Building Tribal Readiness and Resilience

AWR-316 Emergency Management Best Practices for Tribal Nations

Description:

This course provides an overview of emergency management programs and best practices that can be used by Tribal Nations to build a successful emergency management program. Participants gain knowledge into available resources including grants, essential elements of an emergency management program, and best practices employed among Tribal Nations.

Target Audience:

Tribal responders, emergency managers, government department heads, leaders.

Objectives:

• Identify guidance documents and references that can be used to establish an emergency management program.
• Comprehend emergency management best practices and resources.

Course Length and Delivery Method:

• 1.5-hours; in-person

MGT-309 Conducting Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments for Tribal Nations

Description:

This course covers various topics related to climate change, risk projection scenarios, and disaster resilience. Participants gain knowledge, skills, and tools to identify and address vulnerabilities related to climate risk and influence strategies, priorities, planning, and preparedness activities.

Target Audience:

Tribal responders, emergency managers, government department heads, leaders, planners.

Objectives:

• Predict the impact of climate-related events on the entire community and the need for leaders to take a Whole Community Approach.
• Integrate climate and community-specific threats and hazards into the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) process.
• Identify the disproportionate impacts of climate risks on underserved and disadvantaged communities.
• Conduct a vulnerability assessment using screening and mapping tools while identifying populations with the highest risk from climate-related hazards.

Course Length and Delivery Method:

• 4-hours; in-person

AWR-321 Strengthening Community Resilience within Tribal Nations

Description:

This course provides participants with a forum to discuss and determine culturally relevant and self-determined methods for improving resilience. Participants will gain knowledge into available resources, tools, frameworks, and resilience indicators such as FEMA’s Resilience Analysis Planning Tool, Climate Risk and Resilience portal, and resilience frameworks.

Target Audience:

Tribal responders, emergency managers, government department heads, leaders, public health, community-based organizations, business leaders.

Objectives:

• Discuss changes that are impacting Tribal Nations.
• Determine framework, methods, and resources for enhancing community resilience.
• Determine long-term vulnerability reduction actions that could strengthen community resilience.

Course Length and Delivery Method:

• 6-hours; in-person

MGT-327 Achieving Equitable Outcomes for Tribal Nations through Public Information and Warning

Description:

This course teaches Tribal Nations, Emergency Managers, Community Resilience Planners and alerting personnel, effective communication of climate and weather-related risks tailored to address community needs, distinguish underserved populations and people with access and functional needs within their communities, and collaborate with trusted organizations.

Target Audience:

Tribal responders, emergency managers, government department heads, leaders, public health, community-based organizations, business leaders, public information officers.

Objectives:

• Recognize underserved communities within the whole community and use strategies to tailor risk communications.
• Describe the importance of understanding the changing risk profiles among underserved populations and disadvantaged communities.
• Evaluate risk communication strategies for mitigation, response, and recovery activities to ensure more equitable outcomes among the whole community
• Prepare effective risk communication messages to reach the whole community

Course Length and Delivery Method:

• 6-hours; in-person

PER-311 Creating Economic Resilience for Tribal Nations

Description:

This course will equip economic development, business, and government stakeholders with resources to assist the business community in addressing the disaster risks to their operations and enhance resilience.

Target Audience:

Economic development organizations, business leaders, industry associations, Tribal government leaders.

Objectives:

• Apply the disaster risk reduction tool to increase resilience for a local business
• Formulate industry and community mitigation measures to reduce risk and enhance resilience

Course Length and Delivery Method:

• 1.5-hours; in-person