NAEMT AHDR Course in Reno
All Hazards Disaster Response for EMS, fire, and healthcare responders. Incident command, triage, patient tracking, and evacuation for mass casualty incidents and disasters of every kind.
- 8-hour course
- Classroom
- 4-year NAEMT card
- 8 CAPCE hours
All Hazards Disaster Response
A systems-based approach to disaster preparedness and response, focused on caring for patients when the system is overwhelmed. Second edition.
Taught at an authorized NAEMT Training Center in RenoUpcoming AHDR dates
Tap Register on any date to book online. Dates update live from our schedule.
Need AHDR for your department, hospital, or community?
AHDR is scheduled on request and works best when a whole agency trains together. Tell us your head count and the dates that work, and we will come to you or host you in Reno.
AHDR classes meet at 255 W Moana Ln, Suite 200 in Reno or at your station, and serve responders from Sparks, Carson City, Fernley, Fallon, and Lake Tahoe.
About the AHDR course
Wildfire, winter storms, a bus crash on I-80, an active shooter, a pandemic. AHDR prepares you for the day the call is bigger than the system.
NAEMT's All Hazards Disaster Response course teaches EMS practitioners at every level, and other medical professionals who provide prehospital care, a systems-based approach to disaster preparedness and response. The focus stays on the patient: how to size up, triage, treat, track, and move ill and injured people during a mass casualty incident or disaster, whether it is a natural disaster, an infrastructure failure, a fire or radiological event, a pandemic, an active shooter incident, or any other mass casualty event.
The second edition adds a library of disaster simulations that put you in the middle of scene size-up, triage, evacuation, and transport decisions. You also work through the Incident Command System, communicating during disasters, mutual aid and interoperability, personal protective equipment and infectious disease, managing supplies and medications, incendiary devices and blast injuries, and patient tracking and evacuation.
Want the official overview? NAEMT publishes the full AHDR description and format list.
AHDR on naemt.orgAHDR course format
One classroom day, one NAEMT provider card, 8 CAPCE hours.
AHDR provider course
An 8-hour classroom course with lectures and disaster simulations. Earns the NAEMT AHDR provider certificate and card, valid 4 years, and 8 CAPCE hours.
See AHDR datesDepartment and multi-agency classes
Train fire, EMS, law enforcement, and hospital staff together so your mutual aid partners share the same playbook before the next incident.
Request a classWhat you'll learn in AHDR
The course follows NAEMT's second edition AHDR curriculum.
All-hazards preparedness
A systems-based way to think about natural disasters, infrastructure failures, fires, radiological events, pandemics, and hostile events.
Incident Command System
Where EMS fits in ICS and how to work inside it when the incident grows.
Communication and interoperability
Communicating effectively during disasters, mutual aid, and working across agencies.
PPE and infectious disease
Protecting yourself and your crew when the hazard is biological or chemical.
Managing resources
Supplies, medications, and equipment when resupply is hours away.
Blast injuries and incendiary devices
Mechanisms, patterns, and treatment priorities.
Triage and transport strategies
Triage under pressure, destination decisions, and the challenges of moving many patients at once.
Patient tracking and evacuation
Keeping track of every patient from the scene to the hospital, practiced in NAEMT's disaster simulations.
Who should take AHDR?
AHDR is for anyone who will be caring for patients when a disaster or mass casualty incident hits.
- EMTs, advanced EMTs, and paramedics
- Firefighters and rescue personnel
- Emergency and disaster nurses
- Physician assistants and physicians
- Hospital emergency management staff
- Search and rescue, CERT, and public health responders
Responding to hostile events specifically? TECC covers care under direct threat and pairs with AHDR.
See TECCOn class day
- Bring a government-issued photo ID.
- Bring your current EMS, nursing, or other healthcare license or certification.
- Bring your AHDR course book and any pre-course work we sent you.
- Arrive about 10 minutes early to park and find Suite 200. Late arrivals may be turned away.
Why take AHDR with Hinson CPR
Northern Nevada gets wildfire, winter storms, highway pileups, and big events. Our instructors have worked them, and they teach AHDR for the hazards you will actually face.
NAEMT-approved instructors
Every NAEMT course here is taught by instructors NAEMT has approved and monitored, using the current NAEMT materials, under our medical director.
Taught by working clinicians
Our instructors are experienced educators and working clinicians who have worked the ambulance, the helicopter, and the hospital.
CE that counts
AHDR is CAPCE accredited for 8 hours of continuing education and recognized by the National Registry for recertification.
A card good for 4 years
Pass the course and NAEMT issues your AHDR provider certificate and card, valid for 4 years.
Small, hands-on classes
Real equipment, realistic scenarios, and plenty of time at the stations and for your questions.
Your place or ours
Train in our Reno classroom on Moana Lane, or we bring the course to your station, hospital, or agency.
Your NAEMT AHDR provider card
Complete the course and NAEMT issues your AHDR certificate of completion and provider card, good for 4 years, with 8 hours of CAPCE credit. Students who complete an NAEMT course are also eligible for a free introductory NAEMT membership.
AHDR questions
Is AHDR the same as ICS training?
No. ICS-100 and ICS-200 teach the incident command structure. AHDR assumes that structure and teaches the medical side: triaging, treating, tracking, and moving patients inside it. The two complement each other.
How long is the AHDR course?
The provider course is 8 hours, usually taught in one day.
What certification do I get, and how long is it good for?
When you pass, NAEMT issues a certificate of completion and an AHDR provider card that is valid for 4 years.
Does AHDR count for continuing education?
Yes. AHDR is accredited by CAPCE (the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education) for 8 hours of continuing education credit and is recognized by the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) for recertification.
What are the prerequisites for AHDR?
AHDR is open to EMS practitioners at all levels and other medical professionals who provide prehospital care. There is no separate clinical prerequisite beyond your current license or certification.
Do I need the AHDR book?
Yes. You must have access to the current NAEMT AHDR course textbook before, during, and after class. You can add it when you register. If you decline the book at registration, you are confirming that you already have access to the current edition by other means, for example a copy from your employer.
How do I register?
Registration is online only. When an AHDR date is posted, pick it at the top of this page and tap Register to finish on our secure checkout. For a course scheduled on request, text (775) 235-2117 or email Info@HinsonCPR.com and we will set a date and send you the registration link. We cannot take registrations or payments over the phone.
What if I need to change my date?
Contact us before your class. AHDR reschedules are $50, and all purchases are nonrefundable. Full details are in our terms and conditions.
Can you teach AHDR for my agency or crew?
Yes. Most AHDR classes run as private courses for fire departments, ambulance services, hospitals, and other groups. We can teach at our Reno classroom or at your station or facility. Text (775) 235-2117 or email Info@HinsonCPR.com with your head count and the dates that work for you.
Is Hinson CPR the same as Sierra BLS?
Yes. Hinson CPR is the new name for Sierra BLS. Same owner, same classroom on Moana Lane, and the same authorized NAEMT Training Center.
AHDR and the All Hazards Disaster Response logo are trademarks of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT), used here to promote registered NAEMT courses taught by Hinson CPR, formerly Sierra BLS, an authorized NAEMT Training Center. Use of the NAEMT name or course logos does not imply NAEMT endorsement of Hinson CPR or its other services.
What our students say
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Be ready when the system is overwhelmed
One day of disaster response training, an NAEMT card good for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit. Text us to schedule AHDR for your agency.