OSC 2007 Evaluation Report

2007 OSC Readiness Training Program Evaluation Report
• I enjoyed re-acquainting with personnel that I worked with in the Katrina response. I also met
people that I have spoken to on the phone concerning issues in their region and the approach to
use in Region 6.
• I enjoyed this training event. Very impressive.
• I know it is difficult and you cannot please everyone, but the venue is important.
• I very much appreciate the opportunity to attend OSC Readiness. I have had ICS training and
work well with our Region 1 OSC staff, but it is great and useful to have the continued
opportunity to meet other OSCs and become more familiar with the people and scope of work.
• I was concerned that over 500 participants and the inclusion of the RSC personnel would dilute
the training, but this was not the case. Everything worked fine.
• I would like to see the training begin earlier in the day (6 or 7 a.m.) so that attendees have a
chance to relax and attend activities in the local area at the end of the day.
• I would need to have attended another OSC conference in order to compare. In general — classes
might be a bit too long — field trips would be nice and informative (really!).
• In general, all the training I attended was informative. I would suggest starting all training at 8
a.m. versus 9 a.m., especially for those commuting in the Miami area. The hour later makes a
longer commute. On the other end, 5:30 p.m. also makes a long commute. I like the binders and
will take all applicable information back to my unit to share. Thanks for the invite.
• Jen Grund did a great job, made Gary look good.
• On the who do you work for, you have everyone except RERT. It is a slight that continues every
year. We had several occasional or non-EPA contractors snooping around looking for work
during this conference. I noticed them bothering many. I totally disagree with that. Cheryl
Weaver of Docimo Associates attended our RadNET training and was disruptive. She eventually
left, but should not have been in there in the first place.
• Outstanding week. It is a great time to be an OSC.
• Overall a useful training opportunity. One suggestion that I would make for any conference is to
run one or two days long so that there can be a half-day. That way folks can get out and enjoy
some of the tourist opportunities.
• People, Relationships, and Interaction with Incident Management - I strongly recommend not
bringing this class back. To put OSCs into groups is unnecessary. Some of these OSCs will be
bosses some day and believe it or not the divisions will follow a person.
• Perhaps add a session for RSC folks to get together.
• Presentations in the dark are difficult to focus on. Is there a way to encourage a ‘standard’ back
for PowerPoint presentation that would be better seen with the lights on?
• Thank you for inviting me and for allowing me to present. It was professionally done and very
informative. Again, state representatives could benefit from future training, as well as our federal
partners.
• Thanks a bunch for the opportunity to network and train with fellow responders. OSC Readiness
goes a long way towards removing barriers to effective response/site management as well as
building bridges between EPA/state/local responders for more efficient response/site
management.
• The class length seemed a bit long — maybe have 2 breaks instead of one during a session. And
ALWAYS have coffee available. ALWAYS.
• The conference was great and I would have more of the conference turned into either CDs or
DVD formats so that it would be easier to take the information home.
B-27 Comments about the Training Program