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• Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

  • Start
    1 Jun 2026
  • End
    4 Jun 2026
  • Location
    Virtual

  K-0146 - Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (virtual)
  
  Course Description
  This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
  
  The target audience for this training are those involved in planning, program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning of HSEEP consistent exercises.
  
  Course Objectives
  Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.
  
  Prerequisites Courses:
  IS-0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
  
  Other Prerequisites:
  Recommended: IS-0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
  

  Register Here: Wisconsin Emergency Management

  
  NOTE: INTERESTED STUDENTS MUST ALSO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE ON FEMA's ADMISSION SYSTEM HERE:
  
  https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx
  
  When asked for Head of Organization name (or the head of the sponsoring agency), enter: Troy Klemstein, State Training Officer (troy.klemstein@widma.gov)
  
  Students will need a FEMA Student ID (SID) in order to register. If you do not already have one or do not know your SID, visit this site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
  
  Note: If you do not see this class with this specific date in FEMA's registration system, it likely means that the class has already been filled to capacity. If so, please choose a different offering. The class is administered entirely on FEMA's system and they do not inform us when classes have been filled to capacity; we list classes like this on our calendar for the ease of our local students who are interested and might not otherwise be able to attend. 
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.

  
  

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• Mass Fatalities Incident Response (Fond du Lac)

  • Start
    3 Jun 2026
  • End
    4 Jun 2026

  G386 - Mass Fatalities Incident Response
  
  This course prepares state and local response personnel and other responsible agencies and professionals to handle mass fatalities effectively and to work with the survivors in an emergency or disaster.

  This course covers incident management; mass fatalities; planning before and operations during an incident; establishing the morgue; family assistance support operations; and assistance from the Federal government. The course concludes with a tabletop exercise.
  Participants will learn to identify the characteristics of a mass fatality incident and identify the roles and responsibilities of key personnel in the incident. In addition, the instructor will describe the steps required to respond to a mass fatalities incident, including catastrophic numbers of fatalities and contaminated remains, and help participants determine their jurisdiction’s preparedness for a mass fatalities event.

  
  

  Selection Criteria:

  The target audience for this course is local responders who may have responsibility for the recovery, handling, identification, and return of remains following a mass fatalities incident.

  Course Objectives:

  • Describe the critical operational activities:
    • Notification
    • Staging
    • Search and recovery
    • Morgue operations
    • Media relations
    • Family assistance
  • Explain how the Family Assistance Center is used to support families and to aid identification of the deceased.
  • Identify the requirements to ensure that the psychological needs of morgue personnel are addressed.
  • Recognize the importance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for responders at a mass fatalities incident.
  • Identify the resources that are available during a mass fatalities incident and describe their roles and responsibilities.
  • Apply the principles of ICS to a simulated incident.

  Prerequisites & Other Information:
  N/A
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.
  

  Register: https://www.trainingwisconsin.org/ 

  
  

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• Continuity Planning (L-1301)

  • When
    4 Jun 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Waukesha State Office Building, 141 NW Barstow St., Waukesha, WI 53188

  L-1301: Continuity Planning helps continuity practitioners understand continuity roles and responsibilities, and provide the knowledge sets, skills, and tools necessary to help develop and maintain a viable continuity plan for their organization and community.

  Date: 06/04/2026 - 06/05/2026

  Class Times: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

  Location: Waukesha State Office Building, 141 NW Barstow St, Waukesha, WI 53188

  Register Here

  Questions?

  Shane McDowell
  Department of Administration - DEO
  608-843-1511
  joshua.mcdowell@wisconsin.gov
  

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• 2026 Business Continuity & Resiliency Conference

  • Start
    9 Jun 2026
  • End
    10 Jun 2026
  • Location
    Harley Davidson Headquarters: 3700 W. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI

  Business Continuity & Resilience Conference 2026

  June 9–10, 2026
  Harley-Davidson Headquarters | 3700 W. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee, WI

  Join the Southeast Wisconsin Homeland Security Partnership (SWHSP), Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM), and the Business Resiliency Professionals of Wisconsin (BRPW) for a free, two-day conference focused on practical, real-world approaches to business continuity and resilience.

  This event brings together public and private sector partners to strengthen preparedness, enhance coordination, and explore emerging challenges in resilience.

