NEMCo is a partnership among the cities of Kenmore and Lake Forest Park, and Shoreline Fire Department to maximize each of the participating agencies emergency preparedness efforts and resources to serve our Northshore community.
Training
NEMCo Training Opportunities
NEMCo conducts mini-trainings during our monthly (second Tuesday) meetings at Fire Station 51 in Kenmore. We also have three-hour training every month (typically the Saturday following the monthly meeting) and the location if different from Station 51 is announced typically a month in advance. The Public is welcome to attend all our training events.
See:
Home page for upcoming CERT classes, workshops and fairs.
The RACES group also periodically sponsors technician-level courses to prepare for the Federal Communication Commission's Amateur Radio licensing. These will be announced on our Home page and at RACES meetings (held on Third Tuesdays, 7-9pm, Kenmore Fire Station 51.
Membership page for classes required to be a NEMCo-certified volunteer.
Other Area Training
CPR/AED and First Aid Classes
The Shoreline Fire Department offers these classes on a regular basis. The classes fill up quickly.
South Snohomish County Fire Department also offers a variety of classes.
Classes offered include:
Stop The Bleed Training
The Trauma department at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett offers this class once a month, usually the third Thursday, free for the public.
The information for our class can be found here:
https://blog.providence.org/northwest-everett/providence-swedish-offers-free-stop-the-bleed-training
The registration page can be found here: https://psjhcrmwebsites.microsoftcrmportals.com/home?Region=WA&Ministry=PRMCE&Keywords=bleed
FEMA Independent Study classes
NOTE: These courses are required in order to be a NEMCo-certified volunteer. Many other organizations also have similar requirements.
NEWS: SITE IS DOWN
The web site with FEMA’s Independent Study classes (including IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800) is starting to come back online: https://training.fema.gov/is/
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If you need to download a copy of your transcript from past Independent Studies classes (or copies of the Certificates themselves), the Student Self-Service Portal is also back online. https://training.fema.gov/student/sssp.aspx
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If you need to complete the exams for any of these particular courses as prerequisites for other in-person classes, these links will get you right to the page for each course:
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IS-700: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=is-700.b&lang=en
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IS-100: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=is-100.c&lang=en
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IS-200: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-200.c&lang=en
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IS-800: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-800.d&lang=en
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Note that not all of the Independent Studies courses are back online yet (including the Spanish versions of the courses listed above), so check back often to see if the course you are looking for has been restored.
Amateur Radio Licensing
Classes/Exams
Although NEMCo intends to sponsor two licensing classes/exams each year, if you are excited about joining the ham community, we'd like to remind you of a couple of other training sites:
AARL: The American Radio Relay League
Mike and Key Amateur Radio Club
Other Area Preparedness Classes
As a community service, we'd like to remind you of a few other training venues:
Check out your local libraries. For example, area Sno-Isle and Jefferson County libraries offer a variety of preparedness topics throughout the year.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GUIDE
This guide provides a number of resources on how to get ready and respond to emergencies. Note that some of the information also contains training resources.