Safety & Security Events

The Shelter Fundamentals course is a basic level course that introduces the roles and responsibilities for opening, operating and closing a shelter during a disaster. The course focuses on what new shelter workers need to know to work in a shelter. The purpose of the course is to prepare participants for the roles and responsibilities they will perform at a shelter service.

The Shelter Simulations course provides an opportunity for participants to increase their knowledge of working in a shelter and gain confidence in performing various shelter tasks. The course provides practical experience on how to conduct the various tasks required to maintain a functioning shelter and situations that may arise during shelter operations. Activities include group discussion; role plays and hands-on practice.

Quarterly meeting for the Public Safety Communication Users committee. 

All PSAP personnel are encouraged to attend and participate in committee activities.

A virtual option is also available.

Participants in the course will learn how to recognize life-threatening bleeding and act quickly and effectively to control it with three quick techniques. The Stop the Bleed training course will empower you to make a life-or-death difference when a bleeding emergency happens. 

The instructors will teach you in person using training materials specially developed to teach bleeding control techniques. They will instruct you, and also be available to check your movements as you practice three different bleeding control actions: 

Please join us for a free training opportunity to understand the risks to your facility, learn what makes your facility susceptible to risks and how you can prepare and mitigate the risks.

Knowing how to stop serious bleeding can save a life. Learn about tourniquet use and wound triage.

Please note that this event is not hosted by MARC. Please contact the host for additional information about this event. 

Please join us for a free training opportunity to understand the risks to your facility, learn what makes your facility susceptible to risks and how you can prepare and mitigate the risks.

Participants will learn risk recognition, responder safety, patient care considerations, evidence-based decontamination, and coordination across agencies grounded in real incidents from the KC Metro.