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Division 1 - First District, Northern Region
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Member News and Information

To post an authorized item on this page, use the Contact form or call the SO-CS.
 

See the First District North web site for additional information not posted here.

General Information

  • Contact the DCP if you want to order one of the new narrow-band radios.
  • Division 1 will offer fingerprinting for all applicants at all Division meetings.
  • Do you have non-Auxiliary business on a commercial waterfront? You will soon need a TWIC. Pre-enroll at tsa.gov.
  • Shopping? Remember to use Shop Auxiliary. PE supplies are also available there. The District stores and catalogs no longer exist.
  • There is another new 7030 form (March 2008). Please download it here.

Public Education

Member Training

  • There is no Operations Workshop this year.
  • Hints on Taking FEMA EMI ICS Courses

Go to http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp, this is the Emergency Management Institute for the FEMA Independent Study Program.

Scroll down the page and you will find every publicly available IS ICS course. Note there are four versions of the ICS 100 and 200 courses. Three of these courses are labeled as ICS-100 (or 200) for Federal Disaster Workers, Law Enforcement Personnel and Public Works Workers. While not specified by the National Auxiliary I suggest selecting the basic course version that does not have any of these three specific audiences listed. Your members will want to take:

IS-100 "Introduction to Incident Command System";
IS-200 "ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents";
IS-700 "National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) an Introduction" and
IS-800 "National Resource Plan (NRP), an Introduction

To take one of these courses, click on the course you want to take. For practice, click on IS-700 since this is the one I'm using for this demonstration.

Go to the bottom of the page and double click on "Download Final Exam Questions" and print it out. Now use your back button to go to the page where you double clicked on Download Final Exam Questions, and double click on Option 3 Printable Version - Self Study Guide. Use and review the study guide online - if you print it out you are guaranteed to use a lot of paper and ink!

The test questions should be kept at hand, because the Study Guide provides the answers in basically the same order as the test questions. You can mark the answers as you read the online guide onto your printed question and answer sheet.

After completing the study, you will be directed to take the test. Fill in the "online answer sheet" by copying the answers from the test questions that you already completed. You must also fill in the personal information at the bottom of the answer sheet. Ensure your personal information is correct as this will be recorded at the FEMA EMI Institute and used to return your completion results and certificate.

To receive Auxiliary credit for completion of the FEMA EMI ICS courses within District 7, the current process is to submit either the email completion notice or a copy of the certificate that you have received from FEMA EMI to your Information Services Officer. On the certificate copy/email please add your Auxiliary employee ID number. The Division IS Officer will make the appropriate report to District level for entry into AUXDATA.

Note that on successful completion of the FEMA EMI courses not only do you receive a certificate recognized by FEMA of attainment of a professional learning knowledge and skills, but you also receive continuing education credit.

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News on the National web site

NOTE: To avoid duplication, National policy requires that Auxiliary web sites only contain information that applies directly to each site's sponsoring unit and members. Please check the National (especially the Departmental pages) and First District North sites for other items. Key National items which affect  this division may appear here for short periods.


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