Available Courses

The 1-day Building Whole Community Engagement Course details responsibilities and interests of key stakeholders and collectively preparing for how hazardous material incidents impact them and the community. This course will facilitate collaboration and strengthen the whole community engagement by providing tools, resources and direction through the following core capabilities: Planning, Operational Coordination, Operational Communications, and Community Resiliency. Students will develop goals, performance indicators and plans during practical exercises to assist the LEPC/TEPC with reducing risk from fixed and mobile hazardous materials.

Coffee provided. Lunch and travel on your own.

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) Training will be held in the lower level EOC conference Room, Please park in the back of the building and enter on lower level. 2) Travel will be at attendees expense.

The FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness has developed a one-day, 8 hour Health Sector Emergency Preparedness Course. The course is designed to "provide training to health care providers and suppliers in the achievement of the four core elements outlined in the September 2016 Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule." This Rule impacts 17 different CMS Provider types including hospitals, critical access hospitals, long term care facilities, dialysis centers, transplant facilities, home health, hospice, and a variety of clinics and outpatient and ambulatory care facilities; providers are expected to be fully compliant with the Final Rule by November 15, 2017.

1) Free to attend. 2) Lunch is not provided. 3) Check with your healthcare coalition regarding reimbursement for travel.

https://cdp.dhs.gov/apply/to/19N-0242%20HSEP

This 2-day course provides training on and resources for personnel who has a responsibility to function in a command post managing and expanding incident. Topics include use of an Incident Complex and Area Command, and the interactions between Multi-Agency Coordination (MAC) entities.

1) Training will be held in the lower level EOC conference Room, Please park in the back of the building and enter on lower level. 2) Travel will be at attendees expense.

An Incident Tactical Dispatcher is a specially trained individual qualified to operate away from the dispatch center in a command post, base camp or at the incident scene. Incident Tactical Dispatchers leverage the multi-tasking, communication, accountability and documentation skills of successful telecommunicators to provide public safety communications expertise and support at planned events and extended incidents such as hostage situations, multi-alarm fires, search and rescue operations, bombings, and active shooter incidents. This course provides a basic understanding for the roles and responsibilities of an incident tactical dispatcher working in a tactical environment. This course is taught by OEC/ICTAP instructors who have both dispatch and communications unit experience. The course provides a realistic, hands-on approach to mastering the tasks and skills of an Incident Tactical Dispatcher.

1) This course is four days long with an end of course INTD exercise on the fourth day. 2) It is limited to 20 students. 3) Each attendee participates in hands-on training exercises and receives a position task book 4) For additional information please contact Stephanie Coffey: scoffey@co.jones.ia.us