Allamakee County Emergency Management sponsoring training in "Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents"

Allamakee County Emergency Management is sponsoring a June 14 training session entitled "Crisis Management for School-Based Incidents - Partnering Rural Law Enforcement and the Local School Systems." The training is an eight-hour, DHS-approved course designed to educate rural law enforcement personnel as well as school administrators and staff on the elements that would allow for an effective response to school-based emergencies.
The training will take place Friday, June 14 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Waukon High School, located at 1061 Third Avenue NW in Waukon. Registration deadline for the training is this Friday, May 31.
Schools in small, rural and remote areas across the country account for almost 23 percent of the total student population (more than 11 million students). Rural schools, law enforcement and other emergency responders are often limited in resources, so it is imperative that all potentially affected parties collaborate on planning, preparing, communicating, responding and recovering from a school-based incident.
This tuition-free course is beneficial for rural police and sheriff departments, school administrators, school resource officers, counselors and others involved in school safety and security. Topics covered include:
• Introduction to Incident Planning and Preparedness
• Proactive Threat Mitigation
• Incident Response
• Incident Recovery
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Threat Assessment Management
• Incident Defusing and Debriefing
• Parent Reunification
• Anniversaries, Memorials, “Copy-Cats”.

To register, visit http://www.ruraltraining.org/training/schedule/2013-06-14-awr148-waukon-... by May 31. A minimum of 20 registrations must be received by this date in order to confirm the class will be held. Those with further questions regarding the facility, the location or the training may contact Allamakee County Emergency Management Director Chris Dahlstrom at 563-568-4233 or cdahlstrom@co.allamakee.ia.us.