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Tobago (CERT) EM/2000 Training Program |
The CERT
EM/2000 Training Program began on the 25th of January 2006 and has a
duration of Forty (40) contact hours. The total quantity of
participants involve are thirty-nine (39).
EM/2000™ Emergency Management solution is capable of gathering, processing and distributing data. Decision makers can use these tools to quickly determine the magnitude of an emergency event or disaster, locate and deploy resources, log incident information, track requests and tasks, generate situation reports, and communicate critical information across large groups of users utilizing various communication mediums (LAN, WAN, Internet, Intranets, traditional land lines, cellular and satellite).
EM/2000™ works efficiently in addressing all four phases of the emergency management cycle - preparation, mitigation, response and recovery. It provides a common platform for all public agencies and private industry that are involved in protecting their critical infrastructures.
The following are the modular units which comprises the Learning objective for the training program allowing each applicant to :
Communicate with one another over local, or wide area networks
Create and log incidents and incident reports
Log messages
Assign and track tasks
Devise intuitive disaster plans
Store and maintain information on organizations and individuals
Actively maintain closures (bridges, roads, tunnels, airports, etc.) throughout affected area
Create incident specific checklists for individuals as determined by administrator
Quickly identify the status of surrounding shelters
Deploy and receive inventories, both human and material resources
Log incoming calls into the agency
Track the status of weather conditions
Create and issue situation reports, public statements and status reports, ensuring that all decision makers are kept informed of the impacts on populations and property, response activities, and priorities, and the status of key resources being used to stabilize the situation
Define emergency response goals for a given period
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