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TRAINING
Public Information Officer and Joint Information
Center Training November 17-18, 2010 Classroom Training
Media Consultants conducted a 2-day "Public Information Officer
and Joint Information Center” training course from 8:00 a.m. to 5:15
p.m. on Wednesday, November 17 and Thursday, November 18, 2010, taught
by NIMS-certified Instructors Chuck Wolf and Bob Gresser.
This
NIMS-compliant training was hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) in its 1st floor Auditorium located at 7600 Washington Avenue
in Houston, TX 77007 (near Houston TranStar). Free parking was available.
The 2-day course was divided
into four 4-hour modules; you could enroll for any or all of the four
modules.
Tuition was $75 per module or
a discounted total of $260 for all four modules – a savings of
$10 per module.
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Module #1: NIMS
IS-702 (Public Information Systems) SOLD
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Wednesday, November 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 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; this course must be completed by all PIOs in 2010 under the
NIMS Five-Year Training Schedule. |
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Module #2: Basic
PIO Skills SOLD
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Wednesday, November 17 from 1:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
How should a PIO communicate with the media and public? Learn how
to define your key messages, write a news release or EAS Warning,
and monitor traditional and social media. Learn how to conduct telephone
and in-person interviews, and how to handle tough reporter questions. |
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Module #3: National
Response Team Joint Information Center Model SOLD
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Thursday,
November 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 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, non-government and private sector/industry
Response Partners. |
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Module #4: JIC
Tabletop Exercise SOLD
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Thursday,
November 18 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 will set up a physical and/or virtual JIC to
deal with a major hurricane and other hazards, and explain how they’d
respond to the media and public during this JIC Tabletop Exercise. |
Click
here to download the two-page Course Brochure.
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