Kicking off 2018 #Hurricane season this Wednesday with Department of Homeland Security (@DHSgov) Secretary Kristjen Nielsen and Federal Emergency Management Agency (@FEMA) Administrator Brock Long (@FEMA_Brock).
So how does this SURprise thing work? Let me show you.
Let me pop in on the FEMA EMI Advanced PIO class ongoing at the USCG in Alameda, California.
How many APIO Instructors do you think I can SURprise? Let’s find out.
My oh my oh my. Major FOMO indeed!
Reporting live as the State PIO from the State of Columbia Emergency Management Agency…
Second and final day of ICS-400.
Where we blend our locals with state with Federal and DoD partners in a complex scenario.
Love to see so many groups working through issues now….as opposed to 0300 in a new EOC.
Train like you fight right?
This week, it’s another ICS-400 class: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff for Complex Incidents. Welcoming briefing by the USCG training officer (we are on a DoD location).
Diverse class this time being dominated by USCG.
Groups continue to work together as they solve complex problems with single and multiple ICPs.
Lots to discuss as we incorporate more Federal and military partnerships in a response of national significance.
Great first day of ICS-400!
Here at the USCG Watch station to prep for tomorrow’s ICS class.
And the USCG rolled out the red carpet treatment for us!
Happy EMS week to all those hard working pre-hospital care pros out there!
May 20-26, 2018, is the 44th annual National EMS Week. In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in our nation’s communities. NAEMT partners with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to lead annual EMS Week activities. Together, NAEMT and ACEP are working to ensure that the important contributions of EMS practitioners in safeguarding the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities are fully celebrated and recognized.
EMS Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s “front line.” Whether celebrated with a company cookout or a catered lunch; an open house, an awards ceremony or even quiet reflection about what it means to be an EMS practitioner, EMS Week is the perfect time to recognize EMS and all that its practitioners do for our nation.
Also, remember when I talked about working together so that in a disaster things go well? Here’s the article I worked on w/ CBP as part of the DHS “Surge Capacity Force” ramp up to support FEMA.
Teri Villarreal, usually an import specialist with CBP’s Rosemont, Illinois, office, helps residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands as a member of FEMA’s Surge Capacity Force. FEMA photo by Kevin Sur
See, partnerships are key in the success of any agency’s mission.
Continue to explore working with your partners in public safety!
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