Are you a water system with customers in Fort Bend County?

Do you want to know more about emergency preparedness legislative requirements and how they may affect your system?

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is hosting a one day training session in Fort Bend County. The training session will be held at the Fort Bend County - Rosenberg Annex Building from 9am- 12pm on Thursday, September 22nd. We invite water system owners and operators to come and learn how they can prepare their system for emergency water operations. At the training event we will cover the newly revised Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) template and the steps that will be required to receive EPP approval. We will also have staff onsite to answer questions and walk through the EPP template with you.

If you plan on attending the training session, please R.S.V.P by calling 512-239-3771 or emailing PDWEPP@tceq.texas.gov.

Directions to the Fort Bend County-Rosenberg Annex

The Rosenberg Annex is located at 4520 Reading Rd., Ste a, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (MAPS)

If traveling from Houston to Rosenberg take Hwy 59 South to Victoria:

1. Take the Richmond exit FM762 (Thompson Rd).
2. Turn Left onto FM 2218 (BF Terry Blvd).
3. Veer Right and continue on FM 1640.
4. Turn Right on Lane Dr.
5. Turn Left on Mustang Ave.
6. Turn Right on Herndon Dr.
7. The Annex will be immediately on your Right. 

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training: ICS 300 & ICS 400

When:

ICS 300—Oct 10—12, 2011—0800-1700

ICS 400—Oct 13—14, 2011—0800-1700

Where:

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Academy

1521 Eugene Heimann Circle Richmond, TX 77469

Who should attend:

Emergency Management ▪ Law Enforcement ▪ Fire / Hazmat ▪ Public Health Professionals

ICS 300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents

Modules Include: ▪ ICS Fundamentals Review ▪ Unified Command ▪ Incident /Events Assessment and Agency Guidance in Establishing Incident Objectives ▪ Incident Resource Management ▪ Planning Process ▪Demobilization, Transfer of Command and Close-Out

ICS—400: Advance ICS for Command and General Staff

Modules Include: ▪ ICS Fundamentals Review for Command and General Staff ▪ Major and / or Complex Incident / Event Management ▪ Area Command ▪ Multi-Agency Coordination

Course Prerequisites: IS100, IS200, IS700 and ICS300 respectively

For more information or questions: Alan Spears at 281-342-6185 or alan.spears@co.fort-bend.tx.us

Registration is available at www.preparingtexas.org Registration

Deadline is September 30, 2011

All Hazards Social Media (#AHSM)
[aw-suhm] /ˈɔsəm/ Listen to pronunciation:
Noun - Pertaining to the newest tools for collaborative, informative and engaging public safety and emergency management professionals.

The Emergency Management Association of Texas, in partnership with the Texas Division of Emergency Management, is sponsoring a special, in-depth course on Social Media on Monday, 25 April 2011 at the Texas Emergency Management Conference (#TXEM11) in San Antonio!

Registration is free, register by clicking here: http://bit.ly/h3rra7

This one-of-a-kind presentation is a comprehensive education on Social Media, and will be valuable to Emergency Managers and first-responders of all experience levels.  Additionally, Public Information Officers and other officials will benefit greatly from the presentation.

Registration for this course is free to individuals attending the Texas Emergency Management Conference, as well as all members of EMAT.  Come in a day early and see a presentation that is already being sought after nation-wide!

All Hazards Social Media (That's #AHSM [aw-suhm] )

Virtual Common Operational Picture

Bookmark this page, because we'll be providing live workshop updates in real-time.

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What to bring to the workshop?

Bring as much Internet connectivity as you can muster, and your experiences with social media so far if you have any. Be prepared to share and learn!

Share this Page

Please feel free to Tweet, Like, Reddit, Stumble, whatever this page to all your friends, colleagues, acquaintances, and friendemies. 

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Questions or Comments

Questions regarding this training opportunity can be emailed to Lach Mullen Lachlan.Mullen@co.fort-bend.tx.us (@lach) or Hal Grieb at halg@plano.gov (@Hal__G).

Interested in joining EMAT? If you are not already a member of EMAT, please visit us on the web at: www.emat-tx.org or email us at: ematinfo@emat-tx.org

Calvary Episcopal Church will be hosting CERT Training as follows:

Wednesday Evenings

March 16, 2011 April 13, 2011

6:30pm to 8:30pm

Final Class-Saturday, April 16, 2011

8am -4pm

Calvary Episcopal Church Education Center

806 Thompson Road 

Richmond, Texas 77406-0330 

Register Here:  http://www.fbcoem.org/go/survey/1528/2935/Register-CERT-Training-Calvary-Episcopal-Church-Richmond

Neighbors helping neighbors builds stronger communities and stronger families! 

