Megan Hoskins Confirmation
After 11 years working at the Department of Safety, Megan Hoskins was appointed Assistant Director of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) on May 3 and sworn in on May 5. Since joining the team in 2021, Megan has become an integral part of HSEM.
Hoskins previously served as the Assistant Chief of HSEM’s Preparedness and Response Section. In that role, she
ensured the operational readiness of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), as well as the
leadership of staff and programs assigned to Preparedness and Response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as State Agency Personnel Scheduler for the SEOC 211 Call Center, and she is leading the Project Management Team for the after-action report on the Granite State’s response to the pandemic.
She has served on the Granite State Health Care Coalition Leadership Board and the New Hampshire Crisis of Care Guidance Committee. She is also a veteran of the United States Army. Hardworking, passionate and mission driven, Megan will bring her immense knowledge of the agency and years of leadership experience into this role.
Laconia Full-Scale Exercise
On April 15, the Training & Exercise Unit conducted a full-scale exercise at Laconia’s Pleasant Street Elementary School. Laconia police and fire department personnel along with several other first responders in the region simulated a response to an active shooter situation inside the school. Led by HSEM’s Gregory Gabrielli, the exercise consisted of a several different scenarios in which responding units had to clear the building of the threat as quickly as possible while dealing with different unforeseen injects. One scenario included a fire alarm going off while another had a shooter hold hostages outside of the building. Designed to be realistic, this was made possible using civilian role-players, door breaching and the firing of blank rounds. The active shooter drill took place amid a nationwide increase in school shootings. “Nationwide, these types of trainings are certainly on the rise because tactics are needing to be improved,” said Robert Christensen, chief of Training, Exercise and Development. “Law enforcement learns, fire departments learn, we all learn.”
Gilford Full-Scale Exercise
A full-scale exercise was held at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford on June 20.
Several local area and mutual-aid police and fire departments, along with HSEM, and a crowd of volunteers recruited to fill in as actors, coordinated a series of events around a scenario that was centered on a suspicious package left in the area next to the pavilion along with other separate incidents on the grounds that required site staff and potentially police intervention during a concert.
After-action reviews were conducted immediately following the activities and congratulations were shared all around with the partnerships strengthened and lessons learned. Exercises such as these require a great deal of planning. The experience gained by being on-site and better understanding the jurisdictions and roles of the first responders as well as the problems that may be encountered in a real event are invaluable.
Community Outreach Activities
Over the past quarter the Community Outreach office, along with folks from other sections of the agency, attended several community events. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Discover WILD New Hampshire Day is one of the largest events we attend each year. The event was created with the goal of exploring the resources and outdoor traditions that New Hampshire has to offer. HSEM had its own tent with emergency preparedness materials and a wheel that attendees could spin to be asked questions to learn more about safety in emergency situations.
Ready the Prepared Puppy in particular had a busy few months. In addition to WILD New Hampshire Day, he also made appearances at the Governor’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Dover Day, a school evacuation drill at Beaver Meadow Elementary School in Concord and the Best Buddies Friendship Walk in Concord.
If you would like Ready the Prepared Puppy to visit your community or school, contact the HSEM Outreach Office at hsempio@dos.nh.gov or (603) 223-3647.
May SEOC Activation
The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) activated at enhanced monitoring on the morning of May 2 for the flooding and road damage that occurred across the state after a series of hard hitting rain storms.
Enhanced Monitoring is the the first of three SEOC activation levels before a Partial Activation and a Full Activation and is implemented when an incident or event requires increased monitoring and coordination. While all Emergency Support Functions (ESF) in the state are alerted of an event during enhanced monitoring, ESF 5 – Emergency Management and ESF 15 – Public Information, are typically the only staff physically present in the SEOC at this activation level. During enhanced monitoring, HSEM officials keep in contact with the community stakeholders affected by an event, sharing vital information among emergency management partners and directing resources where they are most needed.
