Every year the Southeast Regional Homeland Security Council (SRAC) supports regional, specialized law enforcement teams by providing funding for training, equipment, and exercise. This past November, the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council’s SWAT team partnered with the Martha’s Vineyard Tactical Response Team for five days of training from SWAT experts from across the…
SRAC is sponsoring an election security training to be held in Taunton on October 9th, 2024. Please RSVP to mpacheco@taunton-ma.gov if you are an election official or police officer and would like to attend.
Canton Fire Paramedics are gearing up to formally launch a new Field Transfusion Paramedic Program – the first of its kind in Massachusetts. According to Canton Fire News, “[t]he program will significantly advance the treatment of trauma patients by allowing trained firefighters to transfuse Low Titer O Whole Blood (LTOWB) to trauma patients at…
Each year, the Southeast Homeland Security Region Advisory Council (SRAC) receives an allocation of funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to improve the capability for the 97 municipalities in the Southeast Region to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism…
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) is hosting a series of position specific classes from October 2022 through September 2023. The primary goal of the NIMS ICS All-Hazards Position Specific Training Program is to provide advanced level training needed by personnel responsible for managing incidents of greater complexity than those typically encountered during routine…