Leveraging Technology for the Emergency Services (Course available only during NFA Sponsored State Weekends) (W486)

Curriculum: Planning & Information Management

Leveraging Technology for the Emergency Services is a new 2-day program providing opportunities for the Emergency Services to gain experience in each of the following areas:

• Hazard tracking, disaster preparedness/emergency management, resource management, analysis of prevention data, EMS data/research/NEMSIS, NFIRS data, and analysis of public education data.
• Location tracker, personnel accountability, personnel safety, incident accountability, personnel tracking, personnel wellness, fit testing, safety, and risk/response notification.
• Evaluating training courses, PowerPoint integration, polling information, recording of training sessions, teaching/instruction, computer-based learning (custom), and training program management.
• Response, emergency communication systems, responding to calls, responding to the station for calls, evacuating an area (hazmat incident), station location options, deployment analysis, post incident analysis, meshing of network, and operations.
• Hazard identification, determination of agency’s population’s needs, building assessment information, and assessment of wildland/urban interface.
• Preplanning, conducting fire inspections, hydrant flow testing data, plotting hydrant information, use of oblique photography, and 3D mapping applications.
• Administrative issues (research, management, supervision, labor/management relations, etc.), survey long-term ability to support change efforts, evaluate response times, financial management (grants, etc.) inventory asset tracking, intra/interoperability research, analyze participation (records), and conducting meetings.

Selection Criteria	Primary Audience: Emergency Services personnel: Fire/EMS, to include suppression, prevention, hazardous materials, emergency management, administration, training, safety, special/technical rescue, 911 centers, public education, and support services. Secondary Audience: Public information, law enforcement, public works, and public health. When attending with a Chief Officer
Delivery Type	2-Day On-Campus
Prerequisites	Basic computer knowledge of any version of Microsoft Office (including knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), If available, students should bring laptops and GPS’s (or cell phones with GPS capabilities).
ACE Recommendation
CEU's	0
Post-Course Requirements
Student Pre-Course Materials	None.
NFPA Standards	None.
Student Comments

Course Schedule Information

		Dates	Availability	Location	Contact(s)
		March 9 - 10, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		March 16 - 17, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		April 13 - 14, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		July 20 - 21, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		July 27 - 28, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		August 17 - 18, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland
		September 21 - 22, 2013	Cancelled	Emmitsburg, Maryland