Preliminary Damage Assessments
On Wednesday, May 24, HSEM along with federal, state, and local partners, began preliminary damage assessments (PDAs) from the storm that began striking the state on April 30. Several communities in Caroll County experienced severe flooding resulting in the closure of roadways, downed trees and power outages. HSEM is currently working with the affected communities in the process of determining whether the extent of damages from the flooding exceeds $2,438,226. If this threshold if met, it could qualify the state of New Hampshire for a federal disaster declaration and unlock reimbursement funding for communities hit hardest by the storm.
Granite Bay InterComm TTX
The States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire frequently provide interstate mutual aid to a variety of disaster responses. In late 2022, NH Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Massachusetts
Emergency Management were awarded a FEMA-organized exercise as part of FEMA’s National Exercise Program. Massachusetts and New Hampshire partnered on this effort to validate interoperability and communication plans for interstate collaboration in response to a disaster event that affects both states. On June 6, after extensive planning relative to scenarios and outcomes, decision-makers and technical staff from both states gathered to discuss the capabilities of communications systems, including but not limited to radio, cellphone, 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), texting tools, and satellite phones. Also explored were the existing connective technologies supporting a unified command approach with both states’ Emergency Operations Centers working together to build resilience in the system, manage and distribute resources, save lives, and recover from disaster events.
Space Force Tour
Derived from, and now co-equal to, the United States Air Force within the U.S. Department of the Air Force, and overseen by the Secretary of the Air Force, the U.S. Space Force was established December 20, 2019, when the bi-partisan National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, creating the first new branch of the armed services in 73 years. The New Boston Space Force installation is located on 2,864 acres in Hillsborough County in south-central New Hampshire, bordering the towns of New Boston, Amherst, and Mont Vernon. Originally established in 1942 as a practice area for bombers and fighter planes from Nearby Grenier Army Airfield (now Manchester-Boston Regional Airport), in 1959 the location became a satellite-tracking station. Since 2020, the facility also has provided line-of-sight telemetry tracking from commercial space launches by SpaceX. The New Boston SFS is operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron under the current command of Lt. Col. David C. Zesinger.
On May 30, a group from HSEM visited Space Force to discuss training opportunities and to tour the facility to learn more about the installation’s satellite/GPS tracking capabilities as well as the new hybrid automated remote tracking system for the facility’s 13 meter antenna, and its new radome installed over the antenna. A selection of unexploded ordinances dug up from around the property were also examined, including a specimen recovered from Joe English Pond that weighs almost a ton (bottom left).
True to its motto “Semper Supra” (Always Above), the U.S. Space Force is fundamentally a digital force, maintaining a light, lean, and agile profile with a war-fighting focus. With locations and international partners worldwide, the sun never sets on the Space Force Satellite Control Network.
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Drills
On April 11, 2023, a successful FEMA graded medical services (MS-1) drill was conducted at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire. The purpose of this drill was to assess the capabilities of the City of Dover Fire and Rescue Emergency Medical Services Ambulance personnel and the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Response team members to respond to a radiological incident involving Seabrook Station. The drill was a coordinated effort between HSEM, DPHS, Dover Fire Department, and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital staff.
To demonstrate the staffs’ ability to execute the approved plans for a radiological response, a simulation scenario was developed: An emergency worker at the Dover Reception Center was hit by a contaminated vehicle in the parking lot and required medical attention for several lacerations and minor injuries.
The ambulance staff treated and transported the “patient” to the emergency room. Advance notification to the hospital allowed them to prepare the space and don protective equipment before the patient arrived. Once there, they provided medical care, contamination monitoring and decontamination.
We are happy to say the patient made a full recovery.
On May 16, Courtney Jordan led a set-up drill for Dover’s Reception Center with the support and collaboration of all of the REP Section staff. Set-up drills are done annually to keep the training fresh in the minds of the emergency workers that staff the reception center. The purpose of the reception center facility is to receive evacuees from the Emergency Planning Zone, a 10 mile radius around Seabrook Station, both to be decontaminated if they were exposed to radiological material (although the Reception Center is activated prior to a release from the plant, to be cautious) and to allow evacuees to register so they have access to sheltering and other resources.
