Pre-conference Workshop A

FEMA Certification: Introduction to the Incident Command System

$95 registration by October 8

$120 after October 8

Saturday, November 6, 2010

2:00 - 6:00 pm

and continuing

Sunday, November 7, 2010

8:00 - 10:00 am

Preregistration required

Ideal for persons involved with, or having an interest in, emergency planning, response and/or recovery efforts for higher education institutions. This six-hour pre-conference workshop introduces common characteristics of critical incidents, and the Incident Command System (ICS). Completion of the full six hours of training, together with successfully passing a multiple-choice exam will result in FEMA IS 100 HE certification (recognized nationally by emergency management practitioners) which will open the door for more advanced ICS training (either on-line or through local organizations).

This FEMA course describes the history, applications, principles and elements, positions and responsibilities, facilities and functions, and organizational structure of ICS and its relationship to the National Incident Management System (NIMS). As an added value, participants will receive training in common characteristics of critical incidents; learn the seven critical tasks to perform when an incident occurs; and the response phases of an emergency, crisis or disaster.

Workshop participants will receive an electronic student workbook that will include all the slides used by the presenter, added footnotes, and copies of various individual and group exercises. Participants should come prepared to share their own experiences with campus emergencies. The workshop will involve lectures, discussion, group activities and will culminate with a table-top exercise using the ICS format.

William P. Ballard, Associate VP for Administrative and Facilities Services at the University of Vermont will lead this workshop. An active NACAS member, Bill has collateral responsibilities on his campus as Emergency Management Director and co-directs UVM’s Emergency Operation’s Group. He is an internationally Certified Emergency Manager, an EMAP Assessor, a Homeland Security Exercise Evaluator and has provided training in emergency management for NACAS since 2002.