Our Public Safety Risk Management Specialist, Pete Frisoni, will conduct the PERMA developed school crossing guard training webinar on Wednesday, September 9th at 10: 00 a.m.  This training will review: State and Federal regulations Proper gear Safe crossing procedures How to instruct children in appropriate pedestrian behavior REGISTER HERE! Questions? Please contact Pete Frisoni via pfrisoni@perma.org.

Clinton County Workshop - Clinton Community College In partnership with the NYSAFC, PERMA will be sponsoring their upcoming 2020 Fire and EMS Behavioral Health Workshops: The Price We Pay. The increasing amounts of suicides, alcoholism, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress all need immediate attention.These regional trainings will examine the behavioral health issues faced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Led by Past Chief Mike Healy (Central Nyack Fire Department) and Chief Jared Meeker (Lake Shore Fire District) each workshop will provide: An ...

Monroe County Workshop - Gates Fire District In partnership with the NYSAFC, PERMA will be sponsoring their upcoming 2020 Fire and EMS Behavioral Health Workshops: The Price We Pay. The increasing amounts of suicides, alcoholism, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress all need immediate attention.These regional trainings will examine the behavioral health issues faced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Led by Past Chief Mike Healy (Central Nyack Fire Department) and Chief Jared Meeker (Lake Shore Fire District) each workshop will provide: An ...

Save the Date - Manager's Summit We invite all managers, administrators, and other senior staff to attend our virtual PERMA Manager's Summit in September. These one -hour sessions will take a look at fiscal concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic. Our featured speakers Louise Sheiner, Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Policy Director for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, alongside Patricia Dwyer, Executive Director of New York State City/County Management Association, will investigate the implications of COVID-19 ...

Save the Date - Manager's Summit We invite all managers, administrators, and other senior staff to attend our virtual PERMA Manager's Summit in September. These one -hour sessions will take a look at fiscal concerns in the COVID-19 pandemic. Join Mildred Warner, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University and Mack Cook, PERMA Member, Director of Administration & Finance for City of Cortland as they review what is happening to sales tax around New York State, the lessons learned in local ...

Nassau County Workshop - Uniondale Fire Department, Van Ness Fire Station In partnership with the NYSAFC, PERMA will be sponsoring their upcoming 2020 Fire and EMS Behavioral Health Workshops: The Price We Pay. The increasing amounts of suicides, alcoholism, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress all need immediate attention.These regional trainings will examine the behavioral health issues faced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Led by Past Chief Mike Healy (Central Nyack Fire Department) and Chief Jared Meeker (Lake Shore Fire District) each ...

Chautauqua County Workshop - Stockton Fire Company In partnership with the NYSAFC, PERMA will be sponsoring their upcoming 2020 Fire and EMS Behavioral Health Workshops: The Price We Pay. The increasing amounts of suicides, alcoholism, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress all need immediate attention.These regional trainings will examine the behavioral health issues faced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Led by Past Chief Mike Healy (Central Nyack Fire Department) and Chief Jared Meeker (Lake Shore Fire District) each workshop will provide: An ...

Designed for Brokers Only. Find out the latest from our Marketing team regarding updates to our PERMA program and offerings for our Members - your clients. Presenters: Leah Demo, Sales Executive & Anthony Cassaro, Sr. Sales Executive Register Here

This session is facilitated by a professional therapist, introduces participants to the psychology and physiology of stress as a means for understanding and mitigating negative stress reactions. This session will demonstrate how variable levels of stress affect performance – positively and negatively. The class will discuss factors contributing to stress and how to minimize them, and offer insight into practical ways to manage stress when unavoidable. Participants will gain an understanding of how our perception of an experience as “stressful” ...

In an effort to improve our members’ capabilities in avoiding motor vehicle accidents, we offer an online driving safety course from Safety National. All PERMA members now have access to participate in this interactive training experience. Use an online simulator to test your attention, how you react to distraction, and learn safe driving techniques. Through Safety National, take this course to help reduce work-related vehicle accidents through online simulation and safe driving techniques. Learn more about what it has to ...

