seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Questions? Send an email to NDEMU at training.fema.gov.