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News & Events The following events and items of interest have been brought to our attention and have relevance to either emergency response or recovery programs. We encourage you to contact OEM at (323) 980-2260 with any events you would like to have listed. October 13-17, 2008 (Palm Springs, CA) November 15-20, 2008 (Kansas City, Kansas) Conference information is available at www.iaem.com. TRAINING FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES March 25, 26, and 27, 2008 (Sony Studios, Culver City, CA) 8am to 5pm each day Purpose: To prepare participants to start and maintain a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program for their company, methods for teaching CERT, development and adaptation of the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) course materials and “best practices” for CERT programs in private industry. Information is available at www.bicepp.org Crescenta Valley CERT events in February and March 2008 ICS 300 This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). Course Objectives are:
ICS 400 This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). 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). The CDP has partnered with FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) to delivery their Grants and Training approved ICS curriculum. Participants will be able to explain how major incidents engender special management challenges, describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established and describe the circumstances in which multiagency coordination systems are established.
Location: USN/USMC Reserve Center, 801 Reeves Avenue, San Pedro CA 90731-7552 Times: All course days begin at 8am and end at 5pm Contact: Fadi Essmaeel. Homeland Security Director, U. S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s Staff at (714) 960-6483 or at fadi.essmaeel@mail.house.gov EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXPOS April 19, 2008 (Santa Clarita) – 10am to 2pm July 12, 2008 (Lake View Terrace, CA) City of Lawndale Emergency Preparedness Expo on February 16, 2008 Saturday, March 15, 2008 (La Crescenta) 9 am – 12 noon |