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| 10/13/2010 | |
| 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | AWR-154 Principles of National Incident Management Systems (NIMS), Team Building, and Risk Communication AWR-154 is a DHS Certified Agroterrorism Course. The course goal is to describe the operational features of NIMS, understand how NIMS is essential for community preparedness, outline the logistics of the Incident Command System (ICS), understand methods of team building and explain principles of risk communication. This course is designed to educate members of frontline response teams on how to best use the NIMS, team building and principles of risk communication when responding to an intentional or unintentional attack on a segment of agriculture or the food system. This course meets all of the NIMS/ICS training requirements for FEMA IS-700 NIMS. |
| Location | Miami Regional Operations Center
FDLE Bldg., Emergency Operations Center 1030 NW 111th Ave. Miami, FL 33172 |
| 10/14/2010 | |
| 8:00 am - 4:00 pm | AWR-155 Principles of Frontline Response to Agroterrorism and Food Systems' Disasters This is a DHS Certified Agroterrorism Course. The goal of this course is to demonstrate how an effective frontline emergency response can reduce or mitigate the effects of an agricultural emergency, an act of agroterrorism or other food systems disaster. In so doing, frontline agricultural and public safety response teams including personnel from the county, regional, state and federal agencies will be provided with a comprehensive program formed around the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the concept of Unified Command. This course includes a plan that can be used as an "all hazards" approach against a wide variety of potential problems and occurrences within the agricultural community. Individuals who complete this course will be motivated to form and maintain appropriate community frontline response teams.Lunch will be provided. To register visit the website in this notice or contact John Terry at (850) 410-6745 or email terryj1@doacs.state.fl.us. |
| Location | Miami-Dade County Extension Office
Agricultural Center 18710 SW 288th Street Homestead, FL 33030 |
| 10/18/2010 | |
| 1:00PM - 5:00PM | Symposium on Food & Agricultural Security constitutes one-sixth of the gross domestic product (GDP) ? over a trillion dollars a year. This symposium will highlight how federal, state and local government, together with industry, are working to reduce threats, minimize impacts, and more quickly recover from a food and agricultural security event. Symposium
? National and international threats ? latest news ? Regional state-level partnerships ? accomplishments ? Food and Agriculture Government Coordinating Council ?
? Food and Agriculture Criticality Assessment Tool (FAS-CAT) ?
? Continuity of business ? keeping industry moving ? Agriculture and Homeland Security Integration ? This symposium will offer networking and insights to further
Infrastructure/Key Resources including: ? Communication ? Intelligence sharing ? Keeping products moving ? Relationship building and
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| Location | Monona Terrace Convention Center
One John Nolen Drive, Madison, WI 53703 (608) 261-4000 |