In preparation for the upcoming Gotham Shield exercise in April, EMSI recently delivered Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS-300) and Staging Area Manager (ICS-236) training to the Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS) in Fort Eustis, Virginia. Gotham Shield (also known as Vibrant Response) is directed by …
EMSI is proud to offer two new courses to assist All-Hazards Incident Management Teams (AHIMT) with their incident readiness. We believe that these courses will help develop critical thinking and decision making skills of AHIMTs through interactive instructor-led scenarios and training. Advanced All-Hazards Incident Management (AAIM) Course Adopting a newly …
September is recognized as National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder that we all have a role in preparing, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and also where we travel. With the exception of deploying as part …
Traditionally thought of as critical resources in nuclear and radiological incident response, qualified and experienced radiological response subject matter experts are rare during such high-risk response operations. Addressing this shortfall, a recent federal initiative in partnership with some state and local governments and non-governmental organizations is offering a Radiological Operations …
Continuing its mission to develop emergency responders, EMSI recently developed and delivered a Facilitative Instructor course for an oil industry client to aid in the progression of their internal instructor cadre. Based upon the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) M410 Facilitative Instructor course, our course is designed to help learners …
Standard NIMS ICS training curriculum typically falls short in addressing initial response issues and preparing responders for effectively utilizing ICS in the initial response phase of an incident (stem of the Operational Planning Cycle (“P”)). While ICS-200 is intended for single resources and initial action incidents, the concepts tend to …
In 2015, EMSI completed a significant update to our ICS-320 Incident Management Team (IMT) course and are pleased to announce that we continue to enhance delivery options of this course to meet the ever evolving incident management needs of our clients. In addition to the standard delivery of ICS-320, the …
Having recently developed a new Joint Information Center course, EMSI successfully completed its first delivery the week of May 9th to a corporate pipeline company. This first course included members of their corporate and business communications teams and received outstanding reviews. Working with this client since 2014, EMSI has provided …
Earlier this year, EMSI released a new Qualified Individual (QI) course and, in February, we successfully conducted our first delivery of the QI course to a railroad industry client. The course received positive reviews from participants and based on feedback was further improved for future deliveries. Specifically, participants noted that …
EMSI continues to provide emergency management performance support to responders through the development of Incident Command System (ICS) courses and job aids. We are proud to offer our updated Public Information Officer (PIO) job aid and Public Information Officer course at this time. The job aid and course were recently …
