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Special Interest Articles: • A Member’s Observation • Uniform Update • Exercise Summaries • What is new on the Website Individual Highlights: Member Update 2 PIO Update 3 Capstone 16 5 Cook Co DHS 6 Prairie Dragon 7-8 Idea Corner 9 T-Shirts 10 Events Cal. 11 News Flash 12 A Member’s Observation Michael Moos, editor As many of you are aware, IMT has evolved from a concept to a functioning operational resource that the State turns to, along with other Mobile Support Teams, in time of need. It is truly a compliment to have people join the team after experiencing us in action doing what we do best: serving the public. The quality and diverse experiences of our new members complement our capabilities. Some of our newest members can competently tackle the technologies we must use, just as our new GIS members have provided additional knowledge and resources from their profession. There is one factor though that makes everything click. When all or most of our members attend meetings and exercises they are furthering their knowledge in specific positions, leadership skills and technology as well as practicing field work together. Thus we are refining our capability of providing expert assistance to those in need. From my observations, we have the people, most of the tools and the experience to make it happen. Keep up the good work IL-IMT! ILLINOIS – IMT July 2016 Quick Calendar Next Meeting 9/15/16 at 1:00 pm Advisory Committee 9/15/16 at 3:00 pm Leads Meeting 9/16/16 at 9:00-3:00 Team Meeting Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) EMAT/IMT Exercise On April 27 th members of IL-IMT participated in the EMAT/IMT exercise held in Springfield. See story inside for more details.
Transcript of ILLINOIS – IMT
Special Interest
Articles:
• A Member’s
Observation
• Uniform Update
• Exercise
Summaries
• What is new on
the Website
Individual
Highlights:
Member Update 2
PIO Update 3
Capstone 16 5
Cook Co DHS 6
Prairie Dragon 7-8
Idea Corner 9
T-Shirts 10
Events Cal. 11
News Flash 12
A Member’s Observation Michael Moos, editor As many of you are aware, IMT has evolved from a concept to a functioning operational resource that the State turns to, along with other Mobile Support Teams, in time of need. It is truly a compliment to have people join the team after experiencing us in action doing what we do best: serving the public. The quality and diverse experiences of our new members complement our capabilities. Some of our newest members can competently tackle the technologies we must use, just as our new GIS members have provided additional knowledge and resources from their profession. There is one factor though that makes everything click. When all or most of our members attend meetings and exercises they are furthering their knowledge in specific positions, leadership skills and technology as well as practicing field work together. Thus we are refining our capability of providing expert assistance to those in need. From my observations, we have the people, most of the tools and the experience to make it happen. Keep up the good work IL-IMT!
ILLINOIS – IMT July 2016
Quick Calendar Next Meeting
9/15/16 at 1:00 pm Advisory Committee
9/15/16 at 3:00 pm Leads Meeting
9/16/16 at 9:00-3:00 Team Meeting
Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm
System (ILEAS)
EMAT/IMT Exercise On April 27th members of IL-IMT participated in the EMAT/IMT exercise held in Springfield. See story inside for more details.
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Red Card Certification Red Card Certification means a person has completed all the tasks and experience that is specified in the national position specific Task Books as published by the All Hazard IMT Association. Dennis Bingheim, Chairman of the Qualification Committee is pleased to announce the following members credentials and task books were reviewed and approved to receive a Red Card. Our sincerest congratulations for the hard work and professionalism to reach such certification:
Joe Kelly, Morton FD, IC Red Card.
Troy Erbentraut, St. Francis Hospital, LOGS Red Card.
Steve Shults, Department of Natural Resources, IC and PSC Red Cards.
New Assignments The IL-IMT Advisory Committee announced the following assignments of personnel:
Tim Jones to Lead Logistics Section Chief.
Troy Erbentraut to Assistant Lead LSC.
Bob Doty to Lead Liaison Officer.
Rick Scott to Lead Operations Section Chief.
Joe Jones to Assistant Lead Safety Officer.
Tom Richter to Metro Team as Deputy Incident Commander.
New Members Welcome to our newest members!
Jeff Rodriquez, Cook County Department of Homeland Security (CCDHS) assigned to Metro Team in the positions of Logistics and as a ComL.
Brian Drake, CCDHS assigned to the North Team in the positions of Logistics and as a ComL.
Tim Foley, Illinois Air National Guard assigned to the North Team in Logistics.
Mike Clark, Peoria Police Department assigned to the North Team in Plans.
Brian VanVickle, Ogle County Sheriff assigned to North Team in Finance/Admin.
Jason Marks, Peoria County Health Department assigned to North Team in Safety. Welcome Back:
Roger Huner, Adams County EMA assigned to South Team in Plans.
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PIO Update The following is an update of activities from your PIOs:
Exhibit/Display – the tabletop display has new graphics updating its look and feel. The PIOs went through a verbal survey process to ascertain what the leadership wanted in a message to those visiting the display. What was finalized was a display that lists our deployments, action pictures and dramatic scene shots. We hope you agree that the display explains what we are all about.