Courtney worked with Dover Fire and Rescue leadership to train new staff who had never been through a reception center drill before in the weeks leading up to the drill. She also made sure all of the items needed to operate the reception center were in place prior to the drill, including survey meters, portal monitors, job aid documents and decontamination supplies.
The evening kicked off with an incident briefing about a fictious event occurring at Seabrook Station and the State Emergency Operations Center requesting the activation of the Dover Reception Center. After the Incident Briefing, Dover Fire and Rescue staff began to set up each station in the reception center in preparation for processing evacuees. This includes emergency vehicle monitoring, portal monitoring, secondary monitoring, male and female decontamination, registration (staffed by the Department of Health and Human Services), incident command and instruments and supplies. After the stations were ready to process evacuees, staff conducted a walk-through of each station to establish the background radiological reading and determine their operational readiness. Multiple actors that served as evacuees were processed through the reception center. Staff successfully utilized survey meters and portal monitors to screen evacuees for radiological contamination. They also demonstrated decontamination processes per their procedures. After the actors were processed through the Reception Center, a hot wash was conducted to discuss what went well with the exercise and what could have been improved upon.
It was a successful night and we would like to thank our partners at DHHS, Dover Fire and Rescue and Rollinsford Fire Department.
Campus Tour – Huot Technical Center
In May, HSEM was thrilled to host tours of the Incident Planning and Operations Center and the New Hampshire Fire Academy for students from the J. Oliva Huot Technical Center in Laconia. The students learned all about fire equipment, the drill yard, the Transportation Management Center, the Public Safety Answering Point (911) and the State Emergency Operations Center.
If your school or service organization would like a tour, email hsempio@dos.nh.gov.
Upcoming REP Exercise Cycle
Every two years federal, state and local partners join HSEM in executing the Seabrook Station Graded Exercise. The exercise cycles consists of more than six months of planning done by the Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program. During the graded exercise, FEMA evaluates player actions against current response plans and capabilities for a nuclear power plant-related incident and to comply with the evaluation criteria set forth under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s guidelines. Participants include DPHS staff, personnel from the 17 NH Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) communities and the three host communities, and staff from multiple state agencies, making for one of the largest REP exercises in the U.S.
Outcomes from this exercise should include enhancing and building a better understanding of the responses contained in position-based procedures as well as how they fit in the overall comprehensive and coordinated response by the entire State and EPZ to an event at Seabrook Station. The upcoming cycle includes practice drills on December 6, 2023 and February 7, 2024 before the graded exercise commences on April 3, 2024.
Houses of Worship Training
The Training, Exercises and Development Section (T.E.D.) of HSEM continues, as it has for over five years, to provide emergency preparedness seminars and tabletop exercises to communities’ Faith Based Community Organizations (FBCO), i.e. houses of worship. Over these past few months our team has provided the three-hour Emergency Preparedness Seminar for Faith Based Community Organizations in Manchester, Nashua and Troy, ranging from urban to very rural FBCOs. Participants include leadership and volunteers from houses of worship, the community in general and first responders from the municipalities. Topics covered include Whole Community Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Operations Plans for Faith Based Community Organizations and Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE). Presenters include staff from HSEM as well as the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and they bring many years of experience in leadership from the security, law enforcement, emergency management and religious disciplines. T.E.D. already has a number of both emergency preparedness seminars and tabletop exercises scheduled or in the works for summer and fall 2023, including, among other locations, Conway, Concord and New Hampton.
Another great opportunity for the first responder, emergency management and FBCO communities of New Hampshire was the MGT-405 Mobilizing Faith Based Communities in Preparing for Disaster class taught on April 29 at the NH Fire Academy. Robert Christensen, also an instructor with the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, taught this Saturday morning class. Participants worked through FEMA material and a discussion-based exercise related to engaging the FBCO community with their local and state emergency management agencies to maximize people and resources during times of disaster. A scenario of a downed airplane in an urban area provided a poignant setting to have health care workers, first responders and FBCOs in the class to independently work through their actions and then synthesize their efforts through reporting out to the larger group.
If you would like to be included in the FBCO Distribution to learn more about these FBCO learning opportunities, email or call T.E.D. Chief, Robert Christensen at robert.a.christensen@dos.nh.gov or 603-223-3636.
