Course Catalog

Before the 9/11 attacks, ICS training was exercised nearly exclusively on fire-based incidents. Recognizing the applicability and sincere need for NIMS principles across incident response disciplines, an “all-hazards” approach to training will be embraced in this course.

With an “all-hazards” approach, this course will focus on how a Logistics Section Chief (LSC) needs to fundamentally possess the same core knowledge, skills, and abilities whether they are responding to a fire, an oil spill, a mass-casualty incident, or another incident. In other words, regardless of the hazard, discipline, or incident, the essential job of an LSC is the same.

This course uses lecture, discussion, student participation, and activities to focus on understanding the behaviors, duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of an effective LSC on a Type 3 All-Hazards Incident Management Team (AHIMT).

The intended audience(s) Federal, state, tribal, and/or local level emergency responders who may be designated as an LSC on their local or state Incident Management Team (IMT). The materials were developed with the assumption that audience members may have little or no actual experience as a member of an AHIMT.

The audience may include students from a variety of agencies and functional disciplines, including fire service, law enforcement, emergency management, public works departments, as well as public health organizations, medical emergency teams, and hospitals.

NIMS ICS specific training should be completed by personnel who are regularly assigned to function on a Type 3 AHIMT or by those persons who desire to seek credentials/certification in those positions.

Introduction to ICS

ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

NIMS An Introduction

National Response Framework_x000d_

This introductory course provides participants an overall, basic introduction into Grants Management within the Public Assistance Program. Participants will learn at a high level about navigation in the louisianapa.com (LAPA) system, completion of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the difference between Small Projects and Large Projects and what that means to applicants regarding the reimbursement process, how to request reimbursement and the documentation needed to do so, the Express Pay System (EPS), project worksheet cost lines, FEMA work deadlines and applying for time extensions, Quarterly Reports, etc.

Grants Management Cross-training.

"This course discusses diversity and its role in the workplace may be uncomfortable. Discussing race, gender, and other dimensions of diversity may even challenge your beliefs. This course was not intended to tell you what
you should believe or how you should act. You may disagree with some of the content, and that’s okay. Diversity is, in part, respecting each other’s differences, and we, at SCS, respect yours. As educators, we know growth happens when we are uncomfortable and when we are given opportunities to reflect. This course will give you an opportunity to explore different facets of diversity as well as practical techniques you could use to make your workplace more inclusive and diverse. This course must be completed within the first 6 months of GOHSEP employment .

This course was formerly named ""Diversity 2016 WBT"", ""Individual Differences and Diversity,"" ""Diversity,"" and also ""Diversity Awareness WBT for GOHSEP"" and ""CPTP Diversity 2016 for GOHSEP"". ""Diversity 2016 WBT"", ""Diversity Awareness for GOHSEP,"" ""Diversity,"" and ""Diversity Awareness WBT for GOHSEP"" and ""CPTP Diversity 2016 for GOHSEP"" do not satisfy this course requirement."

Topics to Review
1. Hazard Mitigation Application Prep
2. Benefit Cost Analysis
3. Federal Procurement
4. FEMA PA process for formulating worksheets/requesting reimbursement

"This course provides participants an orientation for using and working in the FEMA Grants Portal system. The topics addressed in this course include: basic navigation within Grants Portal, locating Project Worksheets (PWs), accessing and downloading attachments, etc."

"This course examines different areas of grammar including: capitalization, compounding, parts of speech, sentence structure, subject and verb Agreement, who vs which vs that, and who vs whom. This course must be completed within the first 6 months of GOHSEP employment.

This course was formerly named ""Grammar."" ""Grammar"" does satisfy this course requirement but ""CPTP Grammar WBT for GOHSEP"" must be taken upon renewal every three years."

This course is a culmination of the Supervisory Group 1 2015 Program. It reviews knowledge and activities skills gained in prerequisite courses. Learning objectives for this course include: examining ways to build trust, managing and improving work processes, communicating top-down messages, examining change management, ways to provide inspirational leadership, examining aspects of situational leadership, and looking at various elements of emotional intelligence. This course must be completed within 2 years of promotion.

Pre-requisites for this course are "Building Trust," "Work Processes," "Change Management," "Top Down Communication," ""Emotional Intelligence 1," "Inspirational Leadership," "Situational Leadership I" and one of the following electives: ""Delegating Effectively," "Peer-to-Peer Conflict," and "Developing Effective Teams 1."

This course is also offered as a block of training titled, "CPTP Supervisory Group 1 2015." "CPTP Supervisory Group 1 2015" does satisfy this course requirement.

This course is a culmination of the 2015 Supervisory Group 2 Program. It reviews knowledge and skills gained in prerequisite courses. Learning outcomes for this course include: learning how to think in a strategic manner, prioritizing tasks with agency mission and vision, applying situational leadership theories, how to develop a motivated workgroup, demonstrating ethical leadership, using emotional intelligence in the workplace, and finding a work-life balance. This course must be completed within 1 year of promotion. Pre-requisites for this course are ""Organizational Dynamics (replacing "
"Developing a Motivated Work Group" ILT course)," "Emotional Intelligence 2," "Ethical Leadership," "Prioritizing Tasks with Agency Mission and Values," "Situational Leadership 2," "Strategic Thinking," and "Work-Life Balance: Balancing Your Life."

This course is also offered as a block of training titled, "CPTP Supervisory Group 2 2015." "CPTP Supervisory Group 2 2015"" does satisfy this course requirement.

CDP Resident course. The Hazard Assessment and Response Management (HARM) course continues the Center for Domestic Preparedness’ (CDP) tradition of bringing together the nation's first responders and receivers for advanced hands-on training. HARM is a unique new course within the CDP curriculum. Unlike other CDP courses, HARM replicates the activation and deployment of a task force into an active operational incident of national significance.

This course is designed as a refresher for first responders who at the Technician level respond to releases or potential releases of hazardous substances for the purpose of controlling the release. They will take action to plug, patch or otherwise stop releases. They are required to use chemical protective clothing and specialized control equipment. This course meets OSHA, EPA and NFPA 472 training objectives.