Training and Exercises

September 2018

• Sep 6 (Thu) | Stop The Bleed: What Everyone Should Know To Save A Life

  Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma.  The greater the number of people who know how to control bleeding in an injured patient, the greater the chances of surviving that injury.  You can help save a life by knowing how to stop bleeding if someone, including yourself, is injured.  

  
  

  Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

  
  

  Location: Chatham County Occupational Safety Office, 124 Bull Street, Savannah GA 31401

  
  

  For More Information: Contact CEMA training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org, at 912-201-4500

  
  

  Register For This Event At: Stop The Bleed

  
  

• Sep 10 (Mon) | Command & General Staff for Local IMT's

  Description:  This 44 hour course is designed to equip students with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Command and General Staff functions as they affect planning and implementation of the ICS for an incident at the local level, through instructor-driven lecture, class participation, active contributions to the interactive activities, and simulations.

   

  Time:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

   

  Location:  GA Port Authority PD Annex II 100 Main Street, Garden City, GA 31408

   

  For More Information:  Contact CEMA Training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org at 912-201-4500

   

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26516

• Sep 11 (Tue) | Command & General Staff for Local IMT's

  Description:  This 44 hour course is designed to equip students with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Command and General Staff functions as they affect planning and implementation of the ICS for an incident at the local level, through instructor-driven lecture, class participation, active contributions to the interactive activities, and simulations.

   

  Time:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

   

  Location:  GA Port Authority PD Annex II 100 Main Street, Garden City, GA 31408

   

  For More Information:  Contact CEMA Training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org at 912-201-4500

   

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26516

• Sep 12 (Wed) | Command & General Staff for Local IMT's

  Description:  This 44 hour course is designed to equip students with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Command and General Staff functions as they affect planning and implementation of the ICS for an incident at the local level, through instructor-driven lecture, class participation, active contributions to the interactive activities, and simulations.

   

  Time:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

   

  Location:  GA Port Authority PD Annex II 100 Main Street, Garden City, GA 31408

   

  For More Information:  Contact CEMA Training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org at 912-201-4500

   

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26516

• Sep 13 (Thu) | Command & General Staff for Local IMT's

  Description:  This 44 hour course is designed to equip students with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Command and General Staff functions as they affect planning and implementation of the ICS for an incident at the local level, through instructor-driven lecture, class participation, active contributions to the interactive activities, and simulations.

   

  Time:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

   

  Location:  GA Port Authority PD Annex II 100 Main Street, Garden City, GA 31408

   

  For More Information:  Contact CEMA Training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org at 912-201-4500

   

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26516

• Sep 13 (Thu) | September 13, 2018: SKYWARN® STORM SPOTTER TRAINING

  To obtain critical weather information, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.  There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts of Storm Spotter Volunteers have given communities the precious gift of time--seconds and minutes that can help save lives.

  Time:  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  Location:  Annex EOC, 295 Police Memorial Drive, Savannah (off Chatham Parkway)

  Who:  Anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such HAM radio, to join the SKYWARN® program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are also encouraged to become a spotter.

  Prerequisite(s):  None

  Register For This Event At: 09/13/18 Storm Spotter Training

  
  

• Sep 14 (Fri) | Command & General Staff for Local IMT's

  Description:  This 44 hour course is designed to equip students with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the Command and General Staff functions as they affect planning and implementation of the ICS for an incident at the local level, through instructor-driven lecture, class participation, active contributions to the interactive activities, and simulations.

   

  Time:  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

   

  Location:  GA Port Authority PD Annex II 100 Main Street, Garden City, GA 31408

   

  For More Information:  Contact CEMA Training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org at 912-201-4500

   

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26516

• Sep 25 (Tue) | 2018 Praise and Preparedness Festival

  Description:  The Chatham Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with local, state and federal partners will be hosting the 2018 Praise and Preparedness Festival.  This festival is designed to bring together leadership from faith based organizations within the community in an effort to become better prepared.  The 2018 Praise and Preparedness Festival will have several presentations that specifically relate to the roles that the church can play in disaster response and recovery.  There will also be numerous organizations on hand to provide information to attendees, as well as how members of the congregation can get involved. 

  Time:  10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  Location:  Compassion Christian Church - Henderson Campus, 55 Al Henderson Blvd., Savannah GA 31419

  For More Information:  Please contact Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org, at 912-201-4500.

  Register For This Event At:  2018 Praise and Preparedness Festival  

November 2018

• Nov 15 (Thu) | PER - 211 Medical Management of CBRNE Incidents

  Thursday, November 15th - Friday, November 16th 

  Description:   PER-211 course topics include:

  
  

  • Situational awareness and protecting First Responders & Receivers

  • Planning, preparing and responding for CBRNE and Complex Violent Incidents

  • The Incident Command System (ICS) and activating local, state and federal resources

  • Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) for CBRNE and Violent Incidents

  • Triage, treatment and transport of mass casualties from a CBRNE or Violent Incident

  • Pediatric treatment and transport considerations during a CBRNE or Violent Incident

  • Review of the Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) guidelines 

  
  

  Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

  Location: Savannah Air Dominance Center, 1401 Robert B. Miller Jr. Dive, Garden City, GA 31408

  Register For This Event At: http://training.gema.ga.gov/TRS/broadcastInviteEmail.do?biCofId=26449

  
  

December 2018

• Dec 6 (Thu) | Stop The Bleed: What Everyone Should Know To Save A Life

  Description: Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma.  The greater the number of people who know how to control bleeding in an injured patient, the greater the chances of surviving that injury.  You can help save a life by knowing how to stop bleeding if someone, including yourself, is injured.  

  
  

  Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

  
  

  Location: Chatham County Occupational Safety Office, 124 Bull Street, Savannah GA 31401

  
  

  For More Information: Contact CEMA training and Exercise Coordinator Michael Whiteaker, mawhiteaker@chathamcounty.org, at 912-201-4500

  
  

  Register For This Event At: Stop The Bleed