[Temslist] TEMS October Dates, Events and Information

Mon Oct 1 14:41:34 EDT 2007

 Tidewater EMS Council
October Dates, Events and Information
Keeping you up-to-date with regional and state EMS news, events and
training opportunities

October 6          Norfolk International Airport Disaster Drill, 9 am -
12 noon. 

October 9          Eastern Shore EMS Council, 7 pm (includes grant
grading)

October 10        EMS Medical Operations Committee, 12:00 p.m., TEMS
(includes grant grading)

October 11        EMS Performance Improvement Committee, 1:00 pm, TEMS

October 12        Education Workgroup, 9:00 am, TEMS

October 12        Recruitment, Retention and Recognition Workgroup, 1:00
pm, TEMS

October 16        VA-1 DMAT team meeting, 1:00 pm, Henrico Public Safety
Training (leadership 10:00 am)

October 16        TCLS Training Site Committee, 4:30 pm, TCLS

October 18        Board of Directors, 6:30 pm, TEMS

October 25        HRMMRS Oversight Committee, 9:00 am, Hampton Health
Department

October 25        Pharmacy Exchange Workgroup 1:00 p.m., TEMS

October 26        Airport Committee for Emergency Preparedness, Norfolk
International, 11:00 am tentative

October 29        MCI Workgroup, 10:00 am, York County Fire and Life
Safety

Last chance to register: SIDS class October 5 in Virginia Beach. First
Response: When an Infant Dies At Home.  For more information and
brochure: www.tidewaterems.org/web/SIDS.htm

ICS 300 and 400 courses still available in Norfolk. ICS 300 - October
17-18 and November 5-6.  ICS 400 - November 27-28. Visit the HRMMRS
training page for more information or to register. 
www.tidewaterems.org/hrmmrstraining  

Do you need ICS training? The answer is easy: If you are a responder,
yes!  But what courses? All responders need at least ICS 100 and IS 700.
Most need more. View the NIMS ICS training pyramid to see what you need
and consult your supervisor: 
www.tidewaterems.org/mci/ICS_NIMS_Training_Pyramid.pdf (Adobe pdf). Many
of the courses are available on-line at 
http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp. 

Ten individuals and agencies receive regional EMS awards.
Congratulations to Dan Norville (Norfolk Fire Rescue) on receiving the
region's top honor: The R. C. Dailey Award for Excellence in EMS. View a
list and photos of all regional winners: 
www.tidewaterems.org/awards/2007/award_winners_2007.htm. Regional
winners were forwarded as nominees for the state EMS awards program.
Those winners will be announced Nov 10 during the state EMS symposium
awards banquet.

Keeping the Best: EMS Workforce Retention Toolkit Training - October 12
and 13 in Roanoke. Additional training at the EMS Symposium in Norfolk
(Pre-011). Heads up--the training is being scheduled in the TEMS region
in March 2008. For more information and to register: 
http://vaems.org/aemer/aemer_regis_reten.htm

2007 Virginia EMS Symposium - An Education for Life, November 7-11,
Norfolk. Hurry, registration closes soon. 
www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEMS/Symposium

Virginia Office of EMS presents web-based continuing education.
Initially the monthly EMSAT will be available by web. For more
information visit www.vdh.virginia.gov/OEMS/Training/TRAINVirginia.htm

EMS Captain position opening, Virginia Beach EMS. Closes October 19.
See this and more job opportunities: www.tidewaterems.org/recruit.html

Statewide EMS news items posted on TEMS website. Links provided by the
Virginia Office of EMS to various EMS-related news articles appearing in
media across the state: www.tidewaterems.org/web/emsnews.htm

Virginia HazMat Conference and Expo, October 15-19, Hampton. 
www.virginiahazmat.org

2007 Equity and Diversity Conference, November 2-4, Hampton. Call 757
727-1094 for information.

Virginia Public Safety Outreach Conference, "Ready Virginia"  November
14 in Newport News. Registration and a tentative conference agenda at 
www.vaemergency.com <http://www.vaemergency.com> . The Virginia
Department of Emergency Management and Virginia Citizen Corps will
sponsor the conference.

DHS releases National Response Framework for comment  - The new National
Response Framework, when finalized, will take the place of the National
Response Plan. The shorter, less bureaucratic and more user-friendly
framework focuses on the national response to and short-term recovery
from all-hazard disasters across all levels of government. In addition,
supporting documents, including Emergency Support Functions, Support and
Incident Annexes and other appendices have also been updated to reflect
a number of key recommendations from more than 700 representatives from
federal, tribal, state and local governments, non-governmental agencies
and associations, and the private sector, who participated in a review
process that began one year ago. The 30-day comment period provides
interested parties with the opportunity to provide feedback on the
document. These documents are available at the newly-created NRF
Resource Center at www.fema.gov/nrf <http://www.fema.gov/nrf> . This
resource center will be continuously updated as additional supporting
materials are created or revised.

Please encourage other EMS providers and those interested in the
regional EMS system to sign up for this listserv, the official
electronic mail list of the Tidewater EMS Council. To add subscriptions,
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www.tidewaterems.org <http://www.tidewaterems.org> . Thank you.

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