L-381 Incident Leadership Class

The L-381 Incident Leadership course is sponsored by the Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy at the Winter Academy and it still has a few seats available. Tuition for the course normally costs over $1200 per person, but with the help of a grant it  can be taken for $325.
 

The application deadline was November 15, however,applications will be accepted until the class is full. 

Target audience

Fire department leadership with jurisdictional responsibilities in wildland fire protection.
 

This course is open to Colorado Fire Departments, Fire Protection Districts, or Sheriff’s Wildland Positions only at the quoted costs. If the course does not fill up, vacant seats may be opened for other cooperators, partners, or CSFS at the full course cost.

Course Dates

January 7-11, 2012

Course Prerequisites

* Qualified as any strike team leader, task force leader (TFLD), incident commander type 4 (ICT4), any support unit leader, or supervisory dispatcher.

* Human Factors in the Wildland Fire Service (L-180).

* Satisfactory completion of pre-course work, if any.
 

Background

CSFS received a grant from IMA and Fireman’s Fund Insurance to improve fire protection in the Wildland Urban Interface. CSFS will be using the grant funds to support leadership training for fire departments in the WUI. The L-381 Incident Leadership Course will be offered at the Winter 2012 Colorado Wildfire and Incident Management Academy at a significantly reduced cost to students. The class size will be limited.

Contact and Course Information

Wendy Fischer at the CWFIMA is coordinating this course. Specific questions on course logistics can be directed to Wendy at wfischer@cwfima.com or located online at: www.CWFIMA.com.

All-Hazards Incident Management Team Unit Leader Academy (Utah)

All-Hazards Incident Management Team Unit Leader Academy

Where:     Salt Lake City, Utah

When:      February 6-10, 2012

Schedule:

Monday (6th) 1300 to Friday (10th) 1700               U-TRAIN Course ID Number

L964-Situation Unit Leader (SITL)                            1025245

L971-Facilities Unit Leader (FACL)                          1025280

L969-Communications Unit Leader (COML)              1024743

Tuesday (7th) 0830 to Friday (10th) 1700

L965-Resource Unit Leader (RESL)                          1025282

L970-Supply Unit Leader (SPUL)                              1025208

Tuesday (7th) 1300 to Friday (10th) 1700

L975-Finance/Administration Unit Leader (FAUL)      1025283

All courses will run concurrently and start at 0830, unless listed differently on the first day of class.  On Friday, February 10 at 1100, the week will cumulate with a Capstone Exercise involving all of the students. 

Lunch and breaks will be provided each day.

Prerequisites are:  ICS-100, ICS-200, NIMS-700, NRF-800, and ICS-300. 

Recommended: ICS-400

A special room rate, of $74.00 per night, is available at the Best Western Cotton Tree Inn-Sandy Phone (801) 523-8484. Ask for "All Hazards Incident Management Team Academy" or block number 902724.  The hotel is less than a mile from the training site. We will provide a shuttle from and to the airport as well as each morning and afternoon to and from the training site.   

Contact: tedwoolley@utah.gov to register for this service or for questions about the course.

Additional information about the Academy can be found at:

http://publicsafety.utah.gov/emergencymanagement/AHIMT.htm. 

To register for a class go to U-TRAIN: www.utah.train.org.  Instructions on how to create a U-TRAIN account are located on the first link.

Request for Bids: Communications Plan

Emergency Communications Plan

SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN TRIBE,

RISK AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s (SUIT) Risk and Emergency Management Division requests a written response to the Request for Proposal (RFP) for a hard bid proposal contract.

The proposed project is to develop a communication plan for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.  The plan will meet the most current Colorado’s Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP) and National Incident Management System (NIMS).  The Communications Plan will include 800 MHz, VHF and cell phones used by first responders on the reservation.

The plan must include the following four components:

1.    Gap Analysis;

2.    Develop Southern Ute Indian Tribe Communications Plan;

3.    Protocols and Assessments and;

4.    Tabletop Exercise.

The contractor will facilitate the planning process, identify the data requirements, conduct research, develop Communications Plan, produce the draft and final plan document and conduct meetings after each deliverable to receive feedback.

Sealed bids will be received to address items identified in the scope of work for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Reservation-Wide Emergency Communications Plan, Ignacio, Colorado until 5:00 p.m. (MST) Monday, November 28, 2011. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. Request for Bids may be picked up at the Tribal Human Resources Department, 356 Ouray Drive, Ignacio, Colorado, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. 

Please contact Human Resources at 970-563-0100 , ext. 2424 to make arrangements for pick up or email Ms. Kathi Gurule at kgurule@southern-ute.nsn.us with your request. 

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s TERO code has established a preference for contracting and subcontracting to certified Indian owned businesses.  A bid preference of 5% will be given to any qualified Native American owned company. To receive this preference, Native American owned businesses must be certified by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s TERO. Any Native American owned business not certified by the due date will not be given a preference. For information on certification, contact the TERO office at 970-563-0117.  The Southern Ute Indian Tribe reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality in bids and to accept the bid deemed, in the opinion of the Tribe, to be in the best interest of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

Download copy of Request for Bids.

Need Local Emergency Alert Information?

The high wind conditions over the weekend remind us that it is never too late to sign up for emergency alerts.  The most current information will come directly from local agencies such as: county sheriff, county manager, city or emergency responders.  A list of local county contacts can be found on the Local Info Sources page of coemergency.com.  Sign up now to receive emergency alerts from your local county.

We also suggest that you bookmark webpages for your local agencies or those that you may be visiting.  These include:  fire departments, sheriff and police departments, US Forest Service, Colorado State Parks and your local city pages.

Other emergency alert and preparedness sources to sign up for or bookmark are:

Colorado Department of Transportation:   
CDOT Twitter Feed and cotrip.org

NOAA's National Weather Service:         
weather.gov

ReadyColorado:                                      
ReadyColorado Twitter Feed and readycolorado.com

CDEM Weekly Update: November 10

View the CDEM Weekly Update for November 10, 2011.