ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents – March 17-18
Purpose:
ICS-300 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.
Audience
This course is intended for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type3 incidents. Note: During a Type 3 incident, some or all of the command and general staff positions may be activated, as well as division or group supervisor and/or unit leader positions. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods.
Prerequisites
ICS-100 and ICS-200, IS-/ICS-700, IS-/ICS-800
G108 Mass Care – May 12 – 13 & G393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers May 19 – 21
We are offering a couple FEMA APS courses for our Spring Emergency Management academy. These classes are open to everyone around the region so if you are interested please sign up. Both of these classes help fulfill requirements for your APS certification.
The Woodbridge G-108 Community Mass Care & Emergency Assistance and G-393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers courses are open for enrollment. Please see these links for more details, including enrollment instructions and contact the Help Desk at 804-897-9995 with any questions. The dates for these classes are as follows:
G108 Mass Care – May 12 – 13
G393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers May 19 – 21
G 108 Community Mass Care Management
This 2-day course is intended to equip emergency management staff and voluntary agency personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform as effective mass care coordinators in a broad range of disaster situations. The course covers how to size up mass care needs; how to plan for mass care; recruitment, training, and exercises for mass care personnel; and actions to take in short-term and long-term mass care operations.
Target Audience: State, tribal, and local government emergency management and voluntary agency personnel who are involved with mass care assistance.
G 393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers
This workshop is designed to train emergency managers and other interested individuals who have no specialized technical background, but can support mitigation efforts as advocates. The workshop provides activities and exercises that build the participants’; abilities to: perform the tasks and responsibilities of the emergency manager’s role; create long-term strategies for disaster-resistant communities; identify local mitigation opportunities; select mitigation solutions to hazard risk problems; find resources to carry out mitigation activities in a post-disaster environment.
Target Audience: All personnel at the state or local level involved with any phase of mitigation.
http://www.vaemergency.gov/content/vdem-g108-community-mass-care-management
http://www.vaemergency.gov/em-community/training/G-393
Need help or have questions about course enrollment? Call the LMS Help Desk @ 804-897-9995 or email lmshelp@vdem.virginia.gov. Monday-Friday, 8-4:30.