  Key Details

  • Cost: Free for SWHSP Members (sponsored event)
  • Registration Deadline: May 25, 2026
  • Capacity: Limited – early registration encouraged
  • Meals: Lunch and networking provided both days
  • Important: Participants must register separately for each day

  Who Should Attend

  • Public and private sector partners
  • Emergency management professionals
  • Business continuity and resilience practitioners
  • Organizational leaders involved in preparedness, response, and recovery

  Note: If attending both days, you must register for each day individually and will receive separate confirmations.

  REGISTER HERE

  SWHSP Members

  SWHSP membership extends to your entire organization—please share this opportunity with colleagues and team members who may benefit from attending.

  Thank you to our SWHSP sponsors for your support to make this event possible!

  
  

  
  

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• ICS-400 Advanced ICS, Complex Incidents

  • Start
    16 Jun 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    17 Jun 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Ozaukee County Justice Center, Sheriff's Training Room: 1201 S. Spring St., Port Washington, WI 53074

  Class Name: ICS-400 Advanced ICS, Complex Incidents Course Number: ICS-400 Date Span: 06/16/2026 - 06/17/2026 Class Times: 06/16 08:00 - 16:30 06/17 08:00 - 16:30 Location: Ozaukee County Justice Center Sheriff's Training Room 1201 S. Spring Street Port Washington, WI 53074 County: Ozaukee Region: Southeast Region Instructor: Curran, Gail Additional Instructors: Brechbuehler, Urs Provider: Wisconsin Emergency Management Point of Contact: John Stuhlmacher Deputy Director-Ozaukee County Emergency Management 262-284-8397 jstuhlmacher@co.ozaukee.wi.us CEUs 0.00

  Prerequisites & Other Information: IS-100: An Introduction to the Incident Command System IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) IS-800: National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction Recommended (not required): Experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100, ICS 200, and ICS 300, and use of skills in an operational environment. To Register:  Wisconsin Emergency Management Certificates: N/A Cost: No tuition is charged.

  
  

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• Preventing Mass Attacks in Our Communities

  • When
    17 Jun 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  
  

  The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) offers live recurring virtual training events on violence prevention to community safety stakeholders throughout the year. In these trainings, their experts and researchers will present findings from NTAC’s research on targeted violence and discuss strategies for preventing acts of violence in our communities. More information about these trainings events is included below.

  

  Preventing Mass Attacks in Our Communities

  Description: In this virtual training event, NTAC researchers discuss important findings from our research on mass attacks perpetrated in public and semi-public spaces, including businesses, restaurants, bars, retail outlets, houses of worship, schools, open spaces, and more. This training will provide guidance on how communities may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model.

  Intended Audience: Law enforcement, corporate security, mental health professionals, faith-based community leaders, university faculty, threat assessment team members, and other community safety stakeholders.

  REGISTER

  
  

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• IS-700: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

  • When
    18 Jun 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ATC-Pewaukee-Megawatt Room, W234 N2000 Ridgeview - Parkway Court, Waukesha, WI 53188

  ICS-700.b: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

  Date: 06/18/2026

  Class Times: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

  Location: ATC-Pewaukee-Megawatt Room, W234 N2000 Ridgeview - Parkway Court, Waukesha, WI 53188

  Course Information: This course provides an overview of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The National Incident Management System defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community - all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector - to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. The course provides learners with a basic understanding of NIMS concepts, principles, and components.

  
  

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• Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Preparedness

  • When
    25 Jun 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Waukesha County Emergency Operations Center, 1621 Woodburn Rd., Waukesha

  Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Preparedness 

  Waukesha County will be hosting a TEEX Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Preparedness, June 25^th, at the Waukesha County EOC. This is a high-quality, no-cost, all-hazards preparedness training for elected officials, agency leaders, and organization administrators. It is useful both as a primer and refresher. There are no prerequisites, and registration is open. Many openings are available so please consider sharing with peers and partner organizations who may be interested.
  

  
  

  Course: MGT-312 Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Preparedness
  Date: Thursday, June 25^th   
  Time: 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

  Location: Waukesha County EOC – 1621 Woodburn Rd, Waukesha
  Registration: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT312&S=741

  Note: a TEEX student account is needed for registration

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• Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

  • Start
    13 Jul 2026
  • End
    16 Jul 2026
  • Location
    Virtual

  K-0146 - Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (virtual)
  
  Course Description
  This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
  
  The target audience for this training are those involved in planning, program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning of HSEEP consistent exercises.
  
  Course Objectives
  Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.
  
