Course Information
This workshop will teach participants how to use WebEOC to access state, local and regional boards, posting and accessing information in the file library, requesting/processing resource orders and exploring WebEOC's Mapper tool. Additional topics will be based on the needs of participants.
The workshop is a great opportunity to catch up on WebEOC developments and new tools. The training will be open to anyone who uses WebEOC in their local jurisdictions, state agencies or provides direct response support to the State Emergency Operations Center.
Date: February 9, 2012
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: State Emergency Operations Center - 2nd Floor
9195 East Mineral Avenue, Centennial, CO 80112
Register: Registration in advance is required through www.co.train.org.
This course is first come, first served. No charge.
Contact: Robyn Knappe at 720-852-6617 or Robyn.Knappe@state.co.us
Target Audience: Individuals who use WebEOC in their local jurisdictions or state agencies.
Download a copy of the WebEOC Introductory/ Refresher Workshop flyer.
DEM Weekly Update ~ February 3, 2012
Topics included in the Weekly Update include:
- 2012 Colorado Emergency Management Association Annual Awards Announced
- 2012 Emergency Management Conference and Trivia Question
- The first Colorado conference of record originated with the Colorado Civil Defense Association Fall Meeting, October 18, 1968. Held at the University Memorial Center in Boulder, Colorado, the one day agenda was packed with sessions that included Military Support, Disasters and Public Apathy, The Real What and Why of Modern Civil Defense, Legal Aspects and a session by the Colorado Civil Defense Agency (now known as Colorado Division of Emergency Management). The agenda was followed by the Associations Business Meeting.
- NAPSG Survey for Those in Emergency Management
- Job Announcement for Kiowa County
- Resources Focused on Emergency Management and Education
- Training Information
2012 Colorado Emergency Management Association Awards
The Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA) annual awards have been selected for 2012. These awards will be presented at the
Colorado Emergency Management Conference being held in Loveland, Colorado
from March 6 to 8.
Award Information and Winners
- Chris Sorensen, Bent/Kiowa Counties Emergency Manager, CEMA Presidents Award
- Mike McHargue, Lake County Emergency Manager, Rookie Emergency Manager of the Year
- Steve Schroder, Hotchkiss Fire District Assistant Chief, CEMA Mike Gelski Award for Outstanding Volunteer Achievement
- Todd Manns, Berthoud Emergency Manager, Northeast All Hazards Region Emergency Manager of the Year
- Jerry Gray, Hinsdale County Emergency Services Director, West All Hazards Region Emergency Manager of the year
- Todd Parisi, Dolores County Emergency Manager, Southwest All Hazards Region Emergency Manager of the Year
- Brian Foltz, Park County Emergency Manager, South Central All Hazards Region Emergency Manager of the Year
- Mike Chard, Director Boulder Office of Emergency Management, North Central All Hazards Region Emergency Manager of the Year
CEMA Awards are based on contributions made to the field of
comprehensive emergency management and the advancement of the profession.
DEM Activates Emergency Operations Center to Monitor Winter Storm
The Colorado Division of Emergency Management has activated the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) with general staff and core Emergency Support Functions (ESF) to monitor the current weather conditions across the state and maintaining communication with local county Emergency Operations Centers.
If you must travel on the roads today please utilize the information being shared by the Colorado Department of Transportation on their website at www.cotrip.org. This site gives you access to current road conditions and road closures.
Visit the website for the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office out of Boulder, Colorado for current and projected weather.
If you must travel on the roads today please utilize the information being shared by the Colorado Department of Transportation on their website at www.cotrip.org. This site gives you access to current road conditions and road closures.
Visit the website for the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office out of Boulder, Colorado for current and projected weather.
VHF/UHF Narrow-Band Requirements
Requirements
By January 1, 2013, all radios operating below 512 MHz. will
be required to move to narrow-band operation. This impacts all Public Safety
service radio systems not already on narrow band channels. It is not too late to begin planning and
budgeting for this, as it will require changing out your radios for ones that
are capable of narrow band operation.
FCC Actions
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), reacting to the
crowding of the radio spectrum, studied various methods to help alleviate the
over-crowding on the radio bands. With
the increase of personal communications devices – from baby monitors to cell
phones – there had been a veritable explosion of use of radio frequencies. The FCC came up with the plan of “splitting”
each current wide-band 25 kHz channel into two 12.5 kHz channels. Thus, we have more radio spectrum for use,
but everyone has to buy new equipment if their current radios cannot use
narrow-band frequencies.
Radio Licenses
Radio licenses will need to be re-licensed for narrow-band
frequencies, and agencies will not be able to “grandfather” their use of
wide-band channels. If you don’t
re-license, you will probably loose your frequency to someone else and incur
additional expense in re-programming all your radio gear to the new narrow-band
frequency allocated to you by the FCC.
In planning/budgeting for this, you should consider radio
equipment that can use your current wide-band channels and be programmed for
the new narrow-band use when you get re-licensed. That way, you can stagger your purchases and
not have new radios sitting in the closet waiting for the new license and
change-over to the narrow-band frequency.
All agencies will not be moving at the same time, and the
new inter-operable UHF/VHF frequencies will co-exist with the old wide-band
channels until 1-1-2013.
Recommendations
What we recommend is to program your new radios with both
the “old” wide-band FERN, NLEEC, HEAR,
and SAR channels in one bank or group on the radio, and then program in the
“new” narrow-band inter-operable channels VLAW, VFIRE, VTAC, etc., into another
bank or group. Hopefully, your new
radios will have a display of a channel name and not just a channel
number. That way, when someone says “Go
to FERN 1” you just go to the display for “FERN 1”. If the channel to be used is “VFIRE 21”, just
go to where it displays “VFIRE 21”. That
way there is no confusion of whether the channel to be used is wide or narrow-band.
The “old” names – FERN, NLEEC, HEAR, etc. – will not
be used when the new narrow-band channels are used. Instead, we will use the new National Public
Safety Telecommunications Council channel naming convention – VCALL 10, VTAC
11-14, VFIRE 21-26, VLAW 31-32, VMED 28-29 etc.
For more information on the VHF/UHF narrow-band requirements contact Jack Cobb, DEM Communications Manager, at Jack.Cobb@state.co.us.
Download a copy this VHF/UHF Narrow-Band Requirements article.
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