District Response Task Force (DRTF) Mobilization & Deployment

This course teaches the students the process and fundamentals of District Response Task Force.  This Informational Course announcement is intended to communicate guidance and clarification of District Programs.  The information contained herein supersedes all previous information or guidance pertaining to the subject.  This information is intended to help districts plan, prepare, take appropriate actions and collaborate.  Any questions pertaining to this course may be directed to the Field Services Division at 317-234-7228.  To be added to the District Informational Bulletins distribution list, please send an email to fieldservices@dhs.in.gov.

april-2012-drtf-kokomo.pdf

Ambulance strike Team Leader Course

Please get your EMS element personnel signed up as soon as possible. We want you to have the first priority. This is one of the two state funded ASTL courses for 2012, and each course only holds 36 students.

april-2012-astl-terre-haute.pdf

Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics state certification course

The District 8 Firefighter Training Council will be conducting a Fire Officer Strategy and Tactics state certification course which will be hosted by the Ellettsville Fire Department. Class starts on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6- 10 PM. The state practical session will be on Saturday, February 4. Most classes will be held at the Ellettsville Fire Department Training and Conference Room at 5080 W. State Road 46, Bloomington , IN (actually in Ellettsville)

To register, please go to www.indianafiretraining.com. This is a newly updated website. You will need to register yourself as a new user, then you can go to the “classes” tab, go to District 8, and register under the FOST headline. You will have to register online at this website.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact myself or the District 8 Fire Training Coordinator, Jeff Combs at district8firecoordinator@yahoo.com.

Registration for this class will close on December 16, 2011.

Firefighter 1 & 2 class

If anyone is interested in doing the Firefighter 1 & 2 class please contact either Jeremy Inman or Skyler Pittman of the Center Township Fire Dept in Greene County.

Please pass this along to other departments in and around the area if you could.

Jeremy Inman cfd202@center-firerescue.com

Sklyer Pittman spittmanbfd@yahoo.com

ISC-300 Class: January 2012

Bryan Woodall is preparing to do a ISC-300 Class at White River Valley School, Switz City, Indiana two Saturdays in January. The infromation about the class is listed below. If you are interested, please contact Bryan at his list e-mail address below.

Roger Axe, Director
Greene County EMA

The target audience for this course is for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. All mid-level management federal/state/local/tribal/private sector & nongovernmental personnel should take ICS-300, including those serving as:• command staff, • section chiefs, • strike team leaders, • task force leaders, • unit leaders, • division/group supervisors, • branch directors, and • multi-agency coordination system/emergency operations center staff. Due to limited space, responders with the following titles will be given preference for registration: Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Colonel, Commander, Battalion Chief, Division Chief, Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief, Chief, Assistant Director, Deputy Director, Director, Hospital Administrator, Health Administrator/Nurse, Specialty Team Leader, EOS Staff, Sheriff, Instructor/Training Officer. NOTE: During a Type 3 incident, some or all of the Command and General Staff positions may be activated, as well as Division/Group Supervisor and/or Unit Leader level positions. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods.

PREREQUISITES:

  • IS 100 Introduction to Incident Command http://training.fema.gov/Apply/
  • IS 200 ICS for Single Resources & Int. Action http://training.fema.gov/Apply/
  • IS 700 Introduction to NIMS http://training.fema.gov/Apply/

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). The target audience for this course is for individuals who may assume a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents. These incidents may extend into multiple operational periods. This course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. This course will include but not be limited to: unified command, incident/event assessment and objective development, the ICS planning process, incident/event resource management, transfer of command and demobilization. *** OBJECTIVES: • Describe how the NIMS Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents. • Describe the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the Incident Command System (ICS). • Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident. • Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.

Bryan’s e-mail address: bkw400@gmail.com

TF7 ISU listserve to shut down on 12/31/11

The TaskForce 7 listserve hosted at ISU will be officially shutting down on 12/31/11.

To stay current with all the latest announcements, please subscribe to our Google Group by providing your email in the form at the top right of this website ASAP.

Thank you.

TaskForce 7 Meeting: Nov. 2, 2011 at 9am

The next TaskForce 7 meeting will be held at Maryland Community Church on November 2, 2011 with registration beginning at 0830 and a meeting start time of 0900. The District 7 Planning Council meeting will be held immediately following the TF7 meeting with a start time of 1100.

This will be the last meeting of 2011 and I would like to encourage all participating agencies to attend. We have a busy 2012 planned and a lot of work to accomplish in the upcoming months so please make every effort to be present.

If you are unable to attend the meeting I would like to once again thank everyone for their hard work, efforts and participation over the past year. It is the dedication of our responders and agencies that have continued to make District 7 one of the lead districts of the state.

Silent Hero’s Day: Sunday, Nov. 13

The United Methodist Temple will be honoring our fallen heroes at a Silent Hero’s Day on Sunday, November 13 during their 8:45am and 11am services.

Download details here: Silent Hero’s Sunday

Amateur Radio “Technicians” level class & test

Putnam County ARES/RACES will be hosting an Amateur Radio “Technicians” level class and test at the Putnam County Library, located at 103 E Poplar St, Greencastle, IN beginning in January. The First class will begin at 7 pm (and last until 9 pm) on Tuesday January 17, 2012 and continue every Tuesday thereafter until March 6. The test will be on Saturday March 10th at 10 am. Materials will be provided. For further information contact David Costin, 765-653-5115 x100 or dcostin@ccrtc.com.

2011 District 7 Training Council Election Process

Download and review the election process document.

2011-district-7-election-process.doc