G2300 Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions

 

General Course Materials

• Student Manual 
• Platform
  • Microsoft Teams Helper

 

Unit 1

Course Welcome

• Slides Unit 1

 

Unit 2

EOC: The Basics

• Slides Unit 2
• Handouts:
  • Handout 2-1: Operational Period Planning Cycle (Planning P)
  • FEMA's Resource Typing Library Tool (RTLT)
  • National Qualification System (NQS)
  • Intelligence/Investigations

 

Unit 3

EOC Organization and Staffing

• Slides Unit 3
• Activities:
  • Activity 3.1: EOC Skillsets 
    • FEMA EOC Skillsets Website
  • Activity 3.2: Evaluate EOC Models
• Handout: 
  • 3.1: Organizational Example: ICS or ICS-like EOC Structure
  • 3-2: Organizational Example: Incident Support Model (ISM) EOC Structure
  • 3-3: Organizational Example: Departmental EOC Structure 
  • 3-4: Sample ICS-Like EOC Structure (incorporating Departments/ESFs)
  • 3-5: EOC Skillset Summary 
  • 3-6: Training Job Aid 
  • 3-7: Exercise Job Aid
  • 3-8: Signs of Heightened Stress in Emergency Situations
• Additional Resources
  • WA ESF List

 

Unit 4

EOC Planning, Operations, and Resourcing

•  Slides Unit 4
• Activities:
  • 4.1. EOC Schedule Development Activity
    • Scenario
    • Worksheet
  • 4.2 EOC Activation and Resource Coordination
    • Scenario
    • Map
• Handouts:
  • 4-1: Activating the EOC May 2019 E/L/G 2300 Intermediate Emergency Operations Center Functions Instructor Preparation IG-12
  • 4-2: Time-Phased Activation – EOC Activation Levels
  • 4-3: Sample Position-Specific Checklist
  • 4-4: Seattle Times Article – December 16, 2009

 

Unit 5

Information and Intelligence Management

• Slides Unit 5
• Activities:
  • 5.1: Essential Elements of Information Activity
    • 5-1: Essential Elements of Information (EEI) Worksheet Handout 
  • 5.2: Shared Situational Picture Activity 
    • 5-3: Essential Elements of Information (EEI) Matrix Handout 
  • 5.3: Public Information
• Handouts:
  • 5-1: Essential Elements of Information (EEI) Worksheet Handout
  • 5-2: Sample EEI Worksheet Handout
  • 5-3: Essential Elements of Information (EEI) Matrix Handout 
  • 5-4: Managing Emergency Public Information Handout
  • 5-5: Social Media Descriptions

 

Unit 6

Expanding Incident Activities

• Slides Unit 6
• Activities:
  • 6.1: Incident at the County Fair and Rodeo – Ongoing Response
    • 6.1: Scenario document
• Handout:
  • 6-1: Incident Complexity

 

Unit 7

The EOC Transition to Recovery

• Slides Unit 7
• Activities:
  • 7.1: Community Lifelines Analysis
    • Activity 7.1 Worksheet
  • 7.2: EOC Actions for Recovery
    • Activity 7.1 Scenario
• Handouts:
  • 7-1: Recovery Continuum Handout
  • 7-2: Recovery Support Functions (RSFs) Handout 
  • 7-3: Checklist for Pre-disaster Recovery Planning Handout
  • 7-4: Stafford Act Declaration Process
  • 7-5: Disaster Assistance
• Video:
  • Nashville Flood 2010 (Length: 3 minutes)

 

Unit 8

EOC Design, Technology, and Equipment

• Slides Unit 8
• Activities:
  • 8.1: EOC Design
    • Scenario
• Handouts:
  • 8-1: Organizational Charts of EOC Activations
  • 8-2: EOC Design and Layout
  • 8-3: Acquisition of Alternate Facilities
• Video:
  • EOC Layout (CDC 2016) (Length: 6 minutes)

 

Unit 9

Course Summary

• Slides Unit 9

 

Additional Resources

Appendix

• Appendix_I_NIMS_Glossary
• Appendix II – EOC Skillsets Guide and Skillset Descriptions 
• Appendix_III_Scenarios 

Other Resources

• Information Management in the WA SEOC 
• Community Recovery Management Toolkit
• IAEM EOC Recommended Technological Capabilities
• Example Planning P for EOCs
• EOC Layout
• National Business Emergency Operations Center
• WISE/GIS SEOC
• Example complexity analysis for fire (Franklin County, WA) 
• Fire complexity analysis

Example EOC Checklists

• Policy Group
• EOC Manager
• Public Information Officer (PIO)
• Liaison Officer
• Safety Officer
• Logistics Section Chief
• Finance Section Chief
• Operations Section Chief
• Planning Section Chief

 

 

 

Prepared by WA EMD for course revision 5/2019.