Emergency Management Course
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E/L0105 Public Information Basics
This 3-day course, normally offered only at Emergency Management Institute, brings highly trained professionals discussing the differences with PIO work in the response field.
To equip participants with the skills needed to be work on the fly as a PIO, or those who are full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/advocacy times and crisis/emergency response. This for EM’s and upper level response personnel from state, local, tribal, territorial response agencies who could find themselves talking to the media
Lead Instructor: Pat Gerdes has 36 years in Fire/EMS, 15 years as Director of EM in a 5-county area of Nebraska where he managed 22 declared disasters in that time. He is an Advanced Certified EM in Nebraska and South Dakota as well as a certified EM in Wyoming. He is a graduate of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy as well and serves as an Assistant Fire Chief at Piedmont Fire in the northern Black Hills.
Support Instructor: Collin Baldacci, is a firefighter from Evansville WY for the last 3 years. He has a real passion for crisis communication after working as PIO for several industries and as a reporter for an online athletic website. He is heavily involved in Search and Rescue in Natrona County where he aids in the delivery of public information and was formerly in a similar role in healthcare in Casper, WY. He is also an ICS and a Basic PIO Instructor.
Date: Wednesday, March 16-Friday, March 18
Prerequisites: IS-29-Public Information Officer Awareness
Maximum Attendees: 25
This 3-day course, normally offered only at Emergency Management Institute, brings highly trained professionals discussing the differences with PIO work in the response field.
To equip participants with the skills needed to be work on the fly as a PIO, or those who are full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/advocacy times and crisis/emergency response. This for EM’s and upper level response personnel from state, local, tribal, territorial response agencies who could find themselves talking to the media
Lead Instructor: Pat Gerdes has 36 years in Fire/EMS, 15 years as Director of EM in a 5-county area of Nebraska where he managed 22 declared disasters in that time. He is an Advanced Certified EM in Nebraska and South Dakota as well as a certified EM in Wyoming. He is a graduate of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy as well and serves as an Assistant Fire Chief at Piedmont Fire in the northern Black Hills.
Support Instructor: Collin Baldacci, is a firefighter from Evansville WY for the last 3 years. He has a real passion for crisis communication after working as PIO for several industries and as a reporter for an online athletic website. He is heavily involved in Search and Rescue in Natrona County where he aids in the delivery of public information and was formerly in a similar role in healthcare in Casper, WY. He is also an ICS and a Basic PIO Instructor.
Date: Wednesday, March 16-Friday, March 18
Prerequisites: IS-29-Public Information Officer Awareness
Maximum Attendees: 25
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