"ICS for School Leads" Training at IU08

Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 is pleased to partner with Rain Public Planning to provide this school safety learning opportunity on Friday, January 18, 2019.

Participants will learn the concepts and practices needed to utilize ICS functions in school event settings. You will be provided with National Incident Management System, Incident Command System practices, principles, and functions. Working together in school teams, participants will learn through lecture, activities and exercises under the guidance of public safety planning professions.

This training will include the following core ICS functions:

• Why and Where ICS is Used
• Chain of Command, Unity of Command, and Unified Command
• Formal vs. Informal Communication
• ICS Terms and Organization
• Expanding and Contracting Event Management
• ICS Positions, Roles and Functions
• How to Define Effective Objectives
• Introduction of an Incident Action Plan
• How to Conduct Effective Event Briefings
• Incident Management Tools
• When and How to Transfer Command

Link to training slides found HERE

IU08 Parent-Student Reunification Workshop

With support from OneStar Training, Rain Public Planning provided "Parent-Student Reunification Annex" training to administrators from over 14 school districts at Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Photographs of training event follows.

Garret Rain, of RPP Instructing

Gene Komondor, of OneStar Instructing

ICS100-200 Training North Huntingdon Township

Rain Public Planning provided ICS100-200 overview training to Westmoreland County emergency services providers under contract with North Huntingdon Township, Emergency Management. Training took place on November 13, 2018.

PCCD Act 44 Certified School Safety and Security Provider

Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) has certified Garret Rain of Rain Public Planning as a School Safety and Security Provider. Having been so certified, Rain Public Planning is an Authorized Act 44 School Safety Grant Provider and so listed on PCCD's registry.

School Safety TV Talk

KDKA CBS Pittsburgh Now interview with Chris Moore

Gene Komondor, OneStar Emergency Managment Training & Exercises; Gary Sigrist, Safeguard Risk Solutions; and Garret Rain, Rain Public Planning interviewed by Chris Moore on KDKA "Pittsburgh Now" television show to discuss school safety issues.

Click HERE to watch video of broadcast.

Region 6 School Safety Threat Assessment Training

Friday, April 6, 2018, Rain Public Planning will be presenting Region 6 School Safety Threat Assessment Training. The training is hosted by Intermediate Unit 8 Altoona-Johnstown and run from 9 AM to about 3 PM.

The AM session will discuss "How to Evaluate My School's Physical Site Security" and the afternoon will address, "How to Identify & Evaluate 'At-Risk' Student Threats."

To learn more or register see flyer here.

IU08 Altoona-Johnstown EOP "Functional Annexes Workshop"

Friday, February 23rd. Rain Public Planning presented an "Emergency Operations Planning (EOP) "Functional Annexes Worship" for school planners at the Altoona-Johnstown Intermediate Unit. In this daylong training, participants learned while building core "tool box" protective action (functional) planning annexes.

This training was also covered by reporter Russ O'Reilly from the Altoona Mirror, article found HERE.

Photograph of session follows.