FYI Crisis Training opportunity- See below. Training is focused on mass casualty, but has components that have usefulness and applications for any crisis situation.

 

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Subject: MIOSHA Announcement: MIOSHA Grant-funded Workshop — Feb. 23, 2022

 

MIOSHA Announcement

This message is being sent as a courtesy to the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention.

Upcoming MIOSHA Grant-funded Workshop

Register today for the following course, which is funded in part by a MIOSHA Consultation Education and Training (CET) grant. 

Active shooter and mass casualty incidents have been occurring in the U.S. and internationally. This CET grant-funded training will focus on helping organizations develop crisis recovery strategies for effective crisis management to prepare for, manage and recover from the aftermath of workplace violence, traumatic accidents, fatalities and workplace emergencies.

Crisis Management and People Recovery After Mass Casualty,
Active Shooter Incidents and/or Workplace Emergencies


Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 1 p.m.

Time:

Cost:

Location:

Register online

Check-in: 12:30 p.m.
Program: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Free

Renaissance High School
6565 West Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48235

Registration is required to attend. Spots are limited, so register now!

For questions, contact Detective George Harris at 313-748-6012.

Co-sponsored by the Detroit Public School Police Department
*This training is being funded in part by a MIOSHA CET Grant.

About the Training:

Nature and Types of Critical Events
Active shooter, terrorism, industrial accidents, fatalities, school violence, workplace violence and natural disasters.

Understand Human Crisis Reactions to Trauma Events
The stages of emotional, physical and psychological reactions will be described, including the continuum from “normal” employee stress, “acute stress” reactions and traumatic stress.

The Crisis Team Program

  • Team composition, respective roles, structure and responsibilities
  • Team objectives in terms of assessing impact of crisis on people, operations, loss and risk and company image

Crisis Recovery Interventions

  • Types of crisis interventions techniques
  • Crisis team deployment
  • Site logistics
  • Triage of victims
  • Command and control
  • Follow-up strategies
  • Family support
  • Organizational re-stabilization after traumatic incidents
  • Incident closure

Crisis Communications

  • Strategies to communicate with employees, students, parents, stakeholders, the public and media
  • Delivering effective crisis messages using various media outlets, e.g. social media, print, web, television, etc. 

Leadership During Times of Crisis

  • Leadership actions to help organizational re-stabilization, improve morale and facilitate recovery during uncertainty

Trainers: Dr. Kenneth Wolf and Marilyn Knight, MSW
Dr. Kenneth Wolf, and Marilyn Knight MSW, have conducted Violence Prevention and Threat Assessment trainings for the United States Postal Service, UAW-General Motors, UAW, Chrysler, Eaton Corporation, Intel, Pinkerton, DTE Energy, the United States Army, Los Alamos National Laboratory, municipalities, Fortune 500 Companies, manufacturers, schools, Houses of Worship and healthcare facilities. 

They assist organizations develop Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Programs, train Threat Assessment Teams, conduct Active Shooter Survival Training Exercises and design Crisis Recovery Programs.

Note: In this training, neither the sponsoring organizations or trainers are taking a position that citizens should violently respond against criminal aggression. Any response to an aggressive situation is the individual’s decision or option. However, a person may not know possible options until they know possible “choices” on how to respond and countermeasures to consider.

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