Training Event Details

Course Description:

The Disaster Management for Public Services course provides real world training to public service professionals helping to provide both the knowledge and skills necessary to protect their communities and infrastructure from potential or actual threats. During this course, participants work together in multidisciplinary teams to apply the course information with their professional experience in a variety of hands-on, small group activities, and disaster scenarios. This course brings together emergency management personnel who are expected to identify and mitigate hazards, and who plan and manage disaster response and recovery efforts within their jurisdictions. Representatives from public service agencies, fire services, law enforcement, emergency medical services, emergency planning, public health, and hazardous materials response organizations are encouraged to attend.

Course Prerequisites:

Participants are expected to have successfully completed IS-100PWb, IS-200, and IS-700. These courses can be found online at: http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp. Prior to course delivery, the hosting jurisdiction for the class shall inform all participants of the FEMA requirement to establish a FEMA Student Identification Number (SID). This can be accomplished by registering at FEMA’s website. Participants will be asked to provide their SID when they arrive and complete the registration process for the course.

Course Target Audience:

Disaster management personnel Public works personnel First responders Law enforcement officers Building inspectors Communications personnel Facilities management personnel Parks and recreation personnel Solid waste personnel Street and road maintenance personnel Traffic and transportation personnel Utilities (water, wastewater, electric, gas, and telephone) industry professionals

Additional Information:

1) Prior to course delivery, all participants are required to establish a FEMA Student Identification Number (SID). https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/ 2) Participants must complete enrollment information through the TEEX student portal https://teex.org/class/mgt317/ 3) Travel and meals are on your own 4) Facility questions contact Travis.Beckman@jecc-ema.org, (319) 356-6762 Please follow the current CDC guidelines, and if you feel ill, have a temperature, or have a sore throat, stay home.

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