The International Public Safety Association's Annual Conference will be held February 27 -28, 2020 at the Tempe Center for the Arts in Tempe, Arizona. The focus will be on integrated response. Law enforcement, 911 telecommunicators, fire service, EMS, emergency management and allied emergency response professionals need to attend. It will be an incredible cross-disciplinary education and networking event. The agenda will be posted soon. Attend...

This special educational training event is for all first responders (law enforcement, corrections personnel, firefighters, EMS, 911 dispatchers) and allied emergency responders. Public safety officials experience a wide-range of health and mental health consequences as a result of work-related exposures to natural or man-made disasters. Safeguarding the mental health of our public safety officials is a vital part of preserving national securit...

This webinar is for every first responder and public safety professional. The instructor will begin the lecture by defining what a remote medical assessment is, and then he will discuss how some situations of the tactical environment may require the TEMS medic to perform a remote medical assessment such as during the Direct Threat Care Phase or with Barricaded Subjects. Further, attendees will learn about surrogate medical care and methods of...

Just like their handlers, K9s have a high risk of injury during any call for service - whether it's chasing a subject or on a search & rescue mission. Given this, handlers and paramedics need to know the skills involved (and legal/liability concerns) when providing an injured K9 emergency veterinary medicine. Webinar attendees will learn what it takes to develop an K9 e-medicine program and the skills involved. The instructor will shed lig...

The unfortunate reality is that it is becoming increasingly common to see a fire at violent incidents. And when the house, building or city block is burning, this is not the time to develop a plan. All first responders must plan and train for integrated response to fire suppression just as we did for medical care. During this webinar, attendees will learn: How to establish a training program to address integrated response to fire suppression S...

In the public safety world, the need to have difficult conversations with your team, colleagues or subordinates will always arise. We all know how important it is to essentially rip off the band-aid and have these conversations in a timely manner, but confronting a co-worker about a performance or job-related issue is also something that most individuals avoid. And, when avoidance occurs, it can lead to low morale or even create a toxic work e...

The International Public Safety Association believes in providing mission critical, educational and affordable training opportunities to the public safety community throughout the year. Join us by participating in our first Webinar Week this August 14-18, 2017. Each day, Monday - Friday, IPSA will host a Free Educational Webinar at 10am Arizona Time. Monday: Critical Incident/Active Shooter Awareness Active shooter incidents in the workplace i...

When critical infrastructure fails, let's face it, we are a wreck. This webcast will focus on developing mitigation strategies for a variety of critical infrastructures - from communications to cyber. Attendees will be provided an overview of risk assessment which will lead into the mitigation process. Critical infrastructures will be examined from a risk assessment viewpoint. The instructor will explore and develop various mitigation strategi...

Go ahead - Google yourself. What did you find? You probably found your name on several nefarious websites. Even when you go to remove your name, a new website appears and voila – so does your name. Doxxing is defined as the practice of researching and broadcasting personally identifiable information (such as names, addresses, phone numbers, spouse, children, relatives, financial history, and much more) about an individual for the purpose...

Do we really know what safe is? If you are a firefighter, Paramedic or EMT chances are you have repeated this question many times, "is the scene safe?" From our initial training to our recert classes, it's the first thing said at the start of all skills testing. The problem is do we really know what safe is? How are we determining that the scene is safe. And, more importantly, what actions did we do prior to even getting on scene to ensure our...