Grant-Funded Incident Management Training
The Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) offers a grant-funded course, WMD Incident Management/ Unified Command (MGT-313), for jurisdictions across the country. The course is funded by DHS/FEMA and offered at no charge to qualified participants. Using a team-building approach, the course trains emergency response supervisors and managers in the skills necessary to effectively plan for and manage a WMD (CBRNE)/terrorism incident. They learn to apply the all-hazards command and management standards of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as required in the National Response Framework. DHS has deemed the course to be ICS-300 compliant and equivalent. To set up a course in your jurisdiction, check the list of states in the registration instructions below, or contact: Jason.Moats@teexmail.tamu.edu or call 979-458-3537 or 866-878-8900 (toll-free).
Other IM/UC Courses in Development
1. Advanced Incident Management/Unified Command
2. Integrated Intermediate and Advanced Incident Management/Unified Command
Public Works: Planning for and Responding to a Terrorism/WMD Incident (MGT317)
This grant-funded course, Public Works: Planning for and Responding to a Terrorism/WMD Incident, trains all first responders, including public works personnel, in their responsibilities to protect, restore and maintain critical infrastructure and services during a terrorist incident.
For information on the Public Works: Planning and Responding to a Terrorism/WMD Incident class requirements and specific registration information, visit the course description.
Prerequisites
TEEX, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Grants and Training, delivers the online course AWR112 - Public Works: WMD Basic Concepts at http://www.teexwmdcampus.com
How do I register?
If you are in one of the following states: AK, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VI, WA, WI, you will need to register through your state's Homeland Security training office. Please note: that if you are in Idaho, you now must go through your state Homeland Security Office to register.
To find out how to contact your state's Homeland Security Training Office, call Vince Slominski at 800-824-7303 or vince.slominski@teexmail.tamu.edu.
All other states may register by calling TEEX (Vince Slominski) at 800-824-7303 or use our reservation form (PDF, 240kb) to register.
School Safety Seminar August 11, 2008
Dave Grossman Seminar:
How Kids are Learning to Kill and Learning to Like it
:Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, director of Killology Research Group, will Speak August 11, on the topic of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime. Grossman is a West Point psychology professor, professor of military science and an Army ranger who has combined his experiences to become the founder of a new scientific endeavor, which has bee termed "killology."
Killology focuses on the reactions of healther people in killing circumstances (such as police and military combat) and the factors that enable and restrain killing in these situations. This presentation is sponsored by: TEEX Public Safety & Security, Brazos Valley Council of Governments, and the College Station Police Department. The seminar will be held August 11, at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in College Station.
Attendees will receive 8 hours of credit with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE).
Register Online for this seminar.
Limited hotel rooms are available at a special rate of $85 until July 20, 2008. Please cotact the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center College Station at 979-693-7500 (mention group code: GROSSM).
