Events

The Coastal Amateur Radio Society is offering testing for all license classes on June 14 in Savannah.

When disaster strikes it can be a challenge to effectively mobilize, organize, and deploy resources needed to perform search and rescue operations. The purpose of this course is to prepare participants to support a large search and rescue incident in a variety of roles ranging from searchers in the field, planning and support staff, and incident command. 

Field Day is the nation’s largest amateur radio exercise – a 24-hour event to test on-air operations in disaster-style conditions. It’s a great chance to practice, operate, and connect with others who support communication resilience.

The Georgia Department of Public Health, Health Protection Division, is hosting a lunch-and-learn online session. WebEOC 101 is designed to familiarize participants with the basics of using the state’s online emergency operations tool.

Having Psychological First Aid (PFA) Trainers in the state enhances disaster response by enabling faster, scalable, and culturally relevant support for those affected.

The Bombing Prevention Awareness course provides an overview of IEDs and explosive effects, homemade explosives, an introduction to the terrorist attack cycle, and response to suspicious behaviors and items.

The Bomb Threat Management (BTM) Planning course provides participants foundational knowledge on the DHS risk management process and bomb threat management planning.

This WebEOC training is part of a series of Lunch N Learn sessions hosted monthly by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Health Protection Division.

The Medical Response and Surge Exercise (MRSE) is an annual requirement of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) cooperative agreement and is designed to examine and evaluate the ability of HCCs and other stakeholders to support medical surge.