Shelby County Emergency Management and Homeland Security

The E/L/G 2300 Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions is a three-day course with the goal of assisting individuals and jurisdictions who desire to develop or improve their Emergency Operation Centers (EOC). By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate, through activities and a Final Exam, the managerial and operational roles of the modern-day EOC as a NIMS Command and Coordination functional group operating within a Multiagency Coordination System (MACS).Selection Criteria: Read more about G2300 - Intermediate EOC Functions

This 2-day course provides training on the resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS and explains how major incidents stimulate special management challenges. Read more about G400 - Advanced ICS, Command and Control Staff Complex Incidents (ICS 400)

This two-day course provides training on the resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. The course expands upon information covered in the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses. This course describes how the NIMS Command/and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents; the incident/event management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the ICS; Implement the incident management process on a simulated Type 3 incident, and students develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident. Read more about G300 - Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (ICS 300)

This course gives the participants a detailed understanding of GPS technology, topographical maps, coordinate systems, and mapping programs. Participants will be capable of relaying positioning information to search managers and receiving positioning instructions in order to move to directed search areas. Read more about SAR125 - GPS/Land Navigation

This course gives the participants a basic understanding of the skills in visual tracking and map/compass orientation, and specifically targets law enforcement tactical personnel and volunteer search/rescue squads. Students receive four hours of classroom instruction with the remaining hours involved in medium intensity fieldwork. Students will experience various tracking exercises of increasing difficulty and complexity. Read more about SAR110 - Basic Visual Tracking

This course focuses on the initial establishment of incident command and ongoing management of an active SAR incident. The course covers several scenarios ranging from rural mountainous areas to the challenges of a law enforcement managed search in an urban setting. Read more about SAR201 - Managing Search Operations