AUGUST 2025 FAMILY ASSISTANCE COURSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
July 3, 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board’s (“NTSB”) Transportation Disaster Assistance Division (“TDA”) will be conducting a tuition-free in-person course on transportation accident family assistance operations over the course of three days, August 26 – 28, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET at the NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center located at 429 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20594. The course is highly interactive, requiring participants to remain engaged for the entire three days. Through a combination of lectures, group discussions, and hands-on activities, participants will gain a better understanding of the TDA family assistance concept of operations and will have an opportunity to interact with other family assistance professionals from all walks of life, including transportation companies (aviation, rail, marine, highway, and pipeline); federal, local, state, or tribal agencies; non-government organizations; hospitals; first responders, and many more. Throughout the course, participants will engage in a tabletop exercise that reinforces the concepts presented. The course culminates in a mock family briefing delivered by TDA staff. If interested in attending, you must apply for a spot in the course by completing the required form that can be found here. The deadline to apply for the course is 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday, July 7, 2025, and the deadline will not be extended. Due to capacity restrictions, the class size is limited to 50 participants, and because the course is very popular, completing the application does not guarantee that the applicant will be selected for the course.
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