Dates: January 9-13, April 3-7,
and August 28-September 7, 2006
Course Information: This course
is modified version of EMI’s popular Advanced Public Information
Officers to meet the needs of a health-related emergency. It is
targeted at public information officers (PIO’s) from State
and local public health departments, hospitals, emergency medical
services, emergency management agencies and other public health
related services.
The goal of this course is prepare these PIO’s
to make significant, positive contributions to their community’s
response to health-related emergencies by providing credible information
to the public.
The concept of this course is for the students to
apply their knowledge and skills to a emergency situation. This
is accomplished through instruction and a series of practical exercises.
Course topics include: legal issues, risk communication, interpersonal
skills, conflict resolution, communicating during an emergency,
media relations, use of the joint information center and stress
management.
There is no charge to the student for this training.
In addition FEMA will reimburse students for their travel expenses
to the course.
Location: Noble Training Center
(NTC) in Anniston, Alabama. Bus service is provided to NTC from
the Atlanta Airport. Buses depart from Atlanta on Sunday’s
at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. They return to Atlanta on Friday’s
at 7:00 a.m. central time.
Prerequisite: None
Course Length: Course starts Monday
at 8:30 a.m. and ends Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
To Apply: Complete a FEMA Form
75-5, General Admissions Application with student signature and
supervisor or sponsoring office signature and submit through the
State emergency management training office via fax to the National
Emergency Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658. To
obtain a Form 75-5 and for further information, please refer to
the EMI web site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/apply
or contact Pete Vogel, course manager at (301) 447-1101 or email
at pete.vogel@dhs.gov.
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