The Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) is currently serving as a Logistical Staging Area for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA). The GPSTC was activated as a FEMA/GEMA Logistical Staging Area (LSA) on Tuesday October 9, 2018, a day before Hurricane Michael Read more…
The Georgia Public Safety Training Center has developed and launched a new two-hour online course addressing the growing issue of Human Trafficking. The Human Trafficking online course provides public safety personnel with information needed to help identify potential cases of human trafficking. The course contains tips for interacting with possible Read more…
The Georgia Public Safety Training Center will be hosting multiple September and October offerings of the Family Violence First Responder course throughout the state. This course is aimed at patrol officers and supervisors providing them necessary skills to safely and successfully recognize and respond to potential acts of Family Violence. Read more…
The Georgia Fire Academy is proud to partner with GEMA in the offering of the 2018 HazMat Symposium. This two-day training event will be held September 20-21 at the GPSTC – Forsyth campus. The symposium is designed to educate community responders regarding regulatory hazmat requirements, standards, advances in response technology and available Read more…
GPSTC will be offering the Public Safety Fitness Specialist training course starting October 28 through November 6. This is a comprehensive course designed for instructors responsible for coordinating, planning, and implementing health and wellness programs at their agencies. Subjects include exercise physiology, anatomy and kinesiology, cardiovascular and resistance training, Read more…
On August 24, 2018, the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC) took the initiative to lead in the efforts to bring about a much-needed change in training for “The Active Shooter” response. Chris Wigginton, Director of the GPSTC hosted this interdisciplinary leadership forum on the main campus in Forsyth, Georgia. Read more…
Mass injury, mass casualty situations are becoming more and more common. This unfortunate trend calls for a new approach to training. The Georgia Public Safety Training Center will be hosting an interdisciplinary leadership forum on Friday, August 24, 2018. During this forum, we will discuss the vision of where we Read more…
On Monday, September 10, 2018, the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force (Working Group 5) and the Department of Corrections will present this educational symposium designed to provide public safety personnel with helpful and timely Read more…