TRAINING AND EVENTS CALENDAR
August 2021
Preparedness Peace Training – Hutton Group
Training is $35 prepaid online before August 2 & $45 thereafter and at the door. Location: 802 Meadowcreek Drive, Pfugerville, TX 78660 Training dates are Wednesdays starting August 4 and ending September 8 - 6:30PM-8:30PM Preparedness Peace covers topics of: Why Prepare, Teamwork and the Power of a Plan, How to be Water Wise and Food Sense, Power Alley, Having a Safe Home, About Grab & Go Bags, and Establishing Home Security. What you will accomplish by the end of Preparedness Peace is family plans and documents, safe home assessment, lighting and energy plans for power outage, evacuation plans with maps and routes, minimum three day food and water storage, car kit, home emergency supplies established, grab and go bags, shelter-in-place room and supplies and spiritual preparedness. The manual includes grab & go bag information, car and preparedness checklist, and more. This class is open to anyone that wants whether you are a member of this church or not. A completion certificate will be given to those who purchase a book and complete the class. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »HAM Team Meetings
HAM Team Meeting is to support all ADRN HAM trained volunteers. Come learn how to program your radio, proper radio communications, how to build HAM go bag tools like antennas, generators, etc.
Find out more »American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant
Location: ADRN Headquarters, 1122 E. 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723 Saturday, August 21, 8:45AM-5:00PM Course Time 8 hours: Participants will be able to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. Students who successfully complete 8 hours of training and successfully demonstrate skills will receive a certificate from American Red Cross for CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant which will be valid for two years. (RC Level 2). Training Cost is $95 50% Scholarships available for full-time students and those impacted by financial hardships. Click here to apply for a scholarship. Buddy/Spouse/Combo Special – Purchase 2 CPR Trainings for $75 each ($150 for two). Email training@adrntx.org for this special. FREE Training Voucher when you volunteer time at Hope Family Thrift Store. Email training@adrntx.org for more information. CPR Renewals please register at CPR Renewal link if you have trained with us before and have a certificate about to expire. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) On Demand Training — August 25-October 27
On Demand at your own pace from August 25 - October 27 Not on site - In your own home! Followed by Skills Practice/Evaluation on Saturday, October 30, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Simulation on Saturday, November 6, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM at Jollyville Fire Deparmtent There is no cost to take this training - There will be an opportunity to give a love offering. Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) classroom training is now On Demand! Do this 12-hour FEMA online training in the comfort of your home and on your schedule, instead of carving out 5-6 specific nights to attend on site. To complete the 28-hour FEMA requirement, ADRN offers a unique 2.5 hour Spiritual Training component, a 8-hr on-site Skills Practice/ Evaluation, and a 8-hr Simulation on two consecutive Saturdays. Some of the topics covered include: Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Medical Operations, Disaster Psychology, Fire Safety, Light Search and Rescue, and Terrorism and so much more! What makes ADRN CERT qualifications unique from other CERT training is the spiritual training component we provide along with the life-like CERT simulations. Once you complete all sessions and upload your certificates, you will now be ready to exhibit skills…
Find out more »September 2021
IMT – Incident Management Team Training
6 hour training - 9:00AM - 3:00PM (with breaks) - Lunch is provided! ADRN Headquarters, 1122 E. 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723 Training is FREE! IMT (Incident Management Team) Training - Course Time 5 hours: The Incident Management Team (IMT) is a key leadership team composed of experienced and trained volunteers that ADRN relies on in times of deployment. The role of an IMT member is to assist with the planning and management of ADRN deployments of both ADRN badged volunteers and community volunteers. These deployments are in times of disaster preparedness, such as simulation, and times of disaster response. ADRN goal is to have a deep bench of trained IMT members across all 12 sectors of the ADRN 5-County region. The IMT training will provide a refresher on the Incident Command System (ICS) and a focused discussion on how ADRN utilizes the ICS to achieve the assigned operational objective (e.g., CISM debriefing at an intake center or door-to-door; muck-out/clean-out, donations management, etc) in a God-honoring manner. Following completion of the IMT training, and certification as a member of the IMT, opportunities will be made available to practice the IMT skills through the use of disaster simulations. Pre-requisites to take this…
Find out more »October 2021
Call Center Training – ADRN Headquarters
This vital training will teach you how to work our phone system, respond properly to those in dire need, and cover many different positions within the Call Center that are equally important. The last hour of the training will offer a realistic simulation to help you practice your newly learned skills and understand the fullness of the position.