Upcoming Trainings
ERASE Exterior Response to Active Shooter Events
Strafford, NH June 19-23, 2023, 0800-1700
Prerequisite: Sworn law enforcement officer (preferred: experience in tactical, firearms, and/or law enforcement training)
www.ALERRT.ORG Class number 15112
This course is designed to prepare first responders for an open-air active shooter encounter. It addresses a wide range of tactics and techniques when addressing an exterior armed aggressor. This hands-on course will cover equipment selection, vehicle ambushes, medical emergencies, vehicle and dismounted officer/citizen down rescue, individual/ team movement techniques, and emergency vehicle crisis response. Some participants attending this course have found it to be physically challenging. Officers attending this course should be able to walk moderate distances, jog, kneel, crawl, and lift moderate weight. This is an outside class and is routinely conducted during inclement weather conditions.
PER-340: Active Threat Integrated Response Course (ATIRC)
Litchfield, NH June 27-30, 2023, 0800-1700
https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=30253 Access Code NCBRT340
This course is designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services (EMS) in active shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines that can be used at the point of injury (POI) to increase survivability of victims. The course also provides a model framework for law enforcement, fire, and EMS to integrate responses during an active shooter event through the rescue task force concept using the Active Shooter Incident Management Checklist.
G191:ICS/EOC Interface Concord
Concord, NH July 26, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1416
The goal of this professional development course, G191 ICS EOC Interface (Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface), is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles. This course is designed for state and local personnel responsible for developing, staffing, managing, and operating an EOC and coordinating EOC operations with a field command post.
Active Attack Integrated Response Course Train-the-Trainer
Pittsburg, NH July 10-14, 2023, 0800-1700
LIMITED LAW ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS LEFT! REGISTER THROUGH PST BENCHMARK
The Active Attack Integrated Response Train-the-Trainer Course (AAIR) is a 40-hour performance level direct delivery course designed to improve integration between law enforcement, fire, tele-communicator and emergency medical services (EMS) in active attack / shooter events. The course provides law enforcement officers with key medical skills based on tactical emergency casualty care (TECC) guidelines, which can be used at the point of injury (POI) to increase survivability of victims. The course also provides a model framework for law enforcement, fire, and EMS to integrate responses during an active attack / shooter event through the rescue task force concept. This course has been designed to improve the safety and survivability of victims of active attack / shooter events and increase the effectiveness, coordination, and resource integration between law enforcement, fire, tele-communications and EMS when responding to these events.
G191:ICS/EOC Interface Bethlehem
Bethlehem, NH July 29, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1414
The goal of this professional development course, G191 ICS EOC Interface (Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface), is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles. This course is designed for state and local personnel responsible for developing, staffing, managing, and operating an EOC and coordinating EOC operations with a field command post.
AWR376 Understanding Targeted Cyber Attacks
Concord, NH August 15, 2023, 0800-1700
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/?MO=mClassRegistration&D=EC&C=AWR376&S=130
This course provides participants with specific information regarding targeted cyber-attacks, including advanced persistent threats. This information will place them in a better position to plan and prepare for, respond to, and recover from targeted cyber-attacks. This course will fill the gap in threat-specific training for cybersecurity as a community-driven course that focuses on the phases of targeted cyber-attacks and the attacker methods used during each phase. Participants will also receive valuable information on cyber-attack prevention, mitigation, and response.
G191:ICS/EOC Interface Meredith
Meredith, NH August 30, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1438
The goal of this professional development course, G191 ICS EOC Interface (Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface), is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles. This course is designed for state and local personnel responsible for developing, staffing, managing, and operating an EOC and coordinating EOC operations with a field command post.
G191:ICS/EOC Interface Plymouth
Plymouth, NH September 6, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1415
The goal of this professional development course, G191 ICS EOC Interface (Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface), is to enable the students to develop an effective interface between the Incident Command/Unified Command and the Emergency Operations Center by applying National Incident Management System principles. This course is designed for state and local personnel responsible for developing, staffing, managing, and operating an EOC and coordinating EOC operations with a field command post.
