Description

The Workplace Emergency Medical Response & Emergency Preparedness training program is a coordinated training program designed to build verified, sustainable emergency-response and preparedness capability within the workplace.

The program combines core…

• life-safety certification
• workplace-specific team qualification
• organizational preparedness planning
• and behavior-based violence-prevention training into one integrated system.

The WEMRT program is built on a low-disruption, blended-learning model:

• knowledge-based instruction is delivered through approved online or digital modules
• limited in-person time is reserved for hands-on skills practice, coaching, team coordination, scenario performance, and competency verification.

Training is staggered across departments and shifts and scheduled during low-impact operational windows whenever practical, protecting workplace coverage while still meeting the physical practice requirements each skill demands.

The result is not a collection of individually certified employees, but a practiced, coordinated, and sustainable workplace emergency-response capability — reinforced year-round through a structured readiness cycle of refreshers, drills, and an annual integrated exercise.

Program Components

• WEMRT: Individual FA/CPR/AED certification combined with workplace team operational qualification, enabling small teams to function effectively in the critical minutes before professional responders arrive.
• Workplace Emergency Preparedness Planning Teams: Guided assessment and scenario-based planning to identify operational gaps, assign clear authority, and build protective actions for evacuation, sheltering, lockdown, continuity, reentry, and recovery — with special attention to those most often overlooked.
• Workplace Violence Prevention & Protective Readiness™: Behavior-based, site-specific training addressing concerning-behavior recognition, conflict prevention, safe disengagement, and coordinated response across the full spectrum of workplace violence risk, not just active-assailant scenarios.
• Value-Added Modules: Optional modules extending core readiness to pediatric emergencies, urban commuter disruption, and household pet disaster planning — addressing the full range of foreseeable needs across the workforce.

Our trainer, Thurston Gill, Jr., has decades of practical and instructional experience.  He has trained employees at the following companies:

• Plainfield Board of Education
• Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems
• Johnson & Johnson and their affiliates.
• Sanofi Pasteur
• Novartis
• Stitch Fix

For pricing, scheduling, and a site-specific scope of work, please contact us.