PERMA

Regional Safety Coordinator Training - at Town of Manlius (Onondaga County)
2019-04-08 08:30 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Town of Manlius, 301 Brooklea Drive, Fayetteville, NY, 13066, United States
Intended to help PERMA members fulfill their named Safety Coordinator required training, this program will cover basic Safety Coordinator duties with a focus on policies, procedures and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. Presented by PERMA public works risk management specialist Ed Starowicz. The deadline for RSVP is April 1st. Training will be held at the Town of Manlius – Town Hall.
Contact Sigrid Vompa, Safety Training Coordinator, to register.

Regional Safety Coordinator Training - at Civil Defense Building (Steuben County)
2019-04-05 08:30 - 15:30 | Civil Defense Building, Steuben County Civil Defense Building, Route 54, Bath, NY, 14810, United States
Intended to help PERMA members fulfill their named Safety Coordinator required training, this program will cover basic Safety Coordinator duties with a focus on policies, procedures and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. Presented by PERMA public works risk management specialist Ed Starowicz. The deadline for RSVP is March 29th. Training will be held at the Civil Defense Building in Bath, NY (Steuben County).
Contact Sigrid Vompa, Safety Training Coordinator, to register.

Regional Safety Coordinator Training - at Village of Alden (Erie County)
2019-04-03 08:30 - 15:30 | Village of Alden, 13336 Broadway, Alden, NY, 14004, United States
Intended to help PERMA members fulfill their named Safety Coordinator required training, this program will cover basic Safety Coordinator duties with a focus on policies, procedures and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. Presented by PERMA public works risk management specialist Ed Starowicz. The deadline for RSVP is March 27th. Training will be held at the Village of Alden – Municipal Bldg | Community Room.
Contact Sigrid Vompa, Safety Training Coordinator, to register.

Webinar - Preparing for Your Seasonal Employees
2019-03-28 13:00 - 14:00
Save the date for the last of PERMA’s winter/spring webinars – preparing your programs and procedures for seasonal employees. Registration is now open!
Click here to register.

Webinar - How to Coach Municipal Leaders on Risk Avoidance Through All Stages
2019-03-07 13:00 - 14:00
Just added! Edwin J. Tobin, partner at Maynard, O’Connor, Smith and Catalinatto, LLP will take administrators and managers through the steps of educating municipal governing bodies on risk management. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Suffolk County
2019-03-02 09:00 - 11:00 | West Islip Fire Department, 309 Union Boulevard, West Islip, NY, 11795, United States
PERMA is sponsoring the NYS Association of Fire Chiefs’ (NYSAFC) 2018-19 Firefighter Best Practices Training. This regional training, conducted by NYSAFC, will provide an overview of the best practices for training and job performance standards for firefighters, fire chiefs, apparatus operators, and fire instructors.
The fire service, both career and volunteer, has become much more professionalized and both have two goals in mind – to protect the public and make sure everyone goes home at the end of the day. The best practice training is intended to ensure that those goals are met.
Attendees will receive a collection of electronic resources to bring the knowledge to their home departments including OSHA and PESH compliance guidance, policy and procedure templates, and useful programs from various government agencies.
Space is limited, so register soon! Contact Sue Syzdek at NYSAFC with questions.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Steuben County
2019-02-25 19:00 - 21:30 | Steuben County, 7220 NY-54, Bath, NY, 14810, United States

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Madison County
2019-02-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Canastota Fire Department, 127 East Center Street, Canastota, NY, 13032, United States

Webinar - Workers' Comp Basics
2019-02-14 13:00 - 14:00
Save the date for our third winter webinar – an in-depth tutorial for workers’ comp newbies, with specific focus on claim filing and administration. More information will be posted here as it is determined.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Fulton County
2019-02-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Johnstown High School, 1 Sir Bills Circle, Johnstown, NY, 12095, United States

