The Disaster Service Worker (DSW) program has developed training materials to ensure that you, as a designated DSW, can do the following:

• Understand your critical role in responding to and recovering from a disaster.
• Help you prepare and protect yourself and your family first so you can then focus on helping others.
• Understand your possible job roles in a disaster and how to get to your assignments.
• Introduce you to additional required and optional learning for disaster preparedness.

Training for DSW 

Step 1 - Take the DSW Overview Training:

• Disaster Service Worker Orientation Training for non-County employees 
  Note: Yolo County employees access this training through Yolo Training Academy.

Step 2 - Take the California Standardized Emergency Management System Introduction (SEMS) Training:

• SEMS G606 - (Online Course)
  • Go to  CSTI web site
  • Create an account
  • Click on  Browse Training
  • Use the Search magnifying glass in the upper right-hand corner to access the search box
  • Enter:  "G606 Online"

Step 3—Complete the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) Training listed below and obtain certificates of completion.

·         Course 1: FEMA Independent Study IS-700: NIMS and Introduction

o     Identifies purposes, principles, key components, and benefits of NIMS.

o    It takes up to 3.5 hours to complete.

·         Course- 2: FEMA Independent Study IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System

o    Introduces ICS and describes the history, features, principles, and organizational structure of ICS

o    Explains the relationship between ICS and NIMS.

o    It takes up to 2 hours to complete.