Training and Exercise Calendar for the Fort Bend County Homeland Security & Emergency Management Division.
Courses listed below represent the trainings and exercises that are currently calendared for the Fort Bend County HS&EM Division. The list in not exhaustive and does not include courses the are not relevant outside of the emergency management spectrum. The training and exercise help build proficiency within the EOC roles and for activation for all HS&EM equipment. The calendar will be updated every fiscal quarter and continuously monitored by the training officer. If you would like to participate in any of these trainings please submit a training request located on the Training Request Tab.
Fort Bend County Homeland Security & Emergency Management Training
Courses listed below are for those who would activate or play a key role in the Emergency Operations Center during activations. Reminder to look at prerequisites and have a FEMA SID. https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/
Right click the Course date and select open hyperlink to access the registration page.
OUR NEW EOC IS OPEN!
Unless specified, all classes will take place at our new EOC training room: 307 Fort St. Richmond, TX 77469
Up and Coming Training:
G 400, 07/05/2022 – 07/06/2022, Richmond / Advanced Incident Command System, Command and General Staff
Location:
Wharton Civic Center
1924 N Fulton St
Wharton, TX 77488
Course Description
This one and a half day course provides training and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses. Prerequisite: G 300 & FEMA SID
MGT 318, 08/23/2022 – 08/24/2022, Richmond / Public Information in an All-Hazard Incident
Course Description
This course examines the role of public information in all-hazards incident management and provides practical training in crisis communication techniques. In a major incident, it is imperative that community leaders, incident managers, and Public Information Officers (PIOs) are prepared to communicate with the public through traditional and social media. The course consists of three modules.\
MGT 412, 08/23/2022 – 08/24/2022, Richmond / Sports Venue Evacuation & Protective Actions
Location:
George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas Rm 382
Houston, TX 77010
Course Description
This course provides assistance to sport venue managers to prepare and/or enhance an evacuation plan to assist emergency responders in implementing flexible and scalable evacuation activities (i.e. evacuation, sheltering in place, or relocation). These emergency activities might occur in isolation or as a result of a larger, multi-entity response initiative. The course is highly innovative in that it builds multi-agency collaboration by delivering critical evacuation planning information.
AWR-136, 09/28/2022, Richmond / Essentials of Community Cybersecurity
Course Description:
The Essentials of Community Cybersecurity (ECCS) course provides individuals, community leaders, and first responders with information on how cyber-attacks can impact, prevent, and/or stop operations and emergency responses in a community. The course also provides a cursory introduction to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, risks, threats, and countermeasures. The course introduces actions communities can take in establishing a cybersecurity program.
MGT-384, 09/28/2022 – 09/29/2022, Richmond / Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents
Course Description:
MGT 384, Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents, is designed to provide organizations and communities with strategies and processes to increase cyber resilience. During this 12-hour course, participants will analyze cyber threats and initial and cascading impacts of cyber incidents, evaluate the process for developing a cyber-preparedness program, examine the importance and challenges of cyber related information sharing and discover low to no-cost resources to help build cyber resilience
MGT-452, 10/11/2022, Richmond / Physical and Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
Course Description:
This course encourages collaboration efforts among individuals and organizations responsible for both physical and cybersecurity toward development of integrated risk management strategies that lead to enhanced capabilities necessary for the protection of our Nation’s critical infrastructure. Participants will identify physical and cybersecurity concerns impacting overall infrastructure security posture, examine integrated physical and cybersecurity incidents and the evolving risks and impacts they pose to critical infrastructure, and explore resources that can be applied to improve security within an organization, business, or government entity.
This course meets Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) requirements for MGT452 Physical and Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure course #78401
Training and Exercise Calendar
Embedded below is a calendar of trainings and exercises offered by the Fort Bend County HS&EM Department. For those wishing to follow the outlook calendar:
- Log into your Microsoft outlook account.
- Click Link below to view calendar
- https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/9b7af8b7a7cd4b8d92eea143cf890d0e@fortbendcountytx.gov/985211bb75824722a06695b05313f6fd12671427890980707087/calendar.html
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