ALCOAST 132/09
COMDTNOTE 01550
SUBJ:  PREPAREDNESS, PLANNING, EXERCISE AND RESPONSE
MANAGEMENT TRAINING UPDATE
1.  AS DISCUSSED AT THE ALL CONTINGENCY PREPAREDNESS SUMMIT
IN FEBRUARY, AND IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE SUPERIOR TRAINING TO
BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PREPAREDNESS SPECIALISTS, THE
CONTINGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT (CPRM)
SCHOOL HAS DEVELOPED A NEW PREPAREDNESS COURSE, TITLED THE
BASIC PREPAREDNESS AND EXERCISE COURSE (BPEC).  THE NEW
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING OUTLINE ENCOMPASSES PLANNING,
EXERCISE, AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TASKS ACROSS ALL LEVELS
OF THE COAST GUARD.
2.  BPEC WILL PROVIDE PERFORMANCE BASED INSTRUCTION, WILL
BROADEN  STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING OF EMERGING PREPAREDNESS
CONCEPTS, AND PROVIDE A MORE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF
FIELD LEVEL EXECUTION OF PREPAREDNESS.  THE NEW CURRICULUM
HAS INCORPORATED THE MOST CURRENT PREPAREDNESS PRINCIPLES
AND TEACHING TECHNIQUES TO MAXIMIZE ITS EFFECTIVENESS.
3.  THE CPRM SCHOOL WILL DELIVER THE FIRST PILOT COURSE IN JUNE
2009.  IN THE INTERIM, FIELD PERSONNEL CAN UTILIZE THE ONLINE
TRAINING AVAILABLE FROM THE CPRM SCHOOL WEBSITE:
HTTP://CGWEB.TCYORKTOWN.USCG.MIL/CPS/TRAIN.ASP.
4.  TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THE BPEC COURSE IS SECTOR PLANNING
PERSONNEL WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THE CPPX COURSE OR ANY
OTHER FORMAL PREPAREDNESS TRAINING.  THIS COURSE REPLACES
THE CONTINGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNER AND EXERCISE COURSE
(CPPX).
5.  UNITS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT ETRS FOR THE JUNE PILOT COURSE.
BPEC COURSE AND PREREQUISITE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE TQC
WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HQ/TQC/ UNDER C SCHOOL SCHEDULES,
OPERATIONS ASHORE COMMAND, AND THEN UNDER
COURSE CODE 501304 IN THE DROP DOWN MENU. COMMANDS ARE REMINDED TO
ENSURE PERSONNEL MEET COURSE PREREQUISITES.
6.  QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LT KRISTI HYNES AT (202)
372-2241 OR MR. HAROLD HUNT AT (202) 372-2147.
7.  CAPT V. B. ATKINS, ACTING DIRECTOR OF RESPONSE POLICY, SENDS.
8.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.