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ReportR Report New BusinessDiscussio Training for Mayor and City Council Members - G-0402 Incident Command System Overview for Executives and Senior Officials
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SUBMITTED BY: Martha Barberio, Economic Development Director
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RECOMMENDATION:
Mike Sutton, the Director of the State of Alaska Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management will come on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 to speak about how important Emergency Management training and preparedness is to our city.
On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 he will give a mandatory, to Council Members and the City Manager, class G-0402 Incident Command System Overview for Executives and Senior Officials.
It is essential that all City Council members as well as the City Manager take this class. This is a requirement for the EMPG grant that we have received from the State of Alaska. In case of an emergency or disaster, this class will familiarize Executives/Senior Officials (elected officials, city/county managers, agency administrators, etc.) with Incident Command System (ICS) principles and their role in supporting incident management. Even though you may have taken this class before, for grant reporting purposes, it really needs to be taken again and documented with the state.
Course Objectives
* Describe the Incident Command System (ICS).Describe the various ways ICS can be applied.
* Define the role of an executive/senior official relative to the ICS.
* Describe the major responsibilities of an executive/senior official as related to an incident.
* Demonstrate basic familiarity with ICS terminology.
* Describe the basic organization of ICS and know the functional responsibilities of the Command and General Staff.
* Describe issues that influence incident complexity and the tools available to analyze complexity.
* Describe the differences between on-incident ICS organizations and activities and ...
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