Colorado DEM Information Report
Centennial, Colorado May 23, 2008 Contact: Polly White 720-852-6630
CERT Train the Trainer
July 8—10, 2008
(July 11, 2008 is an Instructor Refresh required for all NCR instructors
only)
Boulder
The North Central Region (NCR) and Colorado Division of Emergency Management
are co-hosting Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) Train-the-Trainer course. This course will provide the needed instructor qualifications in order
to train CERT. An Instructor Refresh Day will also be included and will be required
for all NCRCCC Instructors. The Refresh will providing instruction on Be
Ready curriculum, paperwork necessary and overall program guidance. All instructors
will become a resource for their local jurisdiction and the NCR in assisting
us in getting this information out to the general public.
Denver Metro Hospital Exercise Needs Volunteers
Tuesday June 10 - 8:30 to 12:30
Breakfast and snacks will be provided
This is a combination MCI/decontamination exercise and approximately 300 (!) volunteers are needed. Make-up will not be used to simulate injuries, but everyone will get a shower! Ten hospitals participating in the exercise - maybe the largest functional hospital exercise conducted in the region. There will be a brief hot wash at each hospital following the exercise, play is expected to be completed no later than 12:30. Members of fire based decon teams are strongly encouraged to participate as volunteers - how better to learn than from the experts!
Children's hospital is now participating so parents are encouraged to bring their older children to participate in the exercise. Participating in these exercises may count toward the volunteer requirement for area high schools - but please check with your school to make certain. If you are interested in participating, please contact Melinda Johnson (303-739-1106 or melinda.johnson@RMPDC.org) with your preferred hospital location and your contact information to be added to the list.
Liability waivers are of course a must - particularly for minors -
volunteers will be given these waivers, as well as the address of the
staging are for their chosen hospital and further details closer to the
event.
MGT 317: Planning for and Responding to a Terrorism/WMD Incident
July 22-24, 2008
This course provides a unique opportunity for individuals to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to help them protect public safety and infrastructure from the threat of a terrorism incident. Course participants, using their extensive professional experience, work together in multi-discipline teams to apply the information presented during the course in a variety of hands-on, small-group activities as well as realistic, multi-media scenarios.
You should attend if you are involved with:
• Public Works
• Fire Services
• Hazardous Material Response
• Law Enforcement
• Emergency Medical Services
• Public Health
• Emergency Management
Prepared Newsletter Articles
Thanks to all of the folks who submitted articles for the last issue of the Prepared newsletter. For those who missed seeing the issue, click here to view it.
If you have lessons learned from exercises, real events, special activities, trainings, or something you feel will benefit our emergency management community, we want to hear about it. Please send all articles and ideas to Polly White (polly.white@state.co.us).
The deadline for input is July 25, 2008.
Thanks for your support!
2008 Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG)
The Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG2008) was developed jointly by the US Department of Transportation, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation of Mexico (SCT) for use by firefighters, police, and other emergency services personnel who may be the first to arrive at the scene of a transportation incident involving a hazardous material. It is primarily a guide to aid first responders in (1) quickly identifying the specific or generic classification of the material(s) involved in the incident, and (2) protecting themselves and the general public during this initial response phase of the incident. The ERG is updated every three to four years to accommodate new products and technology. The next version is scheduled for 2012.
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm
Courses Offered:
Command and Control of Fire Department Operations at Target Hazards-(N825)
Colorado Springs
September 14 - 19, 2008
This 6-day program focuses on high-risk fire and rescue incidents that
include high life hazard, multiple exposure, and unusual occupancy risk
considerations. Students are introduced to advanced applications in the
Incident Command System (ICS), command and control, decision-making,
strategic and tactical considerations, pre-incident preparation,
documentation, and post-incident analysis. Several simulations and case
studies are used to depict and review incidents in various types of
target hazards.
Student Selection Criteria: Officers responsible for establishing initial operations at target hazard (high risk fire and rescue) incidents, and those officers involved in the transfer of command to a higher level. This can include officers with responsibilities for preparation and response to multi-alarm incidents (second alarm and higher), incident management, and post-incident analysis.
Prerequisites: Demonstrated experience in the ICS and completion of a previous command course.
Length of Course: Six (6) days of instruction with an 8:00 A.M. start time
Personnel who wish to attend must fill out FEMA form 75-5 and mail application to address listed below. Hyperlink to form:
http://training.fema.gov/Apply/75-5.pdf
NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER
OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS, BLDG. I-216
16825 SOUTH SETON AVENUE
EMMITSBURG, MD. 21727
Incident Command System Forms, Plans & Position Checklists – One Day FREE Workshop
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Mesa County Adminstration Building (Old Courthouse)
Training Room B
544 Rood Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81502
This one day workshop allows participants to work through a single custom all hazards scenario, which is based
on the attendees professional affiliations and the official national training scenarios. The workshop immerses
the participants in the process of using, communicating and understanding the ICS forms, plans and, position
checklists.
This course is based on and builds on the concepts of NIMS and the new all hazard curriculum and
is instructed by Colorado’s most active group of Lead ICS / 449 qualified instructors. Although referred to as a
workshop the day is focused on the concepts of scenario based training as a building block to handling real world
events. ICS-100, ICS-200 and ICS-700 are prerequisites for this course.
Previous participants have ranged from military installation commanders to public health leaders and some of the
most progressive first responder leaders from Colorado’s largest municipalities.
Our office will be tracking fire restrictions and bans for Colorado again this year. With the wildfires we expreienced last week, and with the number of Red Flag Warnings we've experienced over the past few weeks, it's imperative to keep the public updated.
So if your jurisdiction is implementing restrictions, please me me know: Polly White, 720-852-6630. Please know our information is sometimes only as good as your critical input!
We are currently showing restrictions in Baca, Cheyene, Crowley, Fremont, Kiowa, Lincoln, and Otero Counties.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Click here for the fire information webpage.
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