Start: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 08:00 am
End: Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 05:00 pm
Categories:
PREPAREDNESS
RECOVERY
RESPONSE
TRAINING AND EXERCISE

Williams County Emergency Management will be hosting PER 213 Wide Area Search and Rescue November 9-11, 2021 at the Williams County EOC, 3429 4th Ave West, Williston, ND.  Class begins at 8:00 a.m. and concludes at 5:00 p.m. each day.

The Wide Area Search course is designed to provide training for search responders to effectively conduct wide area searches due to natural disasters or man-made incidents. The course introduces the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform wide area searches at a disaster incident site. The course uses the 2007 Greensburg, Kansas tornado as a case study to demonstrate the various teaching points. The course concludes with a culminating event table top exercise that requires participants to utilize all the skills introduced throughout the course. 

The Incident Command System (ICS) is used in the course. Participants are encouraged to become familiar with the ICS by taking the following online courses before attending the course.
- IS-100.c - Introduction to Incident Command System
- IS-200.c - ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

This is a locally sponsored class; therefore, NDDES travel reimbursement does not apply.

ND POST Board Credit approved.

Questions may be directed to Mike Smith, Williams County Emergency Manger.