Training

Winter Weather Summit hosted by Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management
Virtual; October 14 8:30 – 12:00 pm

• The National Weather Service will be presenting the fall and winter weather outlook for the local area to assist with preparation and mitigation activities.
• Facilitator lead break-out rooms will allow for participants to discuss topics such as mass care, transportation, roads maintenance, utilities, sheltering etc.
• Distribution of information will be given from local partner agencies to include: Contact information, response capabilities, priorities, and tactics.  (To submit a 1-page flyer promoting your agency/business/departments capabilities, please contact Training.DEM@co.Snohomish.wa.us).

Register: https://winterweathersummit2022.eventbrite.com/

PER-335- Critical Decision Making for Complex Coordinated Attacks- October 25-26 2022
Pierce and Snohomish DEM’s are offering this course in October.  Both classes are not getting the variety of audience members needed for delivery.  BOTH classes are up for being pushed back and/or canceled.
Snohomish County DEM is looking for: Emergency Mangers, Executives Office, Fire, EMS, Hospitals to sign-up for this class.  Currently we are heavy in Law Enforcement and LE is waitlisted.  LE however is able to sign-up for the Pierce offering.
Pierce County DEM offering: Oct 18-19 2022. WA EMD (learningstream.com)
Snohomish County DEM offering: October 25-26 2022. WA EMD (learningstream.com)
This course provides first responders from multiple disciplines with skills to manage the initial response to a large-scale attack in a chaotic environment during a complex coordinated attack (CCA). Below are the course objectives and target audience that we are encouraging to register for this training.
Course Objectives:

• Apply characteristics and indicators of a complex coordinated attack to an evolving incident to recognize if the incident may be a complex coordinated attack and better drive the response
• Respond to and manage atypical complex incidents effectively through a unified, multi-disciplinary approach
• Use Incident Command principles while supporting or managing the response to a complex coordinated attack
• Use skills in developing awareness, sharing information, and gathering intelligence to help prevent future attacks during the response to a complex coordinated attack
• Apply unconventional problem solving skills to address unconventional threats during a complex coordinated attack

ICS-400 Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
December 5-8th (8am-1pm) VIRTUAL OFFERING hosted by King Co. OEM.
ICS-400: Advanced ICS - Complex Incidents (Dec 05-08, 2022) Registration, Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 8:00 AM | Eventbrite
Primary Core Capability: Operational Coordination
This course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for ICS 400.
Prerequisites:

• IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS) (any version)
• IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents (any version)
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (any version)
• IS-800 National Response Framework, An Introduction (any version)
• ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents