Online & Independent (Self) Study Opportunities

I am looking to find any accessible and available free online CE and/or CME opportunities.

1. The criteria for material(s) I am looking for are:

No Cost and,
Emergency Service Course Content and,
Continuing Educational Credit (CE) or,
Continuing Medical Education (CME) and;

2. Meet Educational areas in Safety or Operational standards consistent with any:

NFPA
OSHA
NIOSH
UL / ISO
US DHS
NREMT (*or any State DOH/EMS)
Any well established company, organization, agency or manufacturer (equipment specific) that are not listed.

3. Should be:

Government Supported or,
College / University supported or,
Industrial supported or,
Fire service supported or
EMS supported

4. Please Reply with posts including:

A Brief Description or Course Title
Subject or target audience (EMS, Fire. HAZMAT, Rescue, Etc.)
Provider (company or agency) Name
URL Link
Individual Course (i.e. HAZMAT Awareness) or provider (i.e. State DOT)?
Rate Course Quality 1 to 10 (low 1 - high 10)
Are records or certificates provided printable or mailed?
Is there a grade or transcript provided?
Comments & Notes

Public health and responder course work.

First Responders: EMS, Fire, LEO & Heath Care Providers

State University of New York at Albany, School of Public Health

Course List

http://www.ualbanycphp.org/learning/default.cfm

Provider = University SUNYA Several courses available

Excellent quality = 10

Printable certificates on Completion & Exam

No graded transcript but CE options area available

There are available courses networked with other schools and partenerships.

some of the classes offered:

"HazMat Transportation Incidents: Using the Emergency Response Guidebook"

"Personal Safety and Health for Emergency Responders"

Thanks,

Mitch Donovan

BC OVFC Fire & EMS

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on December 10, 2010 at 4:22pm

Chief Donovan,

A very resourceful young lady put together a listing of free on line training classes, some that may meet your needs.

Here is the link: http://www.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/more-than-100-free-on...

Please note that the extensive research I had to do to enable you to move forward on your research, although it only took one click to look at FFN Forums, a second click to look at Training blogs and a third click to see the page that listed the forum topic, More Than 100 Free On Line Fire Department Training Classes, which admittedly was an easy find, but still Chief, no one works for free.

My charge, and considering that I am over here, literally on the left coast, miles from you, My oldest daughter moved to Ithaca, NY, which means that there is a good chance that I will be visiting your state in the future. During my visit, I expect to receive payment for my time in the amount of one cup of coffee, black.

See you then! and... make contact with the National Fire Academy resources center. They not only have the information you are seeking but... will do research for you to tailor make your request. If it's WMD-ish, don't forget about the COBRA training and other free resources at the Anniston, Alabama facility.

Best of luck with your research endeavors Chief.

Mike

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Permalink Reply by Mitchell Donovan on December 10, 2010 at 8:09pm

Thanks Cap, I am working on my company's website to set up a model that will link our members (and other responders) to these resources. I am going to have to set up to get all the courses I collect reviewed and determine usefulness and credit for drills / education for our length of service award program.
One coffee on hold for you, let me know when you are going to make that trip.

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