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Tasked: FEMA PIO Incident Management, External Affairs Kevin Sur
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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Expedited deployment? What?!?
Listening to all of our partners on Insta
See, I told you FEMA does Insta.
Digital engagement is a huge piece of how we listen to our partners and discern what is going on in their communities.
For those that need more info, this is the new 2019 ICS courses that just rolled out. Glad to share this with our statewide partners in public safety, Federal, Tribal, and Department of Defense assets.
Continue to train and do good stuff (on Insta) for your home agencies.
Happy Thursday peeps!
Day-2 of the new 2019 ICS-400 course!
Day-2 of the new 2019 ICS-400 course! This morning, we start out talking about the deadly 2005 Hurricane Katrina/Rita response with the US Coast Guard.
Facilitated discussion allows our participants to openly discuss perceived issues. Lots of response actions from all of our participants that can contribute to a successful response. Glad we had fruitful discussion prior to the actual disaster.
Our class also acknowledged the national Emergency Alert System Test today for TV and radio.
Everyone in class knew about it…aka prepared leadership and pros. Love it!
Midmorning and afternoon class-time was spent on the capstone activity with heavy discussion on the use of area command and how we allocate resources for multiple jurisdictions.
And you are right if you said that the rotor wing options are high on the list of valuable recourses.
Channeling my best FEMA EMI Bob Ridgeway, “…and don’t worry sports fans” moment, we included the infamous State of Columbia!
This fictions town is always a disaster.
Great to see so many partners discuss overarching goals including challenges with the big three public safety providers. Like pros, they included a large bite into health intelligence, DoD assets, and of course addressing various audiences like the tribal nations. Solid!
Proud to serve my fellow public safety pros from all professions this week in the ICS-400 course.
The new 2019 ICS-400 this week!
Good morning peeps – welcome to the new 2019 ICS-400: Advanced ICS!
Proud to be one of the first instructors to roll this course out to our public safety partners that popped in late July. This week’s class? We have a bunch of pros from all backgrounds including Fire, EMS, Police, Healthcare, Public Works, Communications, Health Department, National Guard, Civil Support Teams, State, VA, Intelligence, and Tribal nations. I’m proud to serve all these pros.
Lots of discussion on preparedness efforts esp with some of the projected large disasters from across the country. In fact, discussion on preparedness for Cascadia Rising, New Madrid Fault, and national infrastructure failures were consistently discussed through the day. Related note: Proud to hear of sooo many prepared pros in class this week.
Classically, lots to share as Emergency Management pros continues to coordinate response through training and exercises. Train like you fight right?
Aside from powerpoints, the new ICS-400 has a bunch of in class activities that talk about complex incidents, Unified Command, and area command. Productively discussing issues in class BEFORE a disaster can only help to understand challenges that many agencies face…which could be exacerbated during crisis/emergency.
Glad to have engaged professionals in class this week.
Get your ICS on!
The minds of an Emergency Manager: Train derailment, aircraft crash, and earthquake
What goes on in the mind of an Emergency Manager?
This.
This. This everyday.
Esp on a Sunday, I want to remind you that to finish an elephant, you gotta take it one bite at a time.
Have a solid week peeps!
Happy birthday TikTok!
Holey moley. TikTok has been around for a year.
Comparatively to other social media platforms, I have said “WTF” to more TikToks than Tweets, Grams, and snaps combined.
Yeowza.
Trending posts now include #Area51 #GitUpChallenge, #whoachallenge #FYP #ForYouPage
P.S. A rando kid told me that TikTok isn’t a verb. Yet.
Never turn your back on a shark #SharkWeek
You never want to be caught unprepared…esp during a disaster.
That’s why so many Emergency Managers push so hard on preparedness efforts during SharkWeek. So many of you are invested to learn more about sharks. But the same drive and interest can be applied to disasters and preparedness.
In fact, many of the preparedness efforts remain the same for both. Like first-aid kit, tourniquet(s), etc…
- Like sharks, disasters can happen at anytime.
- Like sharks, the aftermath is terrible.
- Like sharks, a disaster usually ganders lots of media interest.
- Like sharks, everyone wants to take a picture of a disaster, but it’s kinda dangerous AmIRight?
- Like sharks, disasters don’t happen frequently.
- Like sharks, disasters don’t travel alone (ie Thunderstorm -> Heavy rain -> flooding).
- And like sharks, disasters don’t care about feelings or “coulda/shoulda”
So be better prepared for any kind of SharkAttack…I mean disaster by enhancing your preparedness kit with a tourniquet. Because you’ll never know when you have to deal with a shark attack.
Continue swimming along but make sure you know where and how to use your tourniquet.
I’m not saying that sharks hide under desks, but sharks and disasters are sneaky and crafty with malicious intent.
P.S. I don’t think they have lasers on their forehead yet…
August is going to be tight!
Can’t believe it’s August already. Seems like summer just got here!
First week: COOP class and functional exercises as we prep for upcoming activations. COOP-a-Roop baby!
Second week we got another ICS-400 class then an activation for the BMW Classic PGA tournament. My position? Deputy Intelligence Branch Chief and PIO (I know, you are shocked huh?)
Third week will be back-to-back-to-back with a debris class, Basic PIO class, and JIC/JIS class.
Fourth week, I’ll finally get to take that NDPTC flooding Course at our office. Lord knows how much flooding we’ve had across the country including Illinois.
A busy month indeed with tight schedules in 5, 10, and 4. Not much room for error but hoping to make the magic happen for our public safety partners.
Hope to see you out there.
Where is @rusnivek? 