Find out more »American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant
Location: ADRN Headquarters, 1122 E. 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723 Saturday, October 2, 8:45AM-5:00PM Course Time 8 hours: Participants will be able to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. Students who successfully complete 8 hours of training and successfully demonstrate skills will receive a certificate from American Red Cross for CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant which will be valid for two years. (RC Level 2). Training Cost is $95 50% Scholarships available for full-time students and those impacted by financial hardships. Click here to apply for a scholarship. Buddy/Spouse/Combo Special – Purchase 2 CPR Trainings for $75 each ($150 for two). Email training@adrntx.org for this special. FREE Training Voucher when you volunteer time at Hope Family Thrift Store. Email training@adrntx.org for more information. CPR Renewals please register at CPR Renewal link if you have trained with us before and have a certificate about to expire. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training 4/7 October 2021
26 hour training | 6 Nights of Training and a Saturday for Simulation Location TBD Course Dates: October 4, 6:00PM-10:00PM (to complete registration), October 7, 11, 14, 18 & 21 - 6:30PM-10:00PM and Saturday, October 23, 8:00AM-2:00PM (26 hours training - includes breaks) There is no cost to take this training -There will be an opportunity to give a love offering. ADRN CERT Training is a 7-day, FEMA backed, and nationally recognized course that will equip and train you in the essentials of disaster preparedness for your local community. You will learn Fire Safety, Light Search & Rescue, Disaster Medical Operations & Psychology, Terrorism and experience a Disaster Simulation. This is an excellent course and well worth the time invested in it! You will be able to use the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, to assist others in your neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. You will need to bring a sack lunch on Saturday. Scholarship funds are available for full-time students and those impacted by financial hardship. To see if you qualify for a scholarship please email sharon@adrntx.org. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Training – October 15 & 16, 2021
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Training Friday, October 15, 6:00PM-10:00PM & Saturday, October 16, 8:00AM-6:00PM (14 hour training) Location TBD ADRN highly recommends this internationally recognized training for volunteers who are called to help people in times of crisis and/or called to the mission field. This training will equip participants to deal with the mental, emotional and spiritual issues most people encounter in times of disaster, including trauma, learning debriefing techniques and much more. The CISM Core Team (certified CISM Instructors) instructs this class. All participants will receive a certification of completion in Disaster Psychological 1st Aid and CISM/CISD (Critical Incident Stress Management/Critical Incident Stress Debriefing) after completing 6 hours of course time then participating in a 3 hour Simulation. This training is also recommended for teens 16 years of age and above. You will need to bring a sack lunch on Saturday. Click on Training/Scholarships for more information. To be credited for this class you need to complete 14 hours of training. Register Here Training cost is $95 - Scholarships ($47.50) are available to full-time students and those impacted by financial hardship. To apply for a scholarship go to www.adrn.org, click on Training then Scholarship Application. You may also consider volunteering…
Find out more »CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) Training – October 15 & 16, 2021
Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Training Friday, October 15, 6:00PM-10:00PM & Saturday, October 16, 8:00AM-6:00PM (14 hour training) Location TBD ADRN highly recommends this internationally recognized training for volunteers who are called to help people in times of crisis and/or called to the mission field. This training will equip participants to deal with the mental, emotional and spiritual issues most people encounter in times of disaster, including trauma, learning debriefing techniques and much more. The CISM Core Team (certified CISM Instructors) instructs this class. All participants will receive a certification of completion in Disaster Psychological 1st Aid and CISM/CISD (Critical Incident Stress Management/Critical Incident Stress Debriefing) after completing 6 hours of course time then participating in a 3 hour Simulation. This training is also recommended for teens 16 years of age and above. You will need to bring a sack lunch on Saturday. Click on Training/Scholarships for more information. To be credited for this class you need to complete 14 hours of training. Register Here Training cost is $95 - Scholarships ($47.50) are available to full-time students and those impacted by financial hardship. To apply for a scholarship go to www.adrn.org, click on Training then Scholarship Application. You may also consider volunteering…
