At the NDMS Summit held in Nashville a couple of months ago we were informed that ALL NDMS team members MUST complete the online training for the following Incident Command System classes:  IS 100, 200, 700, and 800.  Completion of all four classes will be required for team members to be deployable...that means deployable not only to disasters but also for our annual training conferences.   If you want to know which classes I show you having completed, please ask Jeff Zealley.
 
I understand that some of you may not see how these courses apply to you, but we must remember that even though each of us is still just one part of the whole "machine" it is important to understand how the "machine" operates.  Also, just because you are a funeral director, dentist, rocket scientist, whatever, that does not mean that once deployed you will only perform duties related to your profession.  You could easily be asked to fulfill other duties.
 
Each course will take 1 - 3 hours to complete so make sure you plan on that.  And, sorry, but we do NOT get paid to take the training.  Just remember, "Ask not what your country can do for you....
 
Okay, now that you've had the lecture, here's how to take the courses:
 
BEFORE you begin!  Please read the info on these pages:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/isfaqdetails.asp?id=2&cat=General%20Questions
http://training.fema.gov/IS/technical.asp
 
ALSO, after you complete each course, you MUST e-mail me a copy of your completion certificate.  Here's how to save a copy of your certificate:
http://training.fema.gov/IS/docs/Saving%20Your%20Cert.pdf
 
Home page for the training:  http://training.fema.gov/IS/ 
 
IS 100:  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is100.asp
 
IS 200:  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is200.asp
 
IS 700:  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is700.asp
 
IS 800:  http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is800b.asp
 
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  I usually check my e-mail a few times a day.  If you want to call, my cell is 801-541-4470.  
 
Here are the folks who are all done:
Anderson, Alan
Birnbaum, Anne
Brennick, Randall
Broughton, Christina
Buckley, Rhett
Bunger, Tammy
Dahl, Michale
Dial, Richard
Doberson, Michael
Fowler, Robert
Fulkerson, David
Goodman, Cherry
Heer, Don

Higbee, Carl
Jazowski, Karen
Kelley, Mike
Kipple, Wendy
Kramer, James
Lipich, Richard
Look, Kim
Majhanovich, Dale
Martinson, Gordon
Nathe, Mike
Onufrak, Andria
Peterson, Lance
Riet, Rudolph
Sanamo, Shannon
Santos, David
Schonberger, Patricia
Schrader, Don
Siddoway, Alan
Stratmoen, Mark
Stringer, Julie
Villalobos, Tristan
Vincent, Dennis
Walsh, Christina
Wegh, John
Wood, Kevin
Zealley, Jeff (well, I would HOPE so!)
Zimmerman, Kyle
 
 
Good luck, have fun and DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME YOUR COMPLETION CERTIFICATES! THAT IS HOW WE WILL PROVE THAT YOU TOOK THE COURSES!
 
Your humble Training Officer,
Jeff Zealley

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