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Dutchess County
2019-01-30 19:00 - 21:30 | Pleasant Valley Fire Department, 1619 Main Street, Pleasant Valley, NY, 12569, United States
PERMA is sponsoring the NYS Association of Fire Chiefs’ (NYSAFC) 2018-19 Best Practices for Fire Department Training. This regional training, conducted by NYSAFC, will provide an overview of the best practices for training and job performance standards for firefighters, fire chiefs, apparatus operators, and fire instructors.
The fire service, both career and volunteer, has become much more professionalized and both have two goals in mind – to protect the public and make sure everyone goes home at the end of the day. The best practice training is intended to ensure that those goals are met.
Attendees will receive a collection of electronic resources to bring the knowledge to their home departments including OSHA and PESH compliance guidance, policy and procedure templates, and useful programs from various government agencies.
Space is limited, so register soon! Contact Sue Syzdek at NYSAFC with questions.

Webinar - Effective Overtime Practices
2019-01-24 13:00 - 14:00
Save the date for the first of PERMA’s winter webinars – examining effective overtime practices in regards to workers’ compensation. More information will be posted here as it is determined.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Monroe County
2019-01-16 19:00 - 21:30 | Webster Volunteer Fireman’s Building, 172 Sanford Street, Webster, NY, 14580
PERMA is sponsoring the NYS Association of Fire Chiefs’ (NYSAFC) 2018-19 Firefighter Best Practices Training. This regional trainings, conducted by NYSAFC, will provide an overview of the best practices for training and job performance standards for firefighters, fire chiefs, apparatus operators, and fire instructors.
The fire service, both career and volunteer, has become much more professionalized and both have two goals in mind – to protect the public and make sure everyone goes home at the end of the day. The best practice training is intended to ensure that those goals are met.
Attendees will receive a collection of electronic resources to bring the knowledge to their home departments including OSHA and PESH compliance guidance, policy and procedure templates, and useful programs from various government agencies.
Space is limited, so register soon! Contact Sue Syzdek at NYSAFC with questions.

Webinar - Length of Leave under NYS Civil Service Law Section 71
2019-01-10 13:00 - 14:00
Save the date for the second of PERMA’s winter webinars – an informative session on Section 71 and how it impacts, and is impacted by, workers’ compensation. More information will be posted here as it is determined.

PESH Compliance Training for Highway and DPW - Clinton County
2018-11-30 13:00 - 16:00, 2018-11-29 12:30 - 16:00 | Plattsburgh Town Hall- Conference Room, 151 Banker Road, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901, United States
Did you know that NYS DOL/PESH compliance regulations now require all staff (as well as those associated with a municipality) to receive workplace violence and sexual harassment prevention training? This includes board members & trustees, attorneys, judges, and part-time employees. To help you fulfill this requirement, PERMA will be hosting PESH compliance training for members in Clinton County.
This training session is for highway employees and DPW staff and will include workplace violence and sexual harassment prevention training to comply with the new State requirements effective October 2019
Seating is limited, so RSVP soon!
To register, please email Sigrid Vompa, Safety Training Coordinator or call her at (518) 220-0386.

PESH Compliance Training for Administrative Staff - Clinton County
2018-11-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Plattsburgh Town Hall- Conference Room, 151 Banker Road, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901, United States
Did you know that NYS DOL/PESH compliance regulations now require all staff (as well as those associated with a municipality) to receive workplace violence and sexual harassment prevention training? This includes board members & trustees, attorneys, judges, and part-time employees. To help you fulfill this requirement, PERMA will be hosting PESH compliance training for members in Clinton County.
This training session is for administrative staff and will include workplace violence and sexual harassment prevention training to comply with the new State requirements effective October 2019.
Seating is limited, so RSVP soon!
To register, please email Sigrid Vompa, Safety Training Coordinator or call her at (518) 220-0386.