Small Display – after imput from our Liaison Officers we purchased a small banner display that can be setup to identify us not only during deployments but at meetings and conferences. I think you will agree that the device selected was a great idea from our ILEAS partners and matches the artwork on our big display.
IL-IMT Business Cards – have been reprinted. There is now space on the backside for members to write or attach their contact information. Please contact Mike Moos to request a supply to use.
Ed and Derek finish setting-up the new team banner used in deployments to identify the team.
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PIO Update continued:
Exhibiting Now – Thanks to Leon Duncan for setting up the exhibit and Dennis Bingheim for manning the booth at the ILEAS Training Conference in Springfield. We will have a prime spot also at the IEMA Training Conference so see us at Booth #36!
New on the Website – we continue to load new or additional resource information onto the member side of the website. Since our last announcement we have added:
o New Member Orientation Guide – this document should have been also emailed to all new members.
o May 2016 IFOG – the digital copy of the Illinois Interoperable Field Operations Guide is available in the communications section.
o Current Member Roster and Radio Call Sign lists - Remember that the roster and radio call sign lists are always posted in the communications section.
o AAR – the Olive Branch After Action Report is now in the AAR Section. o IAPs – the Olive Branch and Prairie Dragon IAPs are in the IAP Section.
Cook County Situational Report Available to IMT Members During our Team Lead’s meeting in December IC Gene Ryan discussed ongoing information and intelligence in Cook County. He felt that the probability of an incident in Cook County is growing. To be aware of activites in the area, members may want to tap into the intelligence that is established throughout the county. Members are invited to gain more information through the daily reports from Cook County. IC Ryan noted that a large amount of information is disseminated so be ready for your email to be very active. Members wanting to start receiving the intelligence from Cook County need to do the following:
1. In an email type in the address of, [email protected]. 2. In the subject block place “Add to Product List”. Tom Hardin is the person in charge of the duty
desk. 3. Advise him that “Per IC Gene Ryan” you are requesting to be placed on the Product List and would
like to receive the daily SitRep from Cook County. Mr. Hardin will then place you on the list to receive the SitRep. Please note that the SitRep can only be sent to .gov or business type email accounts. It cannot be received on gmail, yahoo, or other emails of this sort due to governmental guidelines.
If you have any questions please contact IC Gene Ryan.
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April Exercise – Capstone 16 in Springfield On April 27th IL-IMT participated in a joint exercise with Emergency Management Assistance Team (EMAT) prior to the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association (IESMA) training summit held in Springfield. The venues included two trailers simulating IMT being located in cities of Harrisburg and Carbondale communicating with a southern Illinois EOC. The disaster was the result of a New Madrid Fault Earthquake. The EOC then communicated with the State EOC. This was an opportunity for teams to continue working together honing our skills, for EMAT to test new EOC equipment and everyone to work with our State EOC partners.
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June Team Training/Meeting – Cook County Department of Homeland
Security (CCDHS) On June 10th the IL-IMT Advisory Board and Team Leads met to discuss items for the good of the organization. Approved minutes of those meetings are published in the quarter following the meeting on the team website (www.il-imt.org). On June 11th we had a full day agenda of CCDHS tours, GIS training and WebEOC.
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June Exercise – Prairie Dragon 2016 in Marseilles
In this exercise LaSalle County entered a Delegation of Authority with IL-IMT with instruction of our roles, responsibilities and timetables. The exercise incident was an event involving a semi-truck crash into a building in Marseilles Area with possible indications of a terrorism nexus. Illinois Task Force 1, the Illinois National Guard CERF-P (Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package) and IL-IMT were players in this exercise.
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Prairie Dragon Continued:
I Am Responding
IAR is fully operational and being used.
REMEMBER when you receive a message to respond.
REMEMBER when you receive a dispatch to respond with your status and if going approx. hours when.
IAR has indicated they can now track personnel as they are responding. We will be trying this new feature out to ascertain how accurate it is and if it can be used by the ICs to determine where you are as you respond. Further information will become available as we learn more.
We recommend you download and familiarize yourself with the app. It will work on mobile, tablet and pc platforms. If you have any questions please contact Randy Rhodes.
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Idea Corner - Storing/Transporting Your Stuff As many of you found hauling your position specific supplies can be tough at times, especially if you work multiple positions. Dennis Bingheim came up with a neat system that helps him take what he needs but preserves his back. Jim Cueno followed suit and shared pictures of what he did. Note this system locks each case to each other and has a large luggage style retractable handle on the backside of the base (wheeled unit). You buy each case separately so you can customize to your needs. We are not endorsing any single product and these systems are available at Home Depot, Lowes and Menards in different brands for slightly over $100. Note this is personal expense and not purchased by the team. We thought though it was well worth sharing.