  Prerequisites Courses:
  IS-0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
  
  Other Prerequisites:
  Recommended: IS-0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
  

  Register Here: Wisconsin Emergency Management

  
  NOTE: INTERESTED STUDENTS MUST ALSO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE ON FEMA's ADMISSION SYSTEM HERE:
  
  https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx
  
  When asked for Head of Organization name (or the head of the sponsoring agency), enter: Troy Klemstein, State Training Officer (troy.klemstein@widma.gov)
  
  Students will need a FEMA Student ID (SID) in order to register. If you do not already have one or do not know your SID, visit this site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
  
  Note: If you do not see this class with this specific date in FEMA's registration system, it likely means that the class has already been filled to capacity. If so, please choose a different offering. The class is administered entirely on FEMA's system and they do not inform us when classes have been filled to capacity; we list classes like this on our calendar for the ease of our local students who are interested and might not otherwise be able to attend. 
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.

  
  

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• Universities of Wisconsin Emergency Management Conference

  • Start
    14 Jul 2026
  • End
    15 Jul 2026
  • Location
    Hilton Garden Inn, 2nd Floor Concourse

  

  UWPD Emergency Management is excited to announce the 2026 Universities of Wisconsin Emergency Management Conference. This year’s conference will be held in person over two days in downtown Madison.

  The conference theme is Assistance Centers. A wide range of speakers will present over the course of the two-day conference — you’ll hear from engaging speakers covering topics including planning and establishing an assistance center, Critical Incident Response Team, leveraging mental health services, NGO and volunteer group support, and the Abundant Life Christian School Review, to name a few.

  Conference Website: Universities of Wisconsin Emergency Management Conference - UW–Madison Police Department

  
  

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• Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment (for school administrators and other school safety stakeholders)

  • When
    15 Jul 2026
  •  
    11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  
  

  The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) offers live recurring virtual training events on violence prevention to community safety stakeholders throughout the year. In these trainings, their experts and researchers will present findings from NTAC’s research on targeted violence and discuss strategies for preventing acts of violence in our communities. More information about these trainings events is included below.

  

  Enhancing School Safety Using Behavioral Threat Assessment

  Description: In this virtual training event, NTAC researchers highlight the key findings and implications from our research on school violence prevention. In this training, you will learn about the background, thinking, and behavior of school attackers and how some schools discovered and stopped plots before violence occurred. This training will provide guidance on how schools may develop or improve existing violence prevention programs utilizing a behavioral threat assessment model.

  Intended Audience: School teachers, administrators, counsellors, mental health professionals, school resource officers (SROs), law enforcement officers, and other school safety stakeholders.

  REGISTER

  
  

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• Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents (UPSBI)

  • When
    29 Jul 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Appleton Police Department

  Register

  AWR-132 - Understanding and Planning for School Bombing Incidents (UPSBI)

  Course Description

  The Understanding and Planning for School Bomb Incidents, Mobile course is designed to provide emergency first responders and school staff with the skills to plan and respond to school bomb threats and bombing incidents through lectures and exercises. Participants are presented with information necessary to recognize a threat and determine pre- and post-detonation threat response strategies and develop actionable items specific to an individual's school needs.

  Course Objectives

  • Describe critical decision-making moments during a school bomb threat.
  • Develop the ability to validate a school bombing threat.
  • Identify pre-detonation response strategies in a school environment.
  • Identify post-detonation response strategies in a school environment.

  Mission Areas

  • Prevent

  Prerequisites

  United States Citizenship

  Disciplines

  • Emergency Management
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Fire Service
  • Law Enforcement
  • Security and Safety
  • Education

  
  Prerequisites & Other Information:
  N/A
  
  Cost:
  

  No tuition is charged.

  Register at: www.trainingwisconsin.org 

  
  

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• Whole Community Emergency Management Planning

  • When
    6 Aug 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Sun Prairie Utilities, 510 Linnerud Dr., Sun Prairie, WI

  AWR-330 - WHOLE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING
  
  Through guided discussions, individual and group activities, the AWR-330 Whole Community Emergency Management Planning Course helps participants identify and better understand the stakeholders and resources within their communities. Students will learn to develop strategies to better incorporate stakeholders into their emergency planning process, with a goal of increasing individual, community, and national resilience to all hazards.
  
  This course is designed for any individual involved in emergency management planning from both public and private agencies. The intended audience for this course includes but is not limited to:

   • Emergency Management Personnel
   • Governmental administrative representatives (state / county  / municipal / tribal)
   • Citizen/community volunteers
   • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
   • Advocacy groups and organizations; and other community stakeholder
  
  Prerequisites & Other Information:
  A FEMA SID is required to register for and participate in any training provided by FEMA. The FEMA SID will serve as your unique identifier and be used to maintain the record of FEMA trainings you attended. Register for a FEMA SID at: cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
  
   Recommended Trainings
  • IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
  • IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS 200
  • TEEX MGT-312 Senior Officials Workshop for All Hazards Preparedness
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.

