PER-420 in Washington (Hybrid) on March 25th, 2025

Self-paced

PER-420: Understanding Climate Risk - Hazard, Vulnerability, and Community Resilience

Courtesy of King County Emergency Management, the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management, and the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University.

Date: March 25th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PT)
Location: 3511 NE Second Street, Renton, WA, 98056 or via Zoom.

How to obtain a certificate:

Sign up for the course on this page.
Take the pre-test.
Attend the training on March 25th, 2025.
Take the post-test and evaluation.

If you are attending in person, please note that we will be working with online mapping tools. We strongly recommend that you bring a laptop to complete course requisites.
If you are attending virtually, we recommend you use headphones to optimize your training experience.

This is a hybrid training. We will reach out to you in the weeks before this training to confirm whether you are attending in-person or virtually.

Course Overview:

This performance-level, instructor-led training will provide participants with an overview of climate change and community resilience. This course will review available tools, such as the Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT) and the National Risk Index (NRI). It will describe how to use these tools to inform planning. Case studies and scenarios will be presented for learners to understand lessons learned regarding preparation for supply chain management in a changing climate.

The course is for emergency managers guided by the Community Lifelines construct, with all stakeholders involved in stabilizing each lifeline as they relate to climate and equity themes. The course is designed to include the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) emergency management and first responder communities to ensure attendees have access to key resources and planning tools on climate change and equity issues.

Learning Objectives:

Assess ways in which climate models can project future climate conditions.
Demonstrate competency with the Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT) and the National Risk Index (NRI).
Analyze disaster scenarios regarding future climate and social conditions.
Analyze how climate disruptions can negatively impact community lifelines, supply chains, and vulnerable communities.

Hosted by Eric O'Brien from King County Emergency Management and Krystal Craig from the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management.

This project is supported by Cooperative Agreements EMW-2021-CA-00092, EMW-2021-CA-00093, EMW-2022-CA-00037, EMW-2023-GG019446, and EMW-2024-CA-05117 administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Full course description