Available Courses

This 3-day course is designed to familiarize professionals with the roles and responsibilities of a Communications Unit Leader (COML) under the NIMS/ICS. This course offers facilitated lecture as well as hands-on exercises to explain the processes used to achieve communication operability, interoperability and how to incorporate additional communications solutions.

1) Free on-site parking. 2) There is no registration fee for this course. 3) You must register with a valid email address - a confirmation email with important secondary registration requirements will be sent. Registration is not complete until you have registered at this link and submitted completed pre-requisite documents https://form.jotform.com/isicsb/sept2025coml 4) All travel and meals will be on your own, adequate time will be provided Registration questions: Haley Nichols, (515) 201-7478, nichols@dps.state.ia.us

Register at this link: https://form.jotform.com/isicsb/sept2025coml

This eight-hour course is delivered in your jurisdiction and focuses on training responders to meet the requirements established in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 472, Chapter 4, “Competencies for Awareness Level Personnel,” and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120 (q) (6) (i) (a–f) “First Responder Awareness Level” competencies. This course takes an all-hazards approach to Hazardous Materials (HazMat) incidents, including acts of terrorism where Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) materials may have been used. It provides participants the knowledge to recognize the hazardous material, protect themselves, notify others, and secure the scene.

1) Use main entrance, ample parking available 2) All travel and meals will be on your own, adequate time will be provided. Facility POC: Morgan Alexander, (712) 527-3643, malexander@millscountyiowa.gov

Copy and paste into new browser: https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=OGT208&S=352