  Register: www.trainingwisconsin.org 

  
  

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• Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

  • Start
    17 Aug 2026
  • End
    20 Aug 2026
  • Location
    Virtual

  K-0146 - Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (virtual)
  
  Course Description
  This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
  
  The target audience for this training are those involved in planning, program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning of HSEEP consistent exercises.
  
  Course Objectives
  Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.
  
  Prerequisites Courses:
  IS-0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
  
  Other Prerequisites:
  Recommended: IS-0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
  

  Register Here: Wisconsin Emergency Management

  
  NOTE: INTERESTED STUDENTS MUST ALSO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE ON FEMA's ADMISSION SYSTEM HERE:
  
  https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx
  
  When asked for Head of Organization name (or the head of the sponsoring agency), enter: Troy Klemstein, State Training Officer (troy.klemstein@widma.gov)
  
  Students will need a FEMA Student ID (SID) in order to register. If you do not already have one or do not know your SID, visit this site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
  
  Note: If you do not see this class with this specific date in FEMA's registration system, it likely means that the class has already been filled to capacity. If so, please choose a different offering. The class is administered entirely on FEMA's system and they do not inform us when classes have been filled to capacity; we list classes like this on our calendar for the ease of our local students who are interested and might not otherwise be able to attend. 
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.

  
  

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• Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)

  • Start
    21 Sep 2026
  • End
    24 Sep 2026
  • Location
    Virtual

  K-0146 - Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (virtual)
  
  Course Description
  This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.
  
  The target audience for this training are those involved in planning, program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning of HSEEP consistent exercises.
  
  Course Objectives
  Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.
  
  Prerequisites Courses:
  IS-0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
  
  Other Prerequisites:
  Recommended: IS-0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
  

  Register Here: Wisconsin Emergency Management

  
  NOTE: INTERESTED STUDENTS MUST ALSO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE ON FEMA's ADMISSION SYSTEM HERE:
  
  https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx
  
  When asked for Head of Organization name (or the head of the sponsoring agency), enter: Troy Klemstein, State Training Officer (troy.klemstein@widma.gov)
  
  Students will need a FEMA Student ID (SID) in order to register. If you do not already have one or do not know your SID, visit this site: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
  
  Note: If you do not see this class with this specific date in FEMA's registration system, it likely means that the class has already been filled to capacity. If so, please choose a different offering. The class is administered entirely on FEMA's system and they do not inform us when classes have been filled to capacity; we list classes like this on our calendar for the ease of our local students who are interested and might not otherwise be able to attend. 
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.

  
  

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• Mass Fatalities Incident Response (Mauston, WI)

  • Start
    20 Oct 2026
  • End
    21 Oct 2026

  G386 - Mass Fatalities Incident Response
  
  This course prepares state and local response personnel and other responsible agencies and professionals to handle mass fatalities effectively and to work with the survivors in an emergency or disaster.

  This course covers incident management; mass fatalities; planning before and operations during an incident; establishing the morgue; family assistance support operations; and assistance from the Federal government. The course concludes with a tabletop exercise.
  Participants will learn to identify the characteristics of a mass fatality incident and identify the roles and responsibilities of key personnel in the incident. In addition, the instructor will describe the steps required to respond to a mass fatalities incident, including catastrophic numbers of fatalities and contaminated remains, and help participants determine their jurisdiction’s preparedness for a mass fatalities event.

  
  

  Selection Criteria:

  The target audience for this course is local responders who may have responsibility for the recovery, handling, identification, and return of remains following a mass fatalities incident.

  Course Objectives:

  • Describe the critical operational activities:
    • Notification
    • Staging
    • Search and recovery
    • Morgue operations
    • Media relations
    • Family assistance
  • Explain how the Family Assistance Center is used to support families and to aid identification of the deceased.
  • Identify the requirements to ensure that the psychological needs of morgue personnel are addressed.
  • Recognize the importance of Critical Incident Stress Debriefings for responders at a mass fatalities incident.
  • Identify the resources that are available during a mass fatalities incident and describe their roles and responsibilities.
  • Apply the principles of ICS to a simulated incident.

  Prerequisites & Other Information:
  N/A
  
  Cost:
  No tuition is charged.
  

  Register: https://www.trainingwisconsin.org/ 

  
  

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