AWR-406 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Development (UASPD)
Concord, NH September 13, 2023, 0800-1200
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1420
The goal of the USAPD course is to aid first responders and emergency agencies in the successful development, implementation, and sustainment of a department or agency’s small, unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) program. This course provides class participants with the knowledge and tools required for establishing sUAS program goals; deciding if an agency is best suited by sUAS operations options under 14 CFR part 107 or operating sUAS programs as a public aircraft operation (PAO); requesting waivers and airspace authorizations; and developing standard operating procedures (SOP). This course will provide first responders with an understanding of FAA regulations governing 14 CFR part 107 operations along with statutory requirements for public aircraft operations. The UASPD course also presents a review of Government agency sUAS program best practices.
MGT319 Medical Countermeasures POD Planning and Response
Concord, NH September 12-13, 2023, 0800-1700
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT319&S=472
This course is a guide for local health officials and their partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. This course focuses on planning considerations, recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis, and the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness. The course material is applicable to pandemic influenza, bioterrorism, and other public health emergencies.
G0402: National Incident Management System Overview for Senior Officials
Barnstead, NH September 27, 2023, 1300-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1439
The purpose of this course is to familiarize Senior Officials (executives, elected and appointed officials, city/county managers, agency administrators, etc.) with their role in supporting incident management within the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
L0105 Public Information Basics
(FULL Waitlist – only Contact Richard.j.Cloutier@dos.nh.gov)
Concord, NH October 17-19, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1413
Prerequisite: IS-29 Public Information Officer Awareness.
This three-day class will equip the participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/ emergency response. This is the replacement for the old G290 and G291.
MGT-403: Underserved Populations Preparedness Planning for Rural Responders and Volunteers
Concord, NH November 2, 2023, 0800-1700
https://ruraltraining.org/course/MGT-403/?scheduled=true&id=8706
Prerequisite: IS100c, IS, 200c, IS-700 b, IS-368, and IS-242.
This eight-hour planning and management-level course will assist in preparing communities to meet the assistance and safety needs of older adults, and people with access and functional needs during a crisis event in rural communities using an approach with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Whole Community initiative. Due to the expected diverse student population, general information regarding crisis planning and response (incident command system (ICS), National Incident Management System (NIMS), etc.) will be discussed, flowing into a narrower discussion regarding the needs and care issues of older adults. Included in the discussion are short- and long-term care, pet care, medication, and the need for durable medical equipment and healthcare. The issue of individuals from assisted-living and nursing homes will be emphasized in lessons learned from various disasters.
MGT-312: Senior Officials Workshop for All Hazards Preparedness
Concord, NH November 8, 2023, 0800-1430
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1426
This 6-hour workshop is for local jurisdiction elected and appointed senior officials. Its purpose is to provide a forum to discuss strategic and executive-level issues related to disaster preparedness, share proven strategies, and best practices, and enhance coordination among officials responsible for emergency response to a disaster. Participants receive an Executive Handbook outlining the emergency management framework (protection, preparedness, response, and recovery phases), as well as other key senior level issues and discussions topics.
MGT-347 Incident Command System (ICS) Forms Review, MGT-904 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS 300)
Concord, NH November 28-30, 2023, 0800-1700
For ICS 300 Must register for both
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1423
https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=FP&C=MGT904&S=716
Prerequisite: IS-100.b, IS-200.b, IS-700.a, and IS-800.b must be completed prior to registration
Building on the prerequisite ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses, this ICS 300 course focuses on the Incident Command System (ICS) for supervisors in expanding incidents. ICS 300 outlines how the NIMS Command and Coordination component supports the management of expanding incidents as well as describes the incident management processes as prescribed by ICS. This course has a threaded activity that will give students the opportunity to practice implementing the incident management process and creating an Incident Action Plan (IAP) for a simulated expanding incident.