Media Consultants will conduct its 2-day PIO/JIC training on April 6-7, 2011, co-sponsored by the Brazoria County and Fort Bend County Offices of Emergency Management and LEPCs. The course is divided into four 4-hour modules; you can attend any or all four modules (see page 2). The entire course is recommended for all Incident Commanders, Public Information Officers, Joint Information Center staff, and Media Spokespersons for any local, state, federal agency, school, hospital, private sector industry and non-governmental organizations who would work together to respond to any emergency under the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Instructors

The class will be taught by NIMS-certified Instructors Chuck Wolf and Bob Gresser from Media Consultants, a Houston-based crisis communications firm. Chuck and Bob have served as Public Information Officers and Joint Information Center specialists during the BP oil spill, Hurricane Katrina, and EPA/USCG exercises for over 20 years. Both have more than 40 years of combined broadcast news experience at KIKK, KTRH, and CNN Radio. Visit: www.mediacon.com

Training Location

This classroom training will be hosted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in its 1st floor auditorium located at 21017 County Road 171 in  Angleton, TX 77515. You will be emailed a link to a map with driving directions to the building after you register for the training.

Online Registration

You must register online at: www.mediacon.com/register.asp You can register yourself and others from your organization. Classroom seating is limited and filled in the order you register. You’ll be notified by e-mail within 24 hours whether or not seats are available.

Deadline

The deadline to register (or cancel a registration for a full refund) is 12 noon on March 29, 2011. To cancel a registration, please send an e-mail to: admin@mediacon.com

Questions?

Please call Chuck Wolf at 281-980-1400 or Bob Gresser at 713-773-9690. Unlike NIMS online training, you’ll be able to ask questions of the Instructors and interact with your fellow students.

Course Outline

The 2-day PIO/JIC course is divided into 4 modules; you can attend any or all of the modules:

• Module #1: NIMS IS-702.a (Public Information Systems)
  Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  Learn the PIO’s responsibilities under Incident or Unified Command and how the PIO must establish a Joint Information System (JIS) under NIMS; just updated by FEMA in June 2010, this course must be completed by all PIOs under NIMS 5-Year Training Plan.
• Module #2: Basic PIO Skills
  Tuesday, April 5, 2011 from 1:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
  How should a PIO communicate with the media and public? Define your key messages,write a news release or EAS Warning, discover traditional and social media tools, learn how to conduct telephone and in-person interviews, and handle tough reporter questions.
• Module #3: National Response Team Joint Information Center Model
  Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  Just adopted in October 2009, this new national JIC model can expand to fit any size and type of emergency; you’ll get org charts, job descriptions, sample forms and checklists to set up, equip, and operate a JIC with local, state, federal, and other Response Partners.
• Module #4: JIC Tabletop Exercise
  Wednesday, April 6, 2011 from 1:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
  Students who attend the NRT JIC Model training will be assigned PIO and JIC roles, then explain how they’d set up a physical and/or virtual JIC to deal with a major hurricane and other hazards, and communicate with the media and public during this Tabletop Exercise.

Tuition

Tuition is $75 per module or a discounted total of $260 for all four modules – save $10 per module. Each student receives a workbook, handouts, pen with highlighter, and refreshments; lunch is on your own. Pay online by credit card or by mailing a personal or company check.

Prerequisites

No previous PIO or JIC experience is required. Completion of IS-700.a (NIMS Introduction) is recommended but not required. Visit: http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIweb/IS/is700a.asp

Final Exam

After completing the NIMS IS-702.a training, each student will need to pass an online Final Exam in order to receive NIMS certification. The certificate will be e-mailed to each student by FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute. Students who complete all 4 modules will receive a Media Consultants “Certificate of Training” for this 16-hour NIMS-compatible PIO/JIC course.

SKYWARN™  - is a training program sponsored by the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service Office in conjunction with Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management. 

ADVANCED SKYWARN™  This class is NOT for the novice spotter. It is recommended that spotters go through two (if possible) basic spotter training sessions before attempting the advanced training material. Spotters should be comfortable with the basic concepts of storm structure and storm spotting. They should have a desire to learn the latest concepts of tornado and severe thunderstorm behavior.

Residential Damage Assessment (G-627) covers the fundamentals of different types of damage assessments and categories of damage classifications used by the State and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This course is intended for individuals that will actually be conducting residential damage assessments in their community in the aftermath of a storm or catastrophic event.

The class will be held on January 5, 2011 from 0900 to 1400 at the Fort Bend County OEM: 307 Fort Street Richmond, Texas 77469.

Class size is limited to 25 participants and registration is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please submit the registration form (http://www.fbcoem.org/go/survey/1528/5095/) if you wish to attend. If you are registering multiple people at once, please submit a separate form for each attendee.