2015-16 CLATSOP COUNTY TRAINING/EXERCISE CALENDAR September 30, 2015

Date Course Title Location Instructor Requirements/ Prerequisites

Cost Register/Contact

September 24-November 12

Basic CERT Training Camp Rilea,

Warrenton, OR CERT Leadership None None

Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

November 13-15 Basic CERT Training Camp Kiwanilong,

Warrenton, OR CERT Leadership None None

Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

November 2 Incident Command Overview for Executives & Senior Officials (ICS-402)

Guy Boyington Stacy Burr ICS 100 & 200 Preferred

None

Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

January 12 ICS Forms Holiday Inn

Express, Astoria TEEX

Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

January 12-14 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS-300)

Holiday Inn Express, Astoria

TEEX ICS-100, -200, -700, -800

None

Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

March 1-2

Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff (ICS-400)

Guy Boyington Building

TEEX ICS-300 None Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

March 30-31

Public Information in an All-Hazards Incident (MGT-318)

Guy Boyington Building

TEEX None (ICS-100 and -700 recommended)

None Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

June 7-10 Cascadia Rising 2016 Regional Exercise

Clatsop County N/A Agency Approval None Clatsop Co Emergency Mgmt clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

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To add your agency training to this calendar, please contact Tiffany Brown 503/338-3774 or tbrown@co.clatsop.or.us

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS CLATSOP COUNTY

Local CERT Trainings 9-Week Delivery

September 24-November 12 (Thursday Evenings) County Emergency Operations Center, Warrenton, OR

Weekend Delivery November 13-14-15, 2015

Camp Kiwanilong, Warrenton, OR

This 21-hour course educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety,

light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

Once trained, CERT members can join their local team or simply use the skills to improve their personal level of preparedness and assist others in their

neighborhood, community or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.

Limited space, registration required.

For more information and to register: Clatsop County Emergency Management

clatsopemd@co.clatsop.or.us 503/325-8645

To Register:

Ti f fany Brown 503/338-3774 (Phone) 503/338-3605 (Fax) tbrown@co.c la tsop.or .us

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an orientation designed to familiarize participants with the

National Incident Management and Incident Command Systems. Executives,

Administrators and Policy Makers should find the information contained in this

briefing helpful as they develop strategies for their respective response groups

and agencies. The briefing provides a basic understanding of a number of

contemporary terms and concepts that have become part of the large scale and

complex incident management:

Incident Command System Unified Command

Multi-Agency Coordination Area Command

NIMS Requirements Disaster Declaration Process

The event is intended to provide a forum to share strategies, to coordinate

plans for emergency preparedness/response, and to discuss executive-level

issues with leaders from the agencies involved in all levels of the emergency

management structure.

Target Audience: Elected, Appointed and Special District officials along with

department heads. This training is primarily intended for those persons

responsible for establishing or implementing policy, but who are not ordinarily

part of the on-scene ICS organizations.

Expected Outcome: Executive and administrative staff, responder

chiefs/department heads and infrastructure and resource leaders sharing a

common perspective and an understanding of the challenges they will face in

times of crisis.

Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Preparedness (IS-402)

Dates: November 2, 2015 (Monday) Time: 08:00-12:00 Place: Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial Astoria, OR 97103 Maximum: 30 Participants (Registration Required) Prerequisite: None Instructor: Stacy Burr

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Learn about and use the most common Incident Command System (ICS) forms. The course will prepare you to work with the ICS forms used in the Incident Command Planning process to assist in the development of an Incident Action Plan (IAP). You will be introduced to the forms and will practice how to develop and write effective objectives to manage an expanding all-hazards incident. The course will allow you to learn and experience the benefits of using the forms in responding to emergencies or managing planned events. Target Audience: The target audience should include personnel from local agencies, including representatives from:

Fire Service Emergency Medical Services

Law Enforcement Public Health

Public Works Emergency Management

MGT-347: Incident Command System (ICS) Forms Review

To Register: Ti f fany Brown, Emergency Manager

503/338-3774 (Phone) 503/325-8325 (Fax) tbrown@co.c la tsop.or .us

Dates: January 12, 2016 Time: 08:00-12:00 (Tue) Place: Holiday Inn Express, 204 W Marine Drive

Astoria, OR 97103 Maximum: 30 students (Registration Required) Prerequisite: ICS-100, -200, 700 & -800 Instructor: Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

COURSE DESCRIPTION ‘Intermediate ICS For Expanding Incidents’ provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. This course is intended for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. FEMA recommends that ICS-300 participants have experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100 and 200 in a response or exercise and use their skills in an operational environment before taking ICS-400. This will provide necessary context and understanding of the skills they will develop when they take ICS-400.