Webinar - PSI BOOST training for admins
2018-11-27 11:00 - 11:30, 2018-11-20 11:00 - 11:30, 2018-11-13 11:00 - 11:30, 2018-11-06 11:00 - 11:30
Tate Crosby of FirstNet Learning (host of the PERMA Safety Institute) will walk all members who are administrators on PSI through our new training tool – BOOST Learning Campaigns.
BOOST are 12-topic packages of short online courses to boost and reinforce knowledge. After a PSI administrator assigns the package to employees, each topic is automatically delivered via email, with one click to launch the course; no logging in is necessary. And each email is sent on an established schedule, freeing administrators from any further scheduling responsibility once the package is assigned.
The first package available to PERMA members is the General Safety Series. To find out more information, register for the webinar by contacting Tate at tcrosby@firstnetlearning.com; make certain to tell her the date you are registering for.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Madison County
2018-11-15 19:00 - 21:30 | Canastota Fire Department, 127 East Center Street, Canastota, NY, 13032, United States

Regional Advanced Safety Coordinator Training - at Hicksville Library
2018-11-15 09:00 - 12:30 | Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Avenue, Hicksville, NY, 11801, United States
Presented by PERMA public works risk management specialist Ed Starowicz, this program is the final installment of the Safety Coordinator training and will cover Advanced Safety Coordinator duties with a focus on policies, procedures and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. Completion of both this course and the basic training course fulfills the Safety Coordinator training requirements outlined in the Safety Program section of the PERMA Program Agreement. Topics of discussion will include:

Safety committees
General office safety
Emergency evacuation
Substance abuse
Workplace bullying prevention
Transitional duty

Please RSVP to svompa@neami.com by October 26.
Certificates of completion will be sent out after the conclusion of the Advanced courses in November. If you have not yet taken the Basic Safety Coordinator course, it is available to take online at the PERMA Safety Institute.

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Erie County
2018-11-14 19:00 - 21:30 | Woodlawn Fire Company, 3281 Lake Shore Road, Blasdell, NY, 14219, United States
PERMA is sponsoring the NYS Association of Fire Chiefs’ (NYSAFC) 2018-19 Best Practices for Fire Department Training. This regional trainings, conducted by NYSAFC, will provide an overview of the best practices for training and job performance standards for firefighters, fire chiefs, apparatus operators, and fire instructors.
The fire service, both career and volunteer, has become much more professionalized and both have two goals in mind – to protect the public and make sure everyone goes home at the end of the day. The best practice training is intended to ensure that those goals are met.
Attendees will receive a collection of electronic resources to bring the knowledge to their home departments including OSHA and PESH compliance guidance, policy and procedure templates, and useful programs from various government agencies.
Space is limited, so register soon! Contact Sue Syzdek at NYSAFC with questions.

Regional Advanced Safety Coordinator Training - at Southold FD
2018-11-14 08:30 - 12:00 | Southold Fire District, 55135 Route 25, Southold, NY, 11971, United States

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Orange County
2018-11-13 19:00 - 21:30 | Orange County Emergency Services Center, 22 Wells Farm Road, Goshen, NY, 10924, United States

Regional Advanced Safety Coordinator Training - at North Patchogue FD
2018-11-13 08:30 - 12:00 | North Patchogue Fire Department, 33 Davidson Avenue, Patchogue, NY, 11772, United States

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Westchester County
2018-11-08 19:00 - 21:30 | Westchester County Fire Training Center, 4 Dana Road, Valhalla, NY, 10595

Firefighter Best Practices Training - Chenango County
2018-10-24 19:00 - 21:30 | SUNY Morrisville, 20 Conkey Avenue, Norwich, NY, 13815, United States

Regional Advanced Safety Coordinator Training - at Town of Manlius
2018-10-19 08:30 - 12:00 | Town of Manlius, 301 Brooklea Drive, Fayetteville, NY, 13066, United States
Presented by PERMA public works risk management specialist Ed Starowicz, this program is the final installment of the Safety Coordinator training and will cover Advanced Safety Coordinator duties with a focus on policies, procedures and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. Completion of both this course and the basic training course fulfills the Safety Coordinator training requirements outlined in the Safety Program section of the PERMA Program Agreement. Topics of discussion will include:

Safety committees
General office safety
Emergency evacuation
Substance abuse
Workplace bullying prevention
Transitional duty

Please RSVP to svompa@neami.com by September 28.
Certificates of completion will be sent out after the conclusion of the Advanced courses in November. If you have not yet taken the Basic Safety Coordinator course, it is available to take online at the PERMA Safety Institute.
