Training Locations
Somerset County Training Locations
Flooding Hazards: Science & Preparedness (AWR-362).
There is no cost to attend this course.
Sessions:
Somerset County: Hillsborough, NJ
December 2, 2019: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration: https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/calendar/2019awr362sc
Description:
Flooding Hazards: Science and Preparedness is an awareness-level, eight-hour course that addresses the current science of the causes of floods (both meteorological and otherwise), flood forecasting, flood risk assessment, and best practices for preparation and mitigation for both short- and long-fuse flooding events. Key concepts and discussion topics will be reinforced with facilitator-led group activities that utilize real-world flood scenarios. These activities will illustrate the diverse challenges and complexities that can occur during actual flood events while building participants' experience and confidence in anticipating, heeding warnings, and responding to floods. The goal of this course is to prepare participants to recognize the conditions that lead to flood events, evaluate their community's risk, and prepare appropriately.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this awareness-level and instructor-led course consists of different of first responders and other stakeholders who respond to flooding events such as: Emergency Management; Emergency Medical Services; Fire Service; Government Administrative; Law Enforcement; and Public Works.
Respectfully,
Michael A. Urbanski, MS, AEM, EMT-T | Training and Exercise Bureau
New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
609.588.2128 | MUrbanski@njohsp.gov
njohsp.gov | @njohsp
There is no cost to attend this course.
Sessions:
Somerset County: Hillsborough, NJ
December 2, 2019: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Registration: https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/calendar/2019awr362sc
Description:
Flooding Hazards: Science and Preparedness is an awareness-level, eight-hour course that addresses the current science of the causes of floods (both meteorological and otherwise), flood forecasting, flood risk assessment, and best practices for preparation and mitigation for both short- and long-fuse flooding events. Key concepts and discussion topics will be reinforced with facilitator-led group activities that utilize real-world flood scenarios. These activities will illustrate the diverse challenges and complexities that can occur during actual flood events while building participants' experience and confidence in anticipating, heeding warnings, and responding to floods. The goal of this course is to prepare participants to recognize the conditions that lead to flood events, evaluate their community's risk, and prepare appropriately.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this awareness-level and instructor-led course consists of different of first responders and other stakeholders who respond to flooding events such as: Emergency Management; Emergency Medical Services; Fire Service; Government Administrative; Law Enforcement; and Public Works.
Respectfully,
Michael A. Urbanski, MS, AEM, EMT-T | Training and Exercise Bureau
New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
609.588.2128 | MUrbanski@njohsp.gov
njohsp.gov | @njohsp
The Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy
402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, NJ, 08844.
(Behind the Somerset County South County Garage)
Joseph Allen
(908) 725-5070
allenj@co.somerset.nj.us
402 Roycefield Road, Hillsborough, NJ, 08844.
(Behind the Somerset County South County Garage)
Joseph Allen
(908) 725-5070
allenj@co.somerset.nj.us
The Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy provides education and certifications in a wide variety of fire, EMS, hazardous materials and other courses. We train career and volunteer personnel from municipal, county, state, and industrial / commercial agencies located within and outside Somerset County.
The Academy is a division of and home to the Somerset County Office of Emergency Management, which is responsible for the coordination of police, fire, EMS, hazardous material and weather agencies for major incidents within the County. Somerset County OEM is also responsible for the Somerset County 911 Communications Center.
To learn more about the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy and what we can offer you, follow the links.
www.co.somerset.nj.us/trainingacademy.html
The Academy is a division of and home to the Somerset County Office of Emergency Management, which is responsible for the coordination of police, fire, EMS, hazardous material and weather agencies for major incidents within the County. Somerset County OEM is also responsible for the Somerset County 911 Communications Center.
To learn more about the Somerset County Emergency Services Training Academy and what we can offer you, follow the links.
www.co.somerset.nj.us/trainingacademy.html
Somerset County Vo-Tech
Vogt Drive & N. Bridge St.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Charlotte Meiner-Flohl
(908) 647-1884
Charly183@juno.com
Vogt Drive & N. Bridge St.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Charlotte Meiner-Flohl
(908) 647-1884
Charly183@juno.com
Somerset Medical Center
110 Rehill Ave
Somerville, NJ 08807
Somerset County Vo-Tech
Vogt Drive & N. Bridge St.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Dirk McKenney
(908) 595-2353
Dirk.mckenney@gmail.com
110 Rehill Ave
Somerville, NJ 08807
Somerset County Vo-Tech
Vogt Drive & N. Bridge St.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Dirk McKenney
(908) 595-2353
Dirk.mckenney@gmail.com
