Perhaps the most overlooked are in emergency preparedness is the training of staff on their roles and responsibilities. The process of bringing staff together for training is always difficult and the limited time allotted for these training sessions is often limited. The ERIP Academy (located under the “RESOURCES” and then “TRAINING” tabs) provides access to on-demand detailed training courses and emergency preparedness resources.

The training courses are based on the nationally accepted best practices that were used to develop the planning system. Courses are broken down into the following sections: “Getting Started”, “Plan Development Resources” and “Staff Training”. All courses can be completed in less than 30 minutes, but you can easily navigate through the training and can stop and re-start at your convenience. The “Staff Training Courses” utilize Learning Management System (LMS) technology that tracks course work by the user’s login. These courses offer certification; so long as the user passes the test.
Courses include:

• Staff Training Courses (Teacher, Emergency Response Team & Incident Management Team)
• Plan Development Courses (Evacuation, Shelter in Place, Lockdown, Bomb Threat, Pandemic)
• ERIP Familiariztion Courses (Getting Started, ERIP Navigation, Site Mapping)

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