The primary objective of New Jersey's initiative is to deploy the most current disaster response training to 145,000 Emergency First Responders in the State spanning 23 police academies, 18 fire academies and 212 other eligible training organizations. The platform will create a "Virtual Academy" to manage student training records, identify training deficiencies and certify training compliance and readiness among New Jersey's municipalities and counties. The Virtual Academy's course catalog will list all training available to the first responder community from a multitude of sources including colleges, the Red Cross, and local police and fire academies.
The initiative's secondary goal is to provide, at both a state and local level, an up-to-date list of available trained personnel that can be identified and deployed quickly in the event of a crisis situation. The system will track all training deliver modes, including e-learning and classroom-based, compiling attendance and performance records to create a comprehensive database upon which emergency management teams can rely to plan for and respond to disasters.
