03/9-10/16 Iowa Department of Agriculture Land Stewardship (IDALS) Type 3 Training

OSC John Giller explaining how to complete
the ICS-215 Operational Planning Work Sheet
and why it is important for tracking resources.

One of our NIMO missions is to provide training for a variety of organizations to allow them to manage their incidents (fire, all risk, Avian Influenza, etc.). This week a NIMO group worked with the Iowa Department of Agriculture Land Stewardship (IDALS) organization.

IC Mike Quesenbury having discussion with the
students on how to set up their organization.  

Our objective was to teach them the basics of the incident command system (ICS) and how the techniques learned in managing Wildland Fire can be adapted to help them manage agricultural outbreaks; such as the Avian Influenza.




The students are getting hands on experience with the Planning Process (Planning "P"), developing objectives and leaders intent, running tactics, planning, and Command and General (C&G) meetings.

Students working together to
complete the ICS-215 as a team.

NIMO Group: (back row)
IC-Mike Quesenbury,
PSC-Darrel Schwilling,
OSC-John Giller,
PIO-Bruce Palmer,
 LSC-Zeph Cunningham
(front row)
 LSC-Sally Browning,
FSC-Jaci Stimach,
PSC-Brian Watts,
 FSC-Carla Schamber