- The Emergency Management Institute will host its Basic PIO course Oct. 27-29 in Seward County. The class is free. Registration is available online.
- The Emergency Management Institute will host its Advanced PIO course in late 2009 and 2010 in Maryland. This training is free except for food ($100, includes three meals and snacks per day); FEMA will reimburse you for your airfare and provide transportation between the campus and the airport.
For more information or to register, visit the FEMA Web site.
- FEMA has launched a new course, Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF 15) External Affairs: A New Approach to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution. The course is offered through FEMA's Emergency Management Institute through their Independent Study program and can be completed online. The program has some good information in it for public information officers.
- The Emergency Management Institute regularly offers its Basic Public Information Officers and Advanced Public Information Officers courses. The basic course is offered on site throughout the state; the four-day advanced course is in Emmitsburg, MD. It is recommended that students complete FEMA’s Basic Public Information Officers course (G290) before they attend the advanced course (E388). For more information on the basic or advanced classes, visit the EMI Web site, http://training.fema.gov.
- Ongoing NIMS training is available at http://training.fema.gov/NIMS/.
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