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Environmentalā€‹ health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER)ā€‹

What is EHTER?

Environmental Health Training in Emergency Responseā€Æ(EHTER) is a course that addressesā€Æthe environmental health impacts of emergencies and disasters, including unsafe food, water, air, and housing; accumulation of waste; and lack of sanitation.ā€‹ā€‹ EHTER explores why residential, recreational and regulated facilities need protection when disaster strikes. EHTER cross-trains the environmentalā€‹ā€‹ health professionalsā€‹ that protect these essential elements for life during emergenciesā€‹. ā€‹

The course is designed by the Centers For Disease Controlā€Æand Preventionā€Æ(CDC)ā€Æand taught at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP). Visit the ā€‹CDP website to apply for courses and view the current course schedule. The CDP EHTER curriculum includes two modules:ā€‹  ā€‹ā€‹

Caā€‹lifornia EHTER

The CDPH Environmental Health Support Section offers California-specific EHTER courses. These supplement the Federal EHTER courses and are tailored to the host agencyā€™s local environmental health jurisdictionā€‹.

Coursā€‹ā€‹e Schedule

ā€‹Loā€‹ā€‹catioā€‹n

Datā€‹e

Host

ā€‹Course Type

Contactā€‹

ā€‹ā€‹Prerequisitesā€‹

ā€‹Additional Information

ā€‹Anaheimā€‹
ā€‹3/27/25
ā€‹CUPA
ā€‹EHTER 101
ā€‹ā€‹CUPA
ā€‹None
ā€‹4 REHS  contact hours. ā€‹
ā€‹Seaside

ā€‹4/13/25
ā€‹CEHA
ā€‹EHTER 101
ā€‹ā€‹CEHA
ā€‹None
ā€‹ā€‹8 REHS contact hours.

Orange Countyā€‹

5/7-8/ā€‹25

Orange County

ā€‹EHTER Expeditionary
(X)

ā€‹

ā€‹California EHTER Team
CEH.EP@cdph.ca.govā€‹
  • EHTER Awarenessā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹
  • IS-100
  • ā€‹IS-200
  • ā€‹ā€‹IS-700
  • IS-800
  • SEMS G606

16 REHS contact hours. 

ā€‹ā€‹ā€‹

Program Contact :ā€‹

Hoa Tan, REHS
Emergency Preparedness Program Managerā€‹
CDPH Environmental Health Support Section

(530) 760-5863ā€‹

For general questions, please email CEH.EP@cdph.ca.govā€‹


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