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West Virginia
Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management

Phone: (304) 558-5380
Fax: (304) 344-4538
Bldg. 1, Rm. EB-80
1900 Kanawha Blvd., East
Charleston, WV 25305

Herb Lattimore
Training Officer

Training for
Emergency Services Personnel

 

County emergency services directors are required to have 48 hours of training each year. Half of those hours are to be classroom hours while the other half may be independent study hours. The Federal Emergency Management Agency's online training site offers independent study courses.

NIMS Requirements

Here is a list of the new NIMS compliant courses which follow NIMS guidelines. View a copy of the NIMS Guidelines for training within organizations.

    • IS 100 (ICS 100) is available as an on-line or classroom delivered course. This course is currently available in Law Enforcement and Public Works specific versions, other discipline specific versions become available later.

    • IS 200 (ICS 200) is available as an on-line or classroom delivered course.

    • G 300 (ICS 300) is available at state level.

    • G 400 (ICS 400) is available at state level.

    • IS-700 is available as an on-line or classroom delivered course.

    • IS-800.A is available as an on-line or classroom delivered course.

     


    WVDHSEM's 2008 Training Schedule

    If you are interested in a class, please fill out the training application (Excel or PDF) and fax or mail to the office.

    Here is a map of WV State Parks and contact numbers.

    After Action Report Template - AAR Template
    AAR example to use for reference.





    Conference Presentations

    Director Gianato's 911 Conference Presentation on MIARRS

    SERC Conference presentations 2007 and 2006.




    Materials of Interest

    Assessing Your Disaster Public Education Program-A Guide to Public Information produced by EMAP, CSG and the Sloan Foundation. October 2006


    Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program

    HSEEP Vol. 1
    HSEEP Vol. 2
    HSEEP Vol. 3



    The Council for Excellence in Government has developed ways to help individuals and communities measure their readiness and preparedness quotient. ww.whatsyourrq.org/


    Shelter in Place video from the Homeland Responder Training Network.

Emergency Management
Institute Training

E Team Web Based Training

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