Training and Team Meetings

Team training comes in a variety of formats including:

• Hands-on training at the Team Warehouse

• Drills

• FEMA ICS courses (absolutely mandatory - see members only page for more information)

• NDMS Integrated Medical, Public health, Preparedness & Response Training Summit - 2010 Training Summit to be held in May 2010 in Nashville, TN

Members of the WA-1 DMAT team are encouraged to attend all training when it's offered.  Mary Ditkoff is the Training Officer for the team.  If you have training needs or would like to instruct training please contact her directly.

All members are required to attend two training sessions and one drill per year.

Upcoming meetings

• Team meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of every ODD month at 1900 at the warehouse (Mar, May, July, Sep, Nov). The January team meeting will be held on Saturday, Jan 23rd at 0900. We'll have a brief meeting and warehouse drill followed by the loading of our trucks.

• Leadership meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of EVERY month at 1800 at the warehouse

• Leadership/Squad Leader meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of March, June, Sep and Dec. During the months we have team meetings, they will be only 1 hour in duration starting at 1800.

* Additional training information and training schedule can be found in the members only section