Windham County

Date: April 3, 2018
Time:  8:00AM - 4:30PM
Location: Dummerston Fire Department

Registration

This course provides emergency responders the basics of public information and media relations.  This course is the pared down version of the official Basic Public Information Officer course offered by FEMA as a way of engaging Vermont's predominantly volunteer emergency response community in a shorter format.  It cannot be used as the required prerequisite for entry into the Advanced PIO course at the Emergency Management Institute.

Dates: April 9, 2018
Time:  2:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Windham Regional Commission, 139 Main Street, Brattleboro

Registration

This course provides Executives and Senior Officials (including Elected Officials, City/County Managers, Agency Administrators, etc.) an orientation to the Incident Command System (ICS).

Description

This one-day course will outline the communications needed for different incidents and define the roles of the PIO within ICS.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• State the course purpose and objectives.
• Describe why public information officers train at this level.
• Define NIMS, and explain where public information fits in.
• Define ICS and the role of the PIO within ICS.
• Analyze the communications needs of a single-PIO incident.
• Given a 5% scenario, analyze the actions and barriers to communications in an expanding incident.
• Describe the advantages and challenges of working with multiple PIOs.
• Differentiate between the JIS and the JIC.
• Describe triggers for JIC activation.
• Describe the preparedness activities for establishing and maintaining a JIC.
• Describe flexible and scalable structures for organizing a JIC based on incident needs.
• Describe circumstances when State and Federal partners might be integrated into the JIS/JIC.
• Describe the State JIC organizational structures and resources.
• Describe the Federal ESF #15 organizational structures and resources.
• Identify strategies for building partnerships at all levels.
• Given a 5% scenario, demonstrate organizing a JIC.
• Recall course key points.

Target Audience

The primary audience for this training is individuals who have public information responsibilities as their main
job or as an auxiliary function at the state, local, or tribal level of government.
It is prerequisite for entry into the Advanced PIO course being held in April 2017 at Berlin, VT.

When: January 27, 2017

Where: Westminster State Police Barracks, 1330 Westminster Heights Road, Putney, VT 05346 

Time: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Maximum participants: 20

Instructor: Mark Bosma

Prerequisites

G0290 - Basic Information Officer course (being offered two days prior to course delivery).

Notes

Participants who attend all hours required of this course and successfully pass a final exam will receive a Certificate of Completion.
 Late registrations may be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

Number of openings: 20
Registration Deadline: 2 weeks prior to course

To Register

Complete the DEMHS General Registration form.
Complete IS. 29  as listed above and retain your Certificate of Completion.
Scan the DEMHS General Registration form with your IS.29 Certificate of Completion to Homeland Security Training Coordinator at DPS.EMHSTraining@vermont.gov.
Once the completed registration package is received, a confirmation email is sent. (This will serve as your confirmation for registering for the course. Therefore please mark your calendar once you have received this confirmation).

A course email notification will be forth coming in the weeks prior to the course delivery.

Department of Public Safety – Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is hosting G0290 - Basic Public Information Officers Course in Putney. This is one of the classroom prerequisites the Advanced PIO course being held in Vermont in April 2017.

Course Overview

This 2-day classroom course is an updated, shortened, and revised version of the previous course. The revised course:
· Emphasizes skills development.
· Addresses the impact of technology on emergency public information.
· Offers options that allow the states to tailor the instructional methodology to suit their needs while consistently meeting the course learning objectives.

Course Objectives
Demonstrate how to communicate emergency public information effectively in writing to the public through the news media.
Describe actions the PIO can take to prepare for and conduct an effective interview with the news media.
Demonstrate the ability to answer questions effectively during an on-camera interview.
Describe how to effectively perform the responsibilities of the PIO at the scene of an incident.
Describe the JIS/JIC concepts as they apply to the public information function in an expanding incident.
Participate in a panel.

Target Audience
The primary audience for this training is individuals who have public information responsibilities as their main job or as an auxiliary function at the state, local, or tribal level of government.

It is prerequisite for entry into the Advanced PIO course being held in April 2017 at Berlin, VT.

When: January 25-26, 2017 (must attend both days)

Where: Westminster State Police Barracks, 1330 Westminster Heights Road, Putney, VT 05346 

Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM both days.

Maximum participants: 20

Instructor: Mark Bosma

Prerequisites
IS. 29 -  Public Information Officer Awareness https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-29

We encourage all of our partners to attend. If you would like to participate, please follow the application instructions below. Please share this invitation with others in your agency who may be interested in attending as well.

To Register

Complete the DEMHS General Registration form.
Complete IS. 29  as listed above and retain your Certificate of Completion.
Scan the DEMHS General Registration form with your IS.29 Certificate of Completion to Homeland Security Training Coordinator at DPS.EMHSTraining@vermont.gov
Once the completed registration package is received, a confirmation email is sent. (This will serve as your confirmation for registering for the course. Therefore please mark your calendar once you have received this confirmation).

Course Details

Registration

Dates: March 16, 2017
Time: 9:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Windham Regional Commission, 139 Main Street, Suite 505, Brattleboro, VT
Contact: DPS.EMHSTraining@vermont.gov 

During a Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting, Emily Harris of the VT Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and Rob Evans, the VT School Safety Liaison, will present on the development of Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) for schools and the role that first responders play in the development of this plan.  They will share the EOP template developed by FEMA, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Vermont School Crisis Guide, developed by the Vermont School Crisis Planning Team.  Use of these tools help ensure consistency across the schools and supervisory unions.

For additional meeting information and to RSVP, please contact: asabetto@windhamregional.org

Course Details

Registration

Dates: December 6, 7 & 8
Times: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day
Location: Vermont State Police Barracks, Westminster
Contact: dps.emhstraining@vermont.gov

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