MGT-361 Crisis Management Affecting Institutions of Higher Education: A Collaborative
Lebanon, NH December 5-7, 2023, 0800-1700
Coming Soon
This course trains higher education campus and community members, and others involved in crisis management duties and responsibilities to effectively manage a crisis by applying a whole community approach. Risk management strategies, effective crisis communication, and a series of well-developed plans as described in the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) are emphasized. The course utilizes case studies and activities to aid participants in recognizing potential gaps in their current crisis management program and concludes with a practical application, simulated role-play exercise. Suggested Audience: Campus Leadership and Risk Managers, Campus Communications and Marketing, Campus Emergency Management and Public Safety, Campus Administration, Athletic Departments and Operators of Large Venues, Campus Environmental Health & Safety, Campus Health Services, Student Life/Affairs and International Affairs/Travel, Human Resources and Faculty, Emergency Managers, First Responders, Public Health Organizations, Public Works, Hospitals, and Private-Sector Businesses in/near the community.
L-0146 Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program
Portsmouth, NH December 11-12, 2023, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1419
Prerequisite: IS-120 must be completed prior to registration
The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) is a two-day course that provides a set of fundamental principles for exercise programs, as well as a common approach to program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. Exercises are an important component of preparedness, by providing the whole community with the opportunity to shape planning, assess and validate capabilities, and address areas for improvement.
MGT-905 Advanced ICS-400 Command and General Staff-Complex Incidents
Concord, NH January 16-17, 2024, 0800-1700
Coming Soon
Prerequisite: IS-100.b, IS-200.b, ICS-300, IS-700.a, and IS-800.b must be completed prior to registration
ICS 400 is intended for an audience of experienced responders and other senior emergency management personnel who may perform in a management capacity for major or complex incidents (Type 1 or Type 2 incidents). Large and complex incidents that require the application of area command do not happen often. Although this is an advanced ICS course, it is not intended to develop mastery of area command. The purpose of this course is to expose students to the concepts of utilizing area command in major and complex incidents.
L0105 Public Information Basics
Concord, NH February 27-29, 2024, 0800-1700
FULL Waitlist only Contact Richard.j.Cloutier@dos.nh.gov
Prerequisite: IS-29 Public Information Officer Awareness.
This three-day class will equip the participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/ emergency response. This is the replacement for the old G290 and G291.
MGT-324 Campus Emergencies Prevention, Response, and Recovery
Keene State March 19-20, 2024, 0800-1700
https://train.ncbrt.lsu.edu/Student/Register?ClassID=30885
This course provides participants with an understanding of and ability to navigate through the difficult aspects of dealing with campus emergencies involving natural or manufactured events, including acts of violence. The course consists of small, problem-based, integrated group activities that require a coordinated, integrated approach to solve. Through tabletop scenarios, course participants will observe a developing incident and respond in a manner consistent with currently established campus and jurisdictional emergency operations procedures.
L0105 Public Information Basics
Milford, NH May 7-2, 2024, 0800-1700
Coming Soon
Prerequisite: IS-29 Public Information Officer Awareness.
This three-day class will equip the participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/ emergency response. This is the replacement for the old G290 and G291.
L-0388 Advanced Public Information Officer
Concord Area September 23-27, 2024, 0800-1700
https://prd.blogs.nh.gov/dos/hsem/?page_id=561&ee=1437
Prerequisites: IS-29.a, IS-42, IS-100.b, IS-200.b; IS-201(Waived if current ICS-300 completed), IS-247.a: or IS-251; IS-700.a; IS-800.b and E/L0105 – Public Information Basics
This five-day course training curriculum includes courses delivered at the awareness, basic, intermediate, advanced, and master levels. The awareness, basic and intermediate level courses were developed by EMI and teach basic skills and techniques for use during small, localized, single-agency responses; preparedness campaigns; and escalating localized responses. The advanced level course teaches participants additional skills for use during escalating incidents, including strategic communications and incident action planning as it relates to Joint Information Center (JIC) operations.
Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) Fundamentals
Virtual Available 24/7/365
https://www.dhs.gov/form/nsi/nter
This one-hour Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Fundamentals training course provides an interactive overview of the Nationwide SAR Initiative (NSI). It provides users an understanding of the evaluation process used to determine whether identified behavior adheres to the Information Sharing Environment Functional Standard criteria, in accordance with privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protections. This training is available to federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector homeland security partners.
