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                                 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS                     

                                                                                                                                                                   

 

   

The Homeland Security Training Center has launched a new training web site that includes a variety of hands-on and classroom training that is currently available FREE OF CHARGE to Iowa agencies.   www.iowatrainingnow.com  

 

 

Fire / EMS Joint Training Calendar CLICK HERE         Fire / EMS Joint Events Calendar   CLICK HERE 

                                                 

Emergency Management Institute (EMI)  Emmitsburg, Maryland

What courses can I take?   How do I sign-up?   http://training.fema.gov/ 
 
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The Emergency Management Institute has several openings for their Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools course.  This course is designed for school administrators and local first responders interested in comprehensive planning for K-12.  The class is held at the Emergency Management Institute located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.    For further information, please refer to the EMI website http://training.fema.gov or contact the EMI course manager, Dawn Warehime at (301) 447-1658 or email Dawn.Warehime@dhs.gov.

 

Openings in the E361 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools (as of 3-25-10)

7/19-22/10 40 vacancies

8/2-5/10 40 vacancies

 

This 4-day course provides school district teams with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to review, enhance and sustain an all-hazard school emergency plan (EOP). This course focuses on the phases of incident management and explains how to utilize the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the foundation for planning and building partnerships with outside agencies such as law enforcement, fire and emergency management. In addition, this course will provide participants with opportunities to exercise the school (EOP) emergency plan using Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines as well as guidance on how to sustain the school (EOP) emergency plan through action planning sessions.  Course description and further information is available at http://training.fema.gov/EMICourses/crsdetail.asp?cid=E361&ctype=R .

 

To Apply:  Follow Team Selection Criteria and complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admission Application for each person, with student signature and signature of the supervisor or sponsoring agency official.  Submit the applications through the appropriate State Emergency Management Training Office who will then forward it to the NETC Admissions Office.  For enrollment information go to http://training.fema.gov/Apply.

 

State Emergency Management Training Offices

 

Iowa

State Training Officer

Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division

7105 NW 70th Avenue
, Camp Dodge

Building W-4

Johnston, Iowa 50131

(515) 725-3281

Fax: (515) 281-3260

 

School District Team Selection Criteria:

Submit applications as a "package" using the format below as a cover sheet. Place person's name next to position they are filling. DO NOT DUPLICATE POSITIONS.

 
Date of Course:
Team Coordinator:
Telephone Number:
State/School District:
 

 

First Responders:

1 person:  School Resource Officer or Law Enforcement

1 person:  Fire

1 person:  Emergency Management or Public Health

 

School District Officials:  5 people

Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent or Risk Manager

Public Information Officer

School Security Official or School Safety Coordinator or School Safety Team Member

Transportation Coordinator

Principal or Vice Principal

Facility Manager or Building Engineer

Food Service Coordinator

Nurse or Counselor or Psychologist

 

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Introduction to Disaster Services   American Red Cross Online Course:  Introduction to Disaster Services is a free online course consisting of three separate learning modules that will introduce learners to American Red Cross Disaster Services and allow them to discover how volunteers support this critical mission and to explore ways they can become involved in their local chapter.  This online course takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. To take the course, visit the website: http://www2.redcross.org/flash/course01_v01/.

 

Training Video on Emergency Response Guide   Scroll Down under Featured Video Selection to Emergency Response

Guidebook 2008  http://www.iafctv.org/

 

First Responders Online Training Resource  www.IowaResponderTraining.com

 

Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Responder Training  http://hls.extension.iastate.edu/calendar/

 

Strategic Security Services, Inc.  (via Eastern Iowa Community Colleges)   2010 Counter Terrorism Education   

                                                          Strategic Security Services Brochure    2010 Training Catalog 

 

 

 

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