Find out more »Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Skills Practice – October 30
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM SKILLS PRACTICE on Saturday, October 30 - closing with Q & A and Debrief Location TBD There is no cost for this portion of the training - There is an opportunity to give a love offering to support the efforts of the CERT Team providing materials and equipment. CERT Skills Practice Description – This is an opportunity for the student to exhibit skills learned from the classroom training in a supervised setting emphasizing safety practices in lifts and carries, triage, fire safety, search and rescue, basic first aid and more. This gives the student opportunity to hone skills, ask questions, and prepare for the CERT Simulation. This takes place on a designated Saturday from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM between CERT On Demand Training cut off and before the CERT Simulation. You will need to register for CERT Skills Practice after completing CERT On Demand. PURCHASE A CERT PPE (Personal Preparedness Equipment) you will need in skills practice, the simulation, and will want to keep in your vehicle after the training. Click Here for details REGISTER FOR SIMULATION HERE
Find out more »November 2021
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Simulation – November 6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM SIMULATION on Saturday, November 6 - closing with Q & A and Debrief Location TBD There is no cost for this portion of the training - There is an opportunity to give a love offering to support the efforts of the CERT Team providing materials and equipment. CERT Simulation Description – This is an opportunity for the student to exhibit skills learned from the On Demand classroom training and CERT Skills Practice in a real live scenario simulation. The student will have opportunity to exhibit a variety of skills responding to an established scenario. Some skills will include: lifts and carries, triage, fire safety, search and rescue, basic first aid amongst other things. There will be a debrief at the end with opportunity for Q & A. This takes place on a designated Saturday from 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM after the CERT Skills Practice has been completed. Once you successfully complete the CERT Simulation your training profile will be updated as completing this course. PURCHASE A CERT PPE (Personal Preparedness Equipment) you will need in skills practice, the simulation, and will want to keep in your vehicle after the training. Click Here for details…
Find out more »DAT – Disaster Assessment Team Training
4 hour training - 9:00AM - 1:00PM Riverbend Church in Quad 3, 4214 Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, TX 78746 Training is FREE! DAT is the tip of the spear in disaster response. DAT teams are ADRN’s first boots on the ground in the disaster field. They identify the area and degree of destruction. Their assessments provide leadership with the critical information necessary to properly deploy resources and volunteers. This training will cover spiritual readiness for first response; disaster assessment procedures, roles and challenges; safety and typical hazards encountered; and a practice disaster assessment. To qualify for DAT designation, participants must be CERT or ham radio trained, 21 years old, and in good physical condition. Others not presently qualified may participate to receive DAT designation upon completing prerequisite training. REGISTER HERE
Find out more »American Red Cross CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant
Location: ADRN Headquarters, 1122 E. 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723 Saturday, November 20, 8:45AM-5:00PM Course Time 8 hours: Participants will be able to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. Students who successfully complete 8 hours of training and successfully demonstrate skills will receive a certificate from American Red Cross for CPR/First Aid/AED – Adult/Child/Infant which will be valid for two years. (RC Level 2). Training Cost is $95 50% Scholarships available for full-time students and those impacted by financial hardships. Click here to apply for a scholarship. Buddy/Spouse/Combo Special – Purchase 2 CPR Trainings for $75 each ($150 for two). Email training@adrntx.org for this special. FREE Training Voucher when you volunteer time at Hope Family Thrift Store. Email training@adrntx.org for more information. CPR Renewals please register at CPR Renewal link if you have trained with us before and have a certificate about to expire. REGISTER HERE
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