Aug 22, 2017 | Training Opportunities
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has a number of Advanced PIO course offerings that they have asked us to share with you. Click the links for .pdf copies of the course announcements:
September 11-15, 2017
L0388 Advanced Public Information Officers – at Minnesota Department of Public Safety
September 25-29, 2017
L0388 Advanced Public Information Officers – KYEM Training Center – Boone National Guard Center, Frankfort KY
February 12-16, 2018 or July 30-August 3, 2018
E0388 Advanced Public Information Officers – EMI NETC – Emmitsburg, MD
A full list of PIO training opportunities through the Emergency Management Institute can be found at training.fema.gov/programs/pio.
Mar 31, 2017 | Training Opportunities
The Emergency Management Institute has student vacancies for two upcoming course delivery dates:
May 15-19, 2017
May 24-28, 2017
E0388 Advanced Public Information Officers is a five day course. Class times run 8am to 5pm each day.
It is held at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Full course description, prerequisites, application and registration requirements are available here: E0388 Advanced Public Information [pdf].
For information on how to apply to this and other EMI courses visit training.fema.gov/Apply
You must have a FEMA SID number to apply for FEMA related courses. To obtain this visit cdp.dhs.gov/femasid
EMI Point of Contact:
For additional information contact the course manager, Phil Politano at (301) 447-1343 or email Philip.Politano@fema.dhs.gov.
Nov 18, 2011 | Training Resources
FEMA recently released this “Coffee Break Training”. I thought it would be good to share with NIOA members that may not have seen it.
From the document:
Public Information Officers (PIOs) play a major role in communicating fire safety and prevention information to the public after residential fires. To make the most of these teachable moments, it is important to know what to do and say before, during, and after an interview with the news media.
Download the file: FEMA Coffee Break Training for Fire PIO
Jul 15, 2010 | Items of Note, Training Opportunities
In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an interdisciplinary team at Ball State University is developing a training program on advanced crisis communication for emergency communications professionals. This training will be offered free of charge. The Advanced Crisis Communications Team (ACCT) has been working diligently to prepare the course.
The ACCT has requested that the NIOA executive board provide you with a link to a survey to help them better understand the potential audience.
The survey asks questions related to training you receive for your job. ACCT specifically is targeting individuals in Public Information Officer (PIO) roles in different emergency management agencies, and is seeking responses only from those persons.
Please take a few moments to answer the survey at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/acct
For additional information about the ACCT and to view their course timeline visit http://www.bsu.edu/acct/
