Training Opportunities


The Denton County HEART offers a variety of trainings designed to increase our readiness level to respond in an emergency situation. The 2011/2012 trainings are specifically designed with our Medical Reserve Corps, public health and emergency response partners, and our valued medical and mental health community, in mind.

 

Medical Reserve Corps Orientations are open to anyone interested in volunteering during an emergency. Medical Reserve Corps members can be medical or non-medical professionals with a heart for service. If you have attended an MRC Orientation, you do not need to attend another.

 

All courses will be offered free of charge, however, to get an accurate participation number, we do ask you to register for trainings you will be attending.

 

Please contact Betsy Haggard at 940-349-2922 or E-mail with any questions about the current Training Schedule.


2011-2012 Training Schedule

Denton County Health Department
Health Emergency Alert Response Team (HEART) & Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)

September 2011

 

September 10, 2011        Prepare Denton County: People with Disabilities Train the Trainer

Target Audience: Only for MRC members

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.  

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: This course will discuss the importance of preparing for emergencies prior to an event occurring.  It will be a training to prepare volunteers to provide personal preparedness information to people with disabilities and their caregivers. The Prepare Denton County: People with Disabilities Program needs volunteers who are willing to help assist in implementing the program by teaching pre-designed information to pre-established audiences. By attending this training, you would help strengthen our community by increasing the number of people prepared when disaster strikes Denton County!

Registration: Please RSVP with Sarah McKinney at sarah.mckinney@dentoncounty.com

 

September 15, 2011        MRC Appreciation Banquet

Target Audience: Only for MRC members

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.    

Location: Oakmont Country Club, 1901 Oakmont Dr., Corinth, TX 76210

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.

 

September 22, 2011        MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.

 

  

October 2011


October 29, 2011           Point of Dispensing Exercise

Target Audience: We encourage all MRC members to participate in this exercise. Must be an MRC member to participate.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Denton, TBA (working in conjunction with City of Denton)

Course description: The event will exercise emergency plans to set up a drive-thru point of dispensing (POD) in a mass prophylaxis scenario. Each participant will simulate his or her role in a POD as we provide preventive medication for the “public”.

Registration: This event is only open to active MRC members that have completed an MRC Orientation prior to the exercise. Please register with Sarah McKinney sarah.mckinney@dentoncounty.com.


November 2011


November 5, 2011            MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.    

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD and shelter team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.



January 2012

 

January 7, 2011         Communications Training

Target Audience: This course is designed only for those assigned in a communications role with MRC.

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.   

Location: Denton County Emergency Services, 9060 Teasley Lane, Denton, TX 76210

Course description: During Communications Training, you will be provided the information and tools to function in a Communications role for a Point of Dispensing clinic or Shelter operation.

Registration: Please register with Sarah McKinney sarah.mckinney@dentoncounty.com.

 

 

January 10, 2012              MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD and shelter team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.



February 2012

 

February 16, 2012      MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.   

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corps Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and Point of Dispensing and Shelter Operations team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.

 

March 2012

 

March 10, 2012      MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.   

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD and shelter team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.

 

March 23, 2012               Psychological First Aid

Target Audience: Mental Health Providers, Nurses, Law Enforcement, Emergency Services, Disaster Workers, Fire Fighters, Public Health Professionals, Teachers and others interested in Psychological First Aid

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: This interactive, face to face training provides mental health and non-mental health professionals with the concepts and skills associated with Psychological First Aid. Utilizing the RAPID model (Reflective Listening, Assessment of Needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition), this specialized training provides perspectives on injuries and trauma that are beyond those physical in nature. Additionally, the RAPID model is readily applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, faith-based organizations, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of more well circumscribed critical incidents, e.g., dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, homicide, or community violence.

Registration: Please register with Sarah McKinney sarah.mckinney@dentoncounty.com.


April 2012

 

April 21, 2012         Shelter Operations Training

Target Audience: This course is designed for all of those serving in an emergency response volunteer role who may be activated during a Denton County sheltering operation. This would include, but is not limited to, MRC and CERT.

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205.

Course description: During Shelter Operation Training, you will be provided the information and tools to function in your assigned role in a Shelter operation.

Registration: Please register with Sarah McKinney sarah.mckinney@dentoncounty.com.


May 2012

 

May 17, 2012           MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD and shelter team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.

 

May 19, 2012                    Resource Tool Kit Show & Tell…Come, Play, Go

Target Audience: All MRC members

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: This training will be an opportunity for our MRC members to come and see all of the equipment, tools, and resources that may be used during an emergency. We will have a show and tell opportunity for you to come, play with the equipment and then you will be free to go. You will not be required to stay the entire time.

Registration: No registration is required for this event.


July 2012

 

July 21, 2012           MRC Orientation

Target Audience: Only for prospective new volunteers

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.    

Location: Denton County Health Department, 535 S. Loop 288, Denton, TX 76205

Course description: The Denton County Medical Reserve Corp Orientation will include: Medical Reserve Corp Information Session, Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities, Strategic National Stockpile, Contact and Deployment Procedures, and POD and shelter team assignments.

Registration: Please RSVP with Sandi Wiggins at 940-349-2923 or sandi.wiggins@dentoncounty.com.



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