Northern Border looks secure today.
Basically Lake Erie looks like an ocean from here eh? Pretty big!
Remember the DHS line peeps: “If you see something, say something.”
Don’t forget, Cleveland Marathon on Sunday 05-21-17.
Last day of ICS-300 for our peeps here in the Emergency Operations Center.
Lots to discuss including the Tactics worksheet.
Great collaboration from participants from across the state.
Usually, ICS classes are heavily attended from Fire, Police, and EMS. But these days, we are seeing more participation from Public Health, Mass Transit, Finance, Public Works, and Logistics – each of which have a respective Emergency Support Function (ESF) and Command & General Staff (C&GSF) positions in the EOC.
Great week of training peeps. I’m so glad we all speak the same disaster response language
Looking forward to working with all of you at the next big one.
Day-2 of ICS-300 includes various topics like Unified Command…
…SMART Objectives…
and tactics…
And of course lots of discussion on how the Plans Section Chief produces the IAP with the input from IC/UC and the tactical insight from the Operations Section Chief.
These kinds of partnerships can only be successful if we plan, train, and exercise together.
Sooooo glad to have multiple disciplines represented here in the EOC.
Final day of class tomorrow!
ICS-300 and double red phones! ☎️☎️ #AWESOME 
Unit-1 in the Emergency Operations Center in 3…2…1…
Back in the day, this thing was the cat’s meow!
Now, it just collects dust next to my overhead projector. I also doubt I will use any of this materials for this week’s ICS class.
Quiet day in the office…so time to catch up on cleaning up a few things.
Don’t forget – Happy Mother’s Day!
Since it’s Saturday and it’s quiet in the office, I figured I’d answer a few questions from readers like you.
(In no particular order)
1. Do you really own/wear SnapChat Spectacles? Yes, just depending on the event.
2. Who do you work with at FEMA? External Affairs Cadre out of HQ in Washington DC.
3. Do you really dance on chairs during class? Yep.
4. All the time? It happens fairly often.
5. Since you talk about Emergency Support Functions (ESFs), what is your favorite ESF? Hands down, ESF-15.
Hope this brightens your Saturday.
Don’t forget, tomorrow is Mother’s Day.
Kasich Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Honor of the Lives Lost in Kirkersville
COLUMBUS – Today Governor John R. Kasich ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Licking County and at the Ohio Statehouse effective immediately through sunset on May 16, 2017, in honor of the lives lost in the senseless acts of violence perpetrated today in Kirkersville, Ohio.
Kasich’s order reads: “In honor of the lives lost in the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on May 12, 2017 in Kirkersville, Ohio, I hereby proclaim, by the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Ohio by the Ohio Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Licking County and at the Ohio Statehouse effective immediately through sunset on May 16, 2017.”
Hump day was a fun day spending time teaching my most favorite course – PER-344: Social Media Tools & Techniques!
Special thanks to the State of Nevada Emergency Management Homeland Security for hosting this class for PIOs/PAOs from Nevada and California.
Lots to discuss including augmented reality and real-time actionable information for SA/COP.
Facebook Photo cred: Nevada Emergency Management Homeland Security
Listen closely to so called “experts” – many of them talk noise. Anyone can look and analyze noise. The real social media pros can distill social media information into actionable information for tactical operations.
Lots of attention needs to be allocated to equipment and how it’s been unsuccessfully AND successfully used in the field.
And yes of course a special shout out to weird gadets like FPV wearable tech in class too. #Spectacles
Insta Photo cred: @NevadaDOT
See, I swear that class with me is super fun.
Instagram Photo cred: @eleakin77
Reporting live from the State of Nevada Emergency Operations Center…
Where is @rusnivek? 