Williamson County EMA Staff Calendar

2025 WCEMA Staff Meetings

We meet quarterly from 18:00 hrs to 20:00 hrs at the Williamson County Administrative Building in the 3rd Floor Conference Room

March 20, 2025

1st QTR

EOC Training

June 26, 2025

2nd QTR

EOC Training

September 18, 2025

3rd QTR

EOC Training

December 18, 2025

4th QTR

EOC Training

Emergency Operations Center Section Trainings

Public Information Section

Joey Helleny, Public Information Officer

January 2025
July 2025

Situational Awareness & Planning Section

Russ Tate, Situational Awareness and Planning Support Section Chief

February 2025
August 2025

Resource Support Section

Pat Creek, Resource Support Section Chief

April 2025
October 2025

Center Support

Michele Jones, Center Support Section Chief

May 2025
November 2025

WCEMA Staff Documents

WCEMA NQS Implementation Plan

This is the plan submitted to IMEA-OHS regarding the plan to implement the National Qualification Standards at the local level.

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WCEMA Emergency Operations Center Qualification System Guide

This guide establishes the standard minimum qualifications for specific emergency operations center-related positions. The Williamson County Emergency Management Agency will use this guide to qualify, certify, and credential emergency management and support personnel. It ensures personnel deploying locally or through mutual aid agreements and compacts that personnel have the capabilities to perform the duties of their assigned roles.

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FEMA
Emergency Management Institute (EMA)

Distance Learning

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment.

IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100

ICS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

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IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System

This course provides an overview of the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The National Incident Management System defines the comprehensive approach guiding the whole community – all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector – to work together seamlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents.

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IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction

The goal of the IS-0800.d, National Response Framework, An Introduction, is to provide guidance for the whole community. Within this broad audience, the National Response Framework focuses especially on those who are involved in delivering and applying the response core capabilities.

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IS-2200: Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions

The Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions course is designed to introduce the role, design, and function of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the supportive relationship as a NIMS Command and Coordination component of the Multiagency Coordination System.

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IS-2901: Introduction to Community Lifelines

IS-2901, Introduction to Community Lifelines, introduces the Community Lifelines construct, an outcome-driven response structure used to achieve incident stabilization. This course provides an overview of the seven (7) Community Lifelines, including how they promote the importance of situational awareness, prioritization of response efforts, and decision-making processes during a disaster response to work toward incident stabilization.

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