South Dakota Emergency Management Association

SDEMA 2026 Pre-Conference Training

Monday, September 14th

Crisis Track Software Training - 3 hour course

Crisis Track is a tool for County EMs and potential applicants of either Public Assistance or Individual Assistance to use to track damages during and after an event. Damages that are entered in an incident through Crisis Track are then submitted to the State OEM office for use during PDAs to verify County thresholds and request a Presidential Disaster Declaration. As of January 1st , Crisis Track is the required way to submit damage information.

Class will be broken into three parts: Online application, Mobile Device Application, and Self-Report Website. Topics covered will include pre-disaster setup, administrative functions, damage capturing through various forms and methods, and additional functions of the software.

This training is specific for County Emergency Managers and other County Staff that would support in damage collection or review.

Participants will need a computer and smartphone for hands on training with the Crisis Track App and web forms.

This Crisis Track training will meet the LEMPG requirement for Crisis Track training.

To receive credit for training you must be present for the entire course. Please register for this course through the SDOEM website: Registration for Crisis Track

G271: Hazardous Weather Preparedness (Day 1) - 16 hour course

This course was developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and FEMA staff with input and assistance from many State and local emergency managers.
It is intended to help promote more proactive responses to weather and flood hazards through close coordination between emergency management and NWS.
Since the United States experiences more severe weather than any other country, emergency managers need to know:

How the basic elements of weather can combine to create potential hazards in their areas;
What information is available and how it can be obtained;
How to analyze the information on developing threats and how to project potential impacts; and
How to determine when actions need to be initiated to meet developing threats.

No prerequisites required for this course.
To receive credit for training you must be present for the entire course. Please register for this course through the SDOEM website: Registration for G271: Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness

Tuesday, September 15th

SalamanderLive v3 Credentialing Training - 8 hour course

This course will run as a functional exercise geared towards a large event in one jurisdiction that will require multiple assignments and multiple pieces of equipment causing the need for neighboring jurisdictions to incorporate all Salamander products requiring full accountability during an event.

The exercise will incorporate the use of SalamanderLIVE, rapidTAG, TrackAPP, Events Pro, Plans, Rapid Tag Evac, Command, and Inventory.

The exercise will be built in an HSEEP format and will allow the creation of an AAR to determine inefficiencies and thoughts for potential future needs or purchases based off the lessons learned. Following completion of the course, you will have completed a fully approved functional exercise.

Please bring a laptop with any Salamander products you currently use (ex. rapidTAG printer/laptop & TrackAPP). If you aren’t using any of the products, you will still be able to participate in the exercise. Registration for Salamander Training

G271: Hazardous Weather Preparedness (Day 2) - 16 hour course

This course was developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and FEMA staff with input and assistance from many State and local emergency managers.
It is intended to help promote more proactive responses to weather and flood hazards through close coordination between emergency management and NWS.
Since the United States experiences more severe weather than any other country, emergency managers need to know:

How the basic elements of weather can combine to create potential hazards in their areas;
What information is available and how it can be obtained;
How to analyze the information on developing threats and how to project potential impacts; and
How to determine when actions need to be initiated to meet developing threats.

No prerequisites required for this course.
To receive credit for training you must be present for the entire course. Please register for this course through the SDOEM website: Registration for G271: Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness