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LHO Core Training and Continuing Education Opportunities

Upcoming Trainings

Continuing Education for Local Health Officers:

Other Trainings that might be of interest (note that some of these might include a fee):

Date Event Location
Tue, Aug 5, 2025, 11am - 1pm Planning, Response, and Management of Radiological and Nuclear Incidents (AWR-935-V4)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Wed, Aug 6, 2025, 12pm - 1pm Planning, Response, and Management of a Biological Pathogen or Agent Incident (AWR-935-V5)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 10am - 3pm, Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 10am - 3pm K0418: Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Planning and Operations

Virtual

Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 12pm - 1pm Healthcare Facility Patient Evacuation Planning and Preparedness (AWR-934-V12)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 12pm - 1:30pm Prehospital Mass Casualty Incident Operations (AWR-934-V15)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST) 

Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 11am - 12pm Psychological Preparedness for Responders (AWR-933-V7)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Mon, Aug 11, 2025, 10am - 3pm, Thu, Aug 14, 2025, 10am - 3pm K0418: Mass Care/Emergency Assistance Planning and Operations

Virtual

Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 10am - 12pm Hospital Incident Command System (AWR-934-V7)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Thu, Aug 21, 2025, 12pm - 1:15pm Healthcare Facility Mass Fatality Management (AWR-934-V13)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 8am - 4pm MGT-348 Medical Preparedness Response for Bombing Incidents

Steuben, Eagle Hill Institute, 59 Eagle Hill Rd

Thu, Sep 4, 2025, 3pm - 4:30pm Contact Tracing for Transmissible Infectious Disease

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Tue, Sep 9, 2025, 8am - 12pm Cybersecurity Risk Awareness for Officials and Senior Management (AWR 383)

Windham, ME

Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 2pm - 6pm Community Planning for Disaster Recovery

Webinar

Thu, Sep 18, 2025, 2pm - 3pm Exposed: Hazards Associated with Emergency Response Providers (AWR-933-V21)

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Tue, Sep 23, 2025, 1pm - 5pm Winter Weather Hazards: Science and Preparedness (AWR-331)

Webinar

Wed, Sep 24, 2025, 12pm - 1pm Pediatric Considerations in Disaster Planning

Virtual (hosted in CST; times listed here are EST)

Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 2pm - 6pm Winter Weather Hazards: Science and Preparedness (AWR-331)

Virtual

Wed, Oct 15, 2025, 12pm - 1pm Using A Convergence Approach to Cyber Incident Management

Virtual

Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 1pm - 5pm Community Resilience (AWR-228)

Virtual

Mon, Oct 27, 2025, 3pm - 4pm Eliciting Patient Healthcare Goals and the CMS Hospital Measure

Virtual

Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 1pm - 5pm Leveraging Tools for Coordinated Community Disaster Communications (AWR-329)

Virtual

Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 1pm - 5pm Winter Weather Hazards: Science and Preparedness (AWR-331)

Virtual

Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 8am - 4pm Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response (MGT 319)

Bangor, ME

Thu, Nov 20, 2025, 8am - 4pm Medical Countermeasures: Point of Dispensing (POD), Planning and Response (MGT 319)

Portland, ME

Required LHO Core Training

Newly appointed LHOs must complete the Core Training within 6 months of their appointment to continue in the position. The training must be repeated every 3 years.

The online training is being updated for 2025. Until the update is complete, LHOs can complete the training using the LHO Training Workbook (PDF). Once you have completed the required Local Health Officer Core Training in the attached workbook, email the Local Health Officer Coordinator (lho.coordinator@maine.gov) for your Certificate of Completion. Include the Certifying language below:

“I certify that I have completed this Local Health Officer Core Training and understand the subject matter contained in this training. In the event questions arise during my performance as the town's LHO, I can contact my Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health District Liaison for assistance.”

Training Objectives

 This training provides you with:

  • A brief history of Local Health Officers (“LHOs”) in Maine;
  • Introduction to LHO statutory duties and authorities;
  • Introduction to common complaints encountered by LHOs;
  • Strategies for addressing complaints; and
  • Resources to help you handle situations you are likely to encounter as an LHO.

The training is self-directed and will take approximately 4-6 hours to complete.