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Dean One Of First Trained Incident Command System Instructors The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Inc., (IACLEA), recently certified its first class of Incident Command System (ICS) training instructors. Paul Dean, Deputy Police Chief of the UNH Police Department, was one of the first 16 to be certified. The instructors completed a rigorous selection and training process which culminated in a two-week train-the-trainer program. Instruction was provided by BowMac Educational Services of Honeoye, NY, the curriculum developer and training partner selected by IACLEA for this program. A team of four newly certified ICS instructors presented the first ICS class at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas earlier this month. The three-day course trains supervisory, mid-level campus public safety, and police and fire personnel working in local agencies in the application of the Incident Command system and Unified Command Concept. This is a multi-disciplinary approach to critical incident management that conforms with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a federal framework for emergency preparedness and response. This training program is supported by a grant to IACLEA from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop programs and resources to assist campus public safety departments in planning to prevent or deter acts of terrorism on college and university campuses. The training consists of classroom instruction, case studies involving past response strategies for major emergencies, and simulation-based exercising using a model campus simulator, which provides a realistic experience for students to refer to when responding to critical incidents. IACLEA is an association that advances campus public safety for its more than 1,000 educational institution members and 1,500 individual professional members by providing educational resources, advocacy, and professional development services. |
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