How to Update your Training Information on the Ohio Responds Volunteer Registry 

The following provides a general listing of State approved trainings.  This list is not exhaustive.  The following list contains examples of courses that fall into a variety of categories.  Any local training that falls into these categories is approved.

Courses offering Continuing Education Units, taken by Health Professionals to maintain their professional license or certification are approved. 

Any FEMA Independent Study (IS) courses

A complete Independent Study course listing can be found at: http://www.training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp

Any FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Course

A complete Emergency Management Institute course listing can be found at: http://training.fema.gov/EMICourses/

FEMA Professional Development Series (PDS) can be found at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/PDS/

Any FEMA classroom courses offered by Ohio Emergency Management Agency

A list of courses offered by Ohio Emergency Management Agency can be found at:
http://ema.ohio.gov/Training.aspx

 
Behavioral/Mental Health

Such as:

• Helping People find Strength following Disaster
• Psychological First Aid  (PFA)

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)  

Disaster Medicine

Such as:

• Core Disaster Life Support (CDLS)
• Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS)
• Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS)
• Blood Bourne Pathogens
• Public Health Nursing   
• Interactive Training Program on Disaster Planning FEMA and the American College of Emergency Physicians (FEMA/ACEP)  

Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Training

Such as:

• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training
• Animals in Disasters
• Radiological Emergency Management

Functional Needs Populations

Such as:

• Functional Needs Shelter Support
• The Needs of Children in Disasters

Hazardous Materials Classes (awareness, operations, technician, military equivalent)

Such as:

• Hazardous Materials: Awareness
• Hazardous Materials: Operations
• Hazardous Materials: Technician
• Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER)

Any Incident Command System courses

Such as:

• ICS - 100
• ICS - 200
• ICS - 300
• ICS - 400
• ICS - 700
• ICS - 800
• Position Specific courses (Incident Commander, Planning Section Chief, etc)

Introduction to MRC

Such as:

• Medical Reserve Corps 101
• Ohio Medical Reserve Corps Orientation

Medical Countermeasures:

Such as:

• Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
• Introduction to Points of Dispensing (POD 101)

Preparing for a Federal Deployment (MRC)

Professional/Certification CEUs

Radiation Medicine training

Such as:

• Advanced Radiation Medicine
• Health Physics in Radiological Emergencies
• Radiation Emergency Assistance and Training Center (REC/TS)
• Radiation Emergency Medicine

Red Cross/AHA - CPR/First Aid

Any other American Red Cross Courses

 Such as:

• Shelter Operations
• Responding to Emergencies

Search and Rescue related Courses

Such as:

• Wilderness Search and Rescue
• Urban Search and Rescue

Volunteer Reception Center Training (VRC)

Volunteer Reception Center (VRC) Just In Time Training (Overview of Disasters and Safety)