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[EM] Student Recruitment notice

From our Friends at the National Education Training Center:

STUDENT RECRUITMENT FOR

Health and Safety Officer

Incident Safety Officer

NIMS - Incident Command System for Emergency Medical Services

P - Pilot Offerings

The United States Fire Administration (USFA), Department of Homeland

Security, is conducting pilot classes at the National Emergency

Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, land for three of its newly

revised 2-day courses:

1. A two day course: P-730, Health and Safety Officer

A two day course: P-729, Incident Safety Officer

A two day course: P-163, NIMS - Incident Command System for

Emergency Medical Services

NFA will be delivering a special pilot offering of these courses -- P-

730 (HSO), P-729 (ISO) and P-163 (NIMS-ICS for EMS) -- back-to-back

over 6 days. They are scheduled for delivery November 30 - December

5, 2008, with students to arrive Saturday November 29 and depart

Saturday, December 6, 2008. Students must attend all three offerings

during the 6-day delivery.

Student Selection Criteria: Individuals who have department-level

health and safety responsibilities. Responsibilities can range from

first responder to field operations chief. Persons attending these

courses should have a working knowledge of the ICS, as taught by NFA,

building construction principles, OSHA requirements and

recommendations, hazardous materials management, applicable NFPA

guidelines, and Federal regulations.

Class Size: 28

Length: 6 days

Prerequisites: Students must successfully complete pre-requisite

courses, ICS-100 and ICS-200 or equivalent, prior to being accepted

for this course.

Comments: These 3 two-day classes will be piloted back-to-back to

the same attendees.

How to Apply:

Students must complete a separate FEMA General Admissions application

(Form 75-5) for each of the pilots. An electronic application is

available on our website at:

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/nfa/about/attend/apply.shtm

Completed applications must be postmarked by October 3, 2008

NETC Admissions Office

Building I, Room 216

16825 S. Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

* Completed applications may also be faxed to the Admissions

Office at .

* Applicants should not make plans to attend the pilot course

until notified in writing by the Admissions Office.

Stipends for eligible students are available for attendance for this

pilot course.

Lloyd

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