Available Courses

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

1) Travel will be at attendees expense. 2) If minimum registration numbers are not met, there is a potential for course cancellation. 3) Lunch will be provided, please contact Rebecca if you are interested.

Rail Car Incident Response is an 8-hour, awareness level course developed to educate rural emergency responders on freight rail car incidents involving hazardous materials.

Students will need a FEMA SID (Student Identification Number) number. Below is a link on how to obtain this number. If you don't have one already, please register at: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/ Boone Course Short Cut https://www.ruraltraining.org/training/schedule/2019-12-10-awr147-boone-ia-001/?registered=true

https://www.ruraltraining.org/training/schedule/2019-12-10-awr147-boone-ia-001/

This introductory 4 hour workshop is designed to bring together Small to Medium Size community partners across State, Federal, Private Sector, Non-Governmental Organizations, Academia as well as some critical infrastructure owners. The goals of the Cyber Resiliency Workshop is to introduce concepts, raise awareness, reinforce cyber security best practices, discuss processes, share information, and enhance cyber incident response and business continuity capabilities. Practitioners will learn about cyber resilience concepts, capacity and capability building activities in key performance areas related to cyber security, IT operations, and business continuity. Workshop content and tutorial activities reinforce both operational risk management and emergency/crisis management activities for critical cyber infrastructure personnel. Participants will leave with tangible, useful “take-away” information related to risk-based decision-making and security planning for critical IT services.

1) Request registration be limited to two individuals per agency. 2) Park in the Danfoss parking lots near the flag pole on the north side of the facility. Enter through the main door/visitor’s entrance and guest will be registered at the front desk. 3) Travel expenses are on your own. 4) Facility questions, contact Keith Morgan at 515-231-5297

This 4 hour workshop is designed to bring together community partners across State, Federal, Private Sector, Non-Governmental Organizations, Academia as well as some critical infrastructure owners. The goals of the Advanced Cyber Resiliency Workshop is to mature established processes, raise awareness, reinforce cyber security best practices, discuss processes, share information, and enhance cyber incident response and business continuity capabilities. The focus will be to discuss cyber resilience concepts, conduct capacity and capability building activities in key performance areas related to cyber security, IT operations, and business continuity. Workshop content and tutorial activities reinforce both operational risk management and emergency/crisis management activities for critical cyber infrastructure personnel. Participants will leave with tangible, useful “take-away” information related to risk-based decision-making and security planning for critical IT services.

1) Request registration be limited to two individuals per agency. 2) Park in the Danfoss parking lots near the flag pole on the north side of the facility. Enter through the main door/visitor’s entrance and guest will be registered at the front desk. 3) Travel expenses are on your own. 4) Facility questions, contact Keith Morgan at 515-231-5297

This course will prepare participants to engage individuals and volunteer organizations through social media, especially in the context of disaster preparedness and response. Social media engagement is often an enigma to most people, particularly in the public sector, because it is a different form of communication than most are accustomed. Through this course, participants will learn how to develop content that engages their audiences and turns their words into action throughout the disaster cycle. Participants will learn about social media engagement texhniques, individual and organizational roles in crisis communication and Virtual Operations Support Teams (VOST).

1) Participants will be required to bring their own laptop or wi-fi enabled device to the training session for the hands-on exercises. 2) This course conducts a pre-test, post-test, and course evaluation online 3) Participants must have Twitter, Facebook and Instagram account prior to attending the course