TOPICS Reporting and working relationships and information flow

Transfer of Command

Unified Command functions in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency incident

Interagency mission planning and procurement

Resource Management

ICS forms

AUDIENCE Personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. All Mid-level Management Federal/State/Local/Tribal/Private Sector & Nongovernmental personnel to include should take ICS-300, including: Persons serving as command staff, section chiefs, strike team leaders, task force leaders, unit leaders, division/group supervisors, branch directors, and multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff.

ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents

To Register: Ti f fany Brown, Emergency Manager

503/338-3774 (Phone) 503/325-8325 (Fax) tbrown@co.c la tsop.or .us

Dates: January 12-14, 2016 Time: 13:00-17:00 (Tue) and 08:00-17:00 (Wed-Thu) Place: Holiday Inn Express, 204 W Marine Drive

Astoria, OR 97103 Maximum: 30 students (Registration Required) Prerequisite: ICS-100, -200, 700 & -800 Instructor: Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

DESCRIPTION This course is intended to serve as a vehicle to share proven incident management strategies and practices as well as to enhance teamwork and coordination among all response agencies' officers directly responsible for emergency response to a WMD/terrorism incident or other "Incident of National Significance". The course is specifically intended for those emergency response personnel who have duties that require that they be directly involved in incident management or command at either a "field" Incident command post (ICP) or in a city, county, or regional emergency operations center (EOC).

TOPICS • Incident Command System review for Command and General Staff • Area Command • Major and / or Complex Incidents/Event Management • Multi-Agency Coordination

AUDIENCE General staff, agency administrators, department heads, emergency managers, area commanders, Multi-Agency Coordination System/Emergency Operations Center managers from the following disciplines/services: Fire, EMS, HazMat, Law Enforcement, Public Health, Public Works, Emergency Managegment, Government Administration, Private Sector and Military, County, State and Federal Agency personnel who will respond with a local jurisdiction.

ICS-400 Advanced Incident Command System for Command and

General Staff, Complex Incidents and MACS

To Register: Ti f fany Brown, Emergency Manager

503/338-3774 (Phone) 503/325-8325 (Fax) tbrown@co.c la tsop.or .us

Dates: March 1-2, 2016 Time: 0800-1700 Daily Place: Guy Boyington Building 857 Commercial Street, Astoria, OR 97103 Maximum: 30 students (Registration Required) Prerequisite: ICS-300 Instructor: Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course examines the role of public information in all-hazards incident management and provides practical training in crisis communication techniques. In a major incident, it is imperative that community leaders, incident managers, and Public Information Officers (PIOs) are prepared to communicate with the public through traditional and social media. Participants learn about the passing of information to the public in a WMD, terrorism, or other all-hazards incident and the function of joint information operations. Participants will learn about interacting with members of the media to help you build more effective relationships and avoid common mistakes when providing information to the press and public. Participants learn how to create a crisis communication plan and develop a crisis communication team to execute it.

Public Information Officer (MGT-318)

To Register: BJ Fayyaz, Emergency Coord inato r

503/325-8645 (Phone) 503/325-8325 (Fax) b fayyaz@co.c la tsop .or .us

Dates: March 30-31, 2016 (Wednesday, Thursday) Time: 08:00-17:00 Daily Place: Guy Boyington Building

857 Commercial Astoria, OR 97103

Maximum: 30 students Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites for this course.

TOPICS

Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Informing the Public in a WMD, Terrorist, or All-Hazards Incident

Conducting emergency public information programs

Working with news and social media in a disaster

Local Media vs. National Media

Planning and coordinating press conferences

Identifying and preparing spokespersons and experts

AUDIENCE

Jurisdiction’s key elected and appointed officials

Public Information Officers (PIOs)

Key department heads

Key public health and medical personnel

First responders

Emergency management officials

Other key officials whose position might require them to communicate with the press or public in an emergency situation