Online Trainings

Are You Ready? Individual, Family and Community Preparedness Course

“Are You Ready” addresses personal, family (including pets and service animals), and community readiness in emergencies. Topics covered include emergency plans, local area hazards, disaster supplies kit, animals in disaster, evacuation, and more.

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Louisiana Volunteers in Action (LAVA)

To access the Just In Time Training - Incident Command Structure click here.
To access the Incident Command System One Pager click here.
To access the Volunteers Protections One Pager click here.
To access the Volunteer Deployment Debriefing One Pager click here.
To access the LAVA Orientation webninar click here.
To access the LAVA Refresher webinar click here.

Mass Fatality Management

This one-hour presentation introduces the role of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) in mass fatality incidents. Aspects of this presentation include: (1) Mass Fatality Incident (MFI) fundamentals, (2) Field and Site Recovery, (3) Disaster Morgue Operations, and (4) Family Assistance Centers (FACs).

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Regional Webinar Series

Vesta Communicator Reports (April 22, 2019)

To access the Tactical Communications PowerPoint click here.
To access the Tactical Communications recording click here.

Vesta CommunicatorSurveys (December 20, 2018)

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Vesta Communicator 101 (June 27, 2018)

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Vesta Communicator Upgrades (June 25, 2018)

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Tactical Communications Part III: 700 MHz Radios and LWIN (May 10, 2017)

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Tactical Communications Part II: Messages, Legal Issues and Communicator 4.5 (Apr. 12, 2017)

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Tactical Communications (Mar. 8, 2017)

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How to Write an AAR (Jan. 11, 2017)

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Incident Management Team (Dec. 2, 2016)

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Pandemic Flu Online Course

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Strategic National Stockpile Online Course

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Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF-8) Trainings

Course Description

Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF-8) Trainings consists of five modules focusing on the goals and objectives of ESF 8 and other annexes; disaster behavioral health response, including Psychological First Aid; disaster operations compensation; Emergency Operations Centers; Incident Command Structure; Medical Special Needs Shelters; and volunteer management. In addition, this course provides emergency preparedness and response strategies, resources, and management tools for evacuees and/or their caregivers. Each module is comprised of a presentation with goals of the lesson, pre-and post-tests, training evaluations and certificates of completion.

Training modules

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