IL-IMT Uniform Site Unique Apparel Solutions (UAS) have set up a web portal for us to purchase IL-IMT embroidered 5.11 apparel. Please note that while this vendor has gone to great lengths to setup this portal, members are not required to use this vendor or even 5.11 products. Our rules indicate that the clothing has to be very similar to the 5.11 items we have specified for our uniforms in order to be worn. To access the website go to: http://www.shopuas.com/ILLINOIS-IMT_c_217.html. The store will only be open each quarter for 30 days after a quarterly meeting. This is so the vendor can combine and produce orders at one time and keep costs down. Remember, if you do not have an account, go and register on the site before trying to make an order. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Lead LSC Tim Jones.
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New Apparel available from UAS Command has approved the use of an IMT t-shirt for use when deployed. The shirt shall not be worn however when performing public duty or during briefings. The only color available at this time is grey. Pricing at time of publication is $12.00 per shirt.
Training Resources
University of Illinois Illinois Fire Service Institute Upcoming NIMS Classes Offered by the Illinois Fire Service Institute. For information, including prerequisites and/or to enroll, visit: https://www.fsi.illinois.edu/content/courses/programs/homeland%20security/
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
IEMA provides training throughout the state in a multitude of preparedness and response subjects. In addition IEMA certifies persons as Illinois Professional Emergency Manager (IPEM) after proof of successful completion of a rigerous training program. All this information can be found on their website at www.state.il.us/iema.
Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Academy
NIPSTA is located in Glenview and provides a multitude of training programs for 1st responders, public works and local officials. Information of what training is available can be found on their website www.nipsta.org.
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Calendar of Events 2016 Dates Location Organization Link
9/6-8/16 Springfield Illinois Emergency Management Agency Training Summit IEMA
9/15-16/16 Urbana IL-IMT Team Training @ ILEAS IL-IMT
9/22-24/16 Chicago Illinois Municipal League Conference IML
10/9-12/16 Peoria Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Conference IFCA
10/11-12/16 Bloomington Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network Training Summit IPWMAN
12/8-9/16 Springfield IL-IMT Team Training @ IEMA IL-IMT
12/2-8/16 Oklahoma City All Hazard IMT Association Symposium AHIMTA
Note: This is a tentative calendar - dates/location of events can change.
Note: Links are to each organizations website main page.
Color Coding for IL-IMT Meetings
Next Meeting Schedule To be held at Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System in Urbana.
September 15 1:00 pm Advisory Board Meeting 3:00 pm Team Leads Meeting
September 16 9:00 am Team Meeting with training component.
Do not forget: 1. To answer Matt Bryan when he sends out
email inquiries. 2. To answer: I Am Responding app. 3. To contact: EM-COMM when
leaving/arriving. Your input is vital.
Organizational Chart
Position Leads FASC Ed St. Louis OSC Rick Scott LSC Tim Jones PSC Matt Bryan
SOFR Leon Duncan LOFR Bob Doty PIO Mike Moos
Co-Chair
Joe Jones
IC Metro
Gene Ryan
IC North
Derek Carle
IC South
Randy Rhodes
Co-Chair
Joe Gasparich
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About Illinois IMT Illinois IMT is comprised of
approximately 50 members of law
enforcement, fire, emergency
management and the private
sector from throughout the state.
We are trained to perform the
various positions in the Incident
Command System structure.
Illinois IMT is self-sufficient with
our own supplies and equipment.
We report to the local
government requesting us.
IMT can provide crucial assistance
by:
Providing a team made up of
different emergency
disciplines that looks at your
situation from an “All Hazard”
point-of-view.
Providing a team with
expertise to assist in
managing the incident.
Performing specific staff and
command functions for which
you need assistance.
Aiding in the development of
your Incident Action Plan
(IAP).
IL-IMT NEWS Mike Moos, Editor
c/o ILEAS 1701 E. Main St. Urbana, IL 61802
PHONE:
(217) 306-1942
E-MAIL:
VISIT US AT: www.il-imt.org
Congratulations – to Ed St. Louis who received his Chief Fire Officer
Certification on May 26th. Ed has also been appointed Chair of the
Emergency Response and Hazardous Materials Committee of the Kankakee
County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). He is beginning his
third term as President of the Kankakee County MABAS Division 7 Chief’s
Association.
Congratulations – to Joe Jones for receiving his Chief Fire Officer
Certification. Joe was also selected for the NFPA 1600: Standard on Disaster
Emergency Management and Business COOP Committee and continues on
the NFPA 1616 Committee on Mass Evacuation, Shelter and Re-entry.
Congratulations – to Mike Moos who was presented with the National
Emergency Number Association (NENA) “Founders Award” at the 35th
Annual National Conference in Indianapolis on June 12th. Mike has been a
member of NENA since it was formed and served as its Fourth National
President in 1985-86. He is also a recipient of the Association’s “Hall of
Fame Designation”.
Moving On - Les Albert (prior South Team IC) has retired from the Office of
the State Fire Marshal. We wish him our best.
New Position – Bob Elliott, starts a new career as Assistant Professor of
Criminal Justice and Homeland Security at MacMurray College in
Jacksonville, IL.
New Position – in addition to his teaching at IFSI, Matt Bryan was appointed
in November 2015 as the Emergency Management Coordinator for the
Village of Chatham, IL.
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