Training & Instruction

Training built for
the real world.

Ascenttra's instructors aren't academics — they're emergency managers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, and hospital emergency managers with decades of field experience. Every course we deliver is immediately applicable to the job your people actually do.

Why our training is different

Practitioners teaching practitioners.

When resources change but requirements don't, Ascenttra provides scalable training that meets your staff where they are — and takes them where they need to be.

Field-experienced instructors

Our instructors have responded to the nation's largest disasters and designed some of its most complex exercises. They teach from experience, not from a slide deck.

Scalable to your needs and budget

Course length, content depth, and delivery format are all adjustable. Choose from pre-designed curricula or have Ascenttra build something specific to your organization.

Multiple delivery formats

In-person, virtual, computer-based, and train-the-trainer options are all available. The right format for your team, your schedule, and your budget — not just what's easiest for us.

Our instructors

The people teaching your people.

Ascenttra instructors are internationally recognized practitioners across emergency management, public safety, and healthcare. They bring field credibility that no classroom-only instructor can replicate.

Emergency Management

EOC directors, exercise professionals, and Master Exercise Practitioners with national-level exercise experience.

Law Enforcement

Sworn officers, tactical team leaders, and intelligence professionals with experience in complex incident response.

Fire & HAZMAT

Firefighters and hazardous materials technicians trained to awareness, operations, and technician levels.

Healthcare & Public Health

Hospital emergency managers and public health professionals experienced in coalition coordination, HICS, and surge response.

Available courses

From foundational to advanced. All field-tested.

Choose from Ascenttra's pre-designed course library or request a custom curriculum. All courses are available in-person or virtually and can be scaled in length to match your schedule and budget.

FEMA-approved curricula

Incident Command System (ICS) & Incident Action Planning (IAP)
4–80 hours · In-person & virtual

ICS fundamentals through advanced command — including ICS 300 and 400. Covers integration with federal, state, tribal, and local agencies and detailed instruction on the Incident Action Planning process.

FEMA-approved
Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
4–40 hours · In-person & virtual

Taught by HSEEP-certificated Master Exercise Practitioners. Covers the full HSEEP methodology — exercise design, conduct, evaluation, and After-Action Report development.

FEMA-approved

Ascenttra proprietary courses

Advanced Exercise Design & Conduct
4–40 hours · In-person & virtual

Elevate your exercise program. Covers extent of play development, simulation criteria, control and simulation staffing, inject design, and Ascenttra's evaluation process for bulletproof AARs.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Operations & Support
4–40 hours · In-person & virtual

Covers EOC development, staffing structures, and operational functions — including support to incident command posts, local jurisdictions, and state EOCs. Practical and immediately applicable.

Public Information Officer (PIO) & Joint Information Center (JIC) Operations
8–16 hours · In-person & virtual

Covers PIO roles, Joint Information System integration, public warning systems, and hands-on social media simulation using Ascenttra's proprietary simulator.

Instructional Design & Presentation
16–30 hours · In-person & virtual

Builds instructor skills from the ground up — adult learning principles, course design, facilitation techniques, and presentation delivery. Ideal for developing internal trainers across any discipline.

Healthcare-specific courses

Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)
4–32 hours · In-person & virtual

Covers HICS fundamentals, team roles, the HICS Toolbox, and incident planning — based on current HICS Guidebook and NIMS doctrine. Available as a 2-hour self-paced online course or full in-person delivery. Train-the-trainer option available.

Family Assistance Center Operations
8–40 hours · In-person & virtual

Covers the establishment, staffing, and management of a Family Assistance Center following a mass casualty or disaster event. Grounded in current doctrine and best practices.

Technical & hazard-specific courses

Hazardous Materials — Awareness, Operations & Technician
4–80 hours · In-person

Full HAZMAT curriculum from awareness through technician level. Taught by HAZMAT professionals with real incident experience. Customizable to your jurisdiction's resources and hazard profile.

Decontamination for Non-Ambulatory Victims
24–40 hours · In-person

Specialized decontamination procedures for patients who cannot self-decontaminate. Covers equipment, staffing, patient movement, and integration with hospital operations.

Active Assailant Response
4–16 hours · In-person & virtual

Covers response protocols, coordination between law enforcement and emergency services, and organizational decision-making during an active assailant event. Applicable across sectors.

Health & Security Sector-Specific Training
Variable · In-person & virtual

Targeted training for public health agencies, healthcare security, and critical infrastructure security staff. Content and depth customized to your sector's specific threats and operational environment.

Delivery options

Training on your terms.

In-person

Ascenttra comes to you. On-site delivery with hands-on activities, functional exercises, and live simulation where applicable.

Virtual

Fully interactive virtual delivery using functional activities, custom graphics, and Ascenttra's proprietary simulation tools. Not just recorded lectures.

Computer-based training (CBT)

Ascenttra builds custom CBT modules deployable to your organization's Learning Management System (LMS) — or hosted on Ascenttra's own LMS. Self-paced, trackable, and built to your content and branding requirements.

Train-the-trainer

Ascenttra develops your internal training capacity. We build the curriculum, train your instructors, and leave your organization able to deliver the course independently — over and over again.

Custom curricula

Don't see what you need? We'll build it.

Ascenttra has developed custom courses for hospitals, emergency services, critical infrastructure owners and operators, private industry, and government agencies at every level. If a course doesn't exist for your specific environment, we design one.

Our custom curricula process starts with your objectives — your hazard profile, your plans, your audience's current knowledge level. We design from the ground up, validate with subject matter experts, and deliver a course your people can actually use.

Every custom course includes facilitator guides, participant materials, and a train-the-trainer option so your investment compounds over time.

Built to your hazard profile

Scenarios, examples, and exercises use your jurisdiction's real threats — not generic national examples.

Grounded in your plans & SOPs

Course content reflects your actual policies and procedures — so training and operations reinforce each other.

Scalable in length and depth

From a 2-hour awareness session to an 80-hour certification course — built to your schedule and budget.

Linked to your exercise program

Custom training integrates directly with Ascenttra exercise design — so what you train is what you exercise.

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I have been involved in police, fire service and emergency management training for the last twenty years. I have attended many classes and been an instructor as well. I share this not to speak of me but to make it clear I have attended and presented many, many classes. Ascenttra has by far the best instructors I have ever encountered!

Emergency Manager, Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
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Training scales to your budget, your schedule, and your staff. Call 1-888-MSEL-HLP or email info@ascenttra.com — a person answers, and they'll help you find the right fit.

Talk to an Ascenttra professional

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