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STATE/LOCAL/TRIBAL FIELD<br />
COURSES—MISSION SUPPORT<br />
RESPONSE & RECOVERY<br />
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs<br />
Public Information Officer (PIO) Awareness<br />
Training (G289)<br />
This awareness-level training is suitable for new<br />
PIOs, taken alone or before Basic Public Information<br />
Officer (PIO) (G290) training. A secondary audience<br />
is elected or other officials who want an overview of<br />
emergency public information.<br />
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this<br />
training is individuals who have public information<br />
responsibilities as their main job or as an auxiliary<br />
function at State, local, or Tribal levels of government.<br />
A secondary audience for the awareness component<br />
of this training includes individuals who<br />
would benefit from a general understanding of the<br />
emergency public information function. This audience<br />
would include elected and other officials with<br />
responsibilities that would necessitate their working<br />
with PIOs or the news media during an emergency<br />
incident.<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 1-day classroom<br />
Basic Public Information Officer (PIO)<br />
(G290)<br />
This course is an updated, shortened, and revised<br />
version of the previous G290 course. The revised<br />
course emphasizes skills development, addresses the<br />
impact of technology on emergency public information,<br />
and offers options that allow States to tailor the<br />
instructional methodology to suit their needs while<br />
consistently meeting the course learning objectives.<br />
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this<br />
training is individuals who have public information<br />
responsibilities as their main job or as an auxiliary<br />
function at the State, local, or Tribal levels of<br />
government.<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
Recommended: G289, Public Information Officer (PIO)<br />
Awareness Training.<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 2-day classroom<br />
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 106<br />
Joint Information System/Center Planning<br />
for Tribal, State, and Local Public<br />
Information Officers (PIOs) (G291)<br />
The purpose of this course is to build on the solo<br />
PIO competencies gained in the Basic Public Information<br />
Officer (PIO) (G290) course to applying those skills<br />
in an expanding incident where coordination<br />
is enhanced through the establishment of a Joint<br />
Information System (JIS)/Joint Information Center<br />
(JIC).<br />
This training will equip PIOs with the skills needed<br />
to establish and operate in a JIS/JIC. Participants will<br />
also gain a working knowledge of operational practices<br />
for performing PIO duties within the National<br />
Incident <strong>Management</strong> System (NIMS) multiagency<br />
coordination system. The course will demonstrate<br />
how JIC concepts are applied in a flexible and scalable<br />
manner at the local level.<br />
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this<br />
training is individuals who have public information<br />
responsibilities as their main job or as an auxiliary<br />
function primarily at State, local, or Tribal levels of<br />
government.<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
Recommended: This training is designed on the<br />
assumption that participants will have completed<br />
the following courses: G289, Public Information<br />
Officer (PIO) Awareness Training, and G290, Basic Public<br />
Information Officer (PIO).<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 1-day classroom