Presenters: Walter Lichty, PERMA IT- Network Engineer and Carl Benevento, Cyberstone Security Today’s municipalities face ever-increasing challenges in Cybersecurity. From state mandates, such as the SHIELD Act, to phishing and ransomware attacks, it’s becoming more difficult to balance functionality and security with daily operations. Implementing New York State issued mandates which assist in compliance is an overall good start, but we will discuss taking it a step further. This webinar will cover the SHIELD Act and general best practices for becoming ...

Presenter: Ed Starowicz, Public Works Risk Management Specialist If you have been designated as your municipalities Safety Coordinator, this training will assist you in achieving success with your new assignment! This series will focus on policies, procedures, and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. By taking a proactive vs. reactive approach, you can build an effective Risk Management program that not only helps prevent accidents but also helps lower the costs of accidents that do occur. ...

Presenters: Edmund Starowicz, Public Works Risk Management Specialist John Usher, NYS Department of Labor   Register Here

ErgoIQ- Online Ergonomics Self-Assessment Presenters: Sarah O’Brien, PERMA Senior Risk Management Specialist & Brooke Fenn Developed by board certified professional ergonomists, ergoIQ empowers employees to quickly configure computer workstations for optimal health and comfort. Join us as we review key features including the customization of  each self-assessment based on the user’s existing workstation set-up, the modern interface illustrating each adjustment and standard ergonomics guidelines. Register here.

Presenter: Ed Starowicz, Public Works Risk Management Specialist If you have been designated as your municipalities Safety Coordinator, this training will assist you in achieving success with your new assignment! This series will focus on policies, procedures, and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. By taking a proactive vs. reactive approach, you can build an effective Risk Management program that not only helps prevent accidents but also helps lower the costs of accidents that do occur. ...

Please join our speakers John Corcoran, Esq. and Emily Middlebrook, Esq. of the Syracuse law firm of Hancock Estabrook, LLP as they address the Ongoing Implications of COVID-19 in Managing the Public Sector Workforce in New York State. This interactive webinar will examine the key topics including the state and federal paid emergency sick leave laws, managing leaves for employees affected by the school re-openings, coping with returning employees who have traveled to high risk states, the collective bargaining trends in ...

Handling the COVID Disrupted Workplace: The issues of Engagement, Productivity & Performance Management Presented by: John Mancuso, Founder, Authentic CM To say that COVID has disrupted business-as-usual is both redundant and a gross understatement. Because of the unprecedented nature of the obstacles that have arisen during the pandemic, we scramble to produce inconsistent and, sometimes, ill-conceived solutions. The good news is that thought leaders and successful companies have started to report their best practices for all of the upheaval facing ...

Presenter: Ed Starowicz, Public Works Risk Management Specialist If you have been designated as your municipalities Safety Coordinator, this training will assist you in achieving success with your new assignment! This series will focus on policies, procedures, and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. By taking a proactive vs. reactive approach, you can build an effective Risk Management program that not only helps prevent accidents but also helps lower the costs of accidents that do occur. ...

Westchester County Workshop - Department of Emergency Services In partnership with the NYSAFC, PERMA will be sponsoring their upcoming 2020 Fire and EMS Behavioral Health Workshops: The Price We Pay. The increasing amounts of suicides, alcoholism, drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress all need immediate attention.These regional trainings will examine the behavioral health issues faced by firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Led by Past Chief Mike Healy (Central Nyack Fire Department) and Chief Jared Meeker (Lake Shore Fire District) each workshop will provide: ...

Presenter: Ed Starowicz, Public Works Risk Management Specialist If you have been designated as your municipalities Safety Coordinator, this training will assist you in achieving success with your new assignment! This series will focus on policies, procedures, and activities to help you create and maintain a safe workplace. By taking a proactive vs. reactive approach, you can build an effective Risk Management program that not only helps prevent accidents but also helps lower the costs of accidents that do occur. ...