FW: Time sensitive announcement re: ASM Course - Arlington

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From: Leigh Anne Bedrich

Re: Ambulance Staging Manager Course

To: All EMS Personnel

Action: Identify and Enroll Appropriate Personnel for ASM Course

Due Date: ASAP

All-

There are still plenty of slots available for the ASM course in

Arlington on June 16 & 17; the classroom activities are scheduled at the

Arlington Hilton in the " entertainment district " and the field exercises

will be at one of the local large stadium parking lots on day 2.

However enrollment is minimal at this point and we are at risk of having

this course cancelled if this isn't increased early this week.

Please forward this to all appropriate personnel and let's try to boost

the enrollment in this class to ensure it is held.

The flyer is attached. This course is free and travel, lodging and an

$18.00 per diem (breakfast, lunch & snack will be served at the course)

are also eligible for reimbursement, so the only cost to your

organization might be duty and possibly backfill time.

If you have any questions, please contact Regan at STRAC (

regan@... regan@...> ) or me. The original email

and more contact information for STRAC is located below.

We want to fill these classes so that we will have the opportunity to

host other state funded classes in the future. Thanks for whatever you

can do to get the word out.

Leigh Anne Bedrich, LP, MA, EFO

Emergency Healthcare Systems Program Manager

NCTTRAC

The Department of Health Services has approved funding for two Ambulance

Staging Manager Courses and one Medical Incident Support Team Course to

be conducted in preparation for Hurricane Season 2010. Courses will be

coordinated by the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (TSA-P), in

partnership with Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council

(TSA-Q) and North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council

(TSA-E).

The Ambulance Staging Manager Course provides participants with the

knowledge and tools to design, establish and operate an ambulance

staging area of any size, including forward staging operations during an

emergency response. Integration with the incident command system, the

DSHS MACC and the local medical operations center will be discussed. A

comprehensive practical exercise will allow participants to employ

operational, planning and logistical concepts learned in the course.

The ASM Course is targeted at EMS and Fire Officers, with incident

response experience and training in incident command systems (ICS-100,

ICS-200, ICS-700 and ICS-300).

The Ambulance Staging Manager Course will be 16 hours over two days, and

will include lectures from personnel with experience running an

Ambulance Staging Area during a large disaster response.

One Ambulance Staging Manager Course will be conducted on June 16-17 in

Arlington, TX.

PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED FLYERS FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR

THE COURSES.

Regan Fritts

Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)

7500 US Hwy 90 W

AT&T Bldg., Ste. 200

San , TX 78227

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