Welcome to
Montana Rural Water Systems
OR
Montana WARN
Utilities helping Utilities
KEEP RURAL AMERICA STRONG!
Today’s Congressional policies and funding decisions are jeopardizing the ability of every community in rural America to keep water and wastewater services affordable. Budget cuts will leave USDA WEP unable to accomplish its mission. WEP is instrumental in helping rural America maintain affordable and sustainable water access for all rural people.
Visit https://www.ruralwaterstrong.org/ for more info!
Upcoming Events!
Training & Where We Go!
TRAINING CALENDAR
Active Shooter & Workplace Violence Response Training
Our goal is to educate your operators, support staff, and administrators on the proper response to active shooters,
active threats, or intruder incidents in your facility and provide them with the tactics necessary to protect
themselves and their coworkers. MT Operators will receive 2.0 credit hours upon completion of this training.
● Provide a 2-hour active shooter response training to all operators, support staff, and administrators.
○ Online training (information can be found at https://www.jreifconsulting.com/pa-dep-t)
○ In-service training at your facility in a classroom or auditorium setting using PowerPoint and FEMA
guidelines for active school shooter training, including:
■ Run, hide, and fight.
■ Know and report signs and clues for potentially violent behavior.
■ Maintain situational awareness.
■ See something, say something.
■ Before you run, know the exits.
■ Find a place to hide.
■ Learn first aid skills so you can help others.
■ Help law enforcement.
■ Lockdown vs Shelter in Place
■ How to respond when an active shooter is in your vicinity
■ How to respond when Law Enforcement arrives
■ Conduct common sense Personal Safety & Awareness workplace training.
CECs: 0.2 Dual CECs FEE: $20 Members $30 Non-Members
Members use MRWS2024 for the discount code.
This 2-hour class identifies the importance of SOP’s (Emergency Response Plans, Emergency Action Plans) and proper steps to take to minimize mistakes and the important information decision makers need to have. Along with who needs to be notified and guiding your systems thru boil orders. We will also explain the differences between a Boil Water Advisory, a Boil Water Order and a Do Not Drink Order.
CECs: 0.2 Water TBA FEE: $20 Members $30 Non-Members
If you’re a MRWS Member, use code MRWS2024 and get the cost down to $20!!
Montana Rural Water has been tasked to provide training to systems that were declared disaster areas in 2022.
Montana Rural Water Systems Presents
Carbon County Disaster Response Symposium
November 20th, 2024, 9:00AM – 3:00PM
Roberts Fire Hall
3 S 1st St, Roberts, MT 59070
9:00 – 10:30 Introductions and Round Table (Robin)
· Damage, Recovery Status
· What did you do – What worked – What did not work
· What would you do differently
10:30 – 11:00 – Department of Environmental Quality (Karl Carlson and Kirk Yoder)
· DEQ’s role in Disaster Response
11:00 – 12:00 – USDA RD (Angela Cross)
· CY 2022 Disaster Water Grants Program in Montana · https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/calendar-year-2022-disaster-water-grants-program/mt#overview
12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch Break Lunch will be provided!!
12:30 – 1:30 – Risk and Resilience Assessment – Tool to recognize and rank your system’s current top risks (Ben with Kristi remote)
1:30 – 2:30 – Emergency Response Plans (Christine)
2:30 – 3:30 – Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines (Roger)
CECs: Water and Wastewater 0.6 // Clerks TBD
MRWS Workshop Registration (No Fees)
Our Mission
At MRWS, our mission is to provide quality training and technical assistance to Drinking Water, Waste Water, and Tribal systems — to enable them to produce the best product with their available resources!
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– Theodore Roosevelt