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Harris County Homeland Security & Emergency Management Newsroom
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MEETING NOTICE:
Regional Joint Information Center Group
EVENT:
General Meeting - Hosted by the United Way of Greater Houston
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Communications professionals, public information officers, liaison officers and stakeholders with related duties during a regional emergency response.
TOPICS:
NIMS/ICS Training Requirements for PIO
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M.S. Montgomery
Fire Marshal
PRESS RELEASE
HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS
DATE: July 13, 2010 / 3:46 p.m.
Patient on Oxygen Burned While Smoking
A male patient sustained burn injuries from smoking a cigarette while using oxygen in his hospital room earlier this morning. The fire broke out at 9:30 a.m. in a private hospital room at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, 23900 K
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HCFMOPRESS RELEASE.pdf |
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PRESS RELEASE
HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS
DATE: July 6, 2010 / 4:37 p.m.
Teenager Burned by Firework
A 16-year-old girl was injured by fireworks on July 4, 2010 at 9:34 p.m. in the 19600 block of Coppervine in west Harris County. Westlake Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical personnel responded. She was transported to a local hospital where she was treated and released.
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PR -- Fireworks Injury 19618 Coppervine 070610.pdf |
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Date: June 28, 2010 Contact: Francisco Sánchez, Jr.
Subject: Increased readiness Public Information Officer
For Immediate Release (713) 881-3100
(Harris County, TX) -- Harris County’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM) is monitoring Tropical Storm Alex. Operations have moved from Level 4 (normal conditions) to Level 3 (increased readines
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Level 3.pdf |
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HARRIS COUNTY OFFICIALS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO REGISTER WITH 2-1-1
(Harris County, TX) Emergency officials are reminding residents with special health care or transportation needs to register with the state’s transportation registry if you will need help evacuating in the event of a hurricane.
Dial 2-1-1 as soon as possibl
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2-1-1_News_Release_6-28-2010.pdf |
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The next Regional Joint Information Center Group meeting will be held on July 28th, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the United Way CRC Building (50 Waugh Drive, 77007).
More information will be provided in July.
Regards,
Francisco Sanchez, Jr.
Liaison to the Director/Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
Public Information Officer/Harris County Office of Homel
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DATE: June 18, 2010 / 8:36 a.m.
Arsonist Caught in the Act
Just before midnight last night, a multi-agency effort resulted in the arrest of a suspected serial arsonist.
Matthew Carlyle White, 28, was arrested after setting fire to a house under construction in the 12500 block of Greensbrook in northeast Harris County. The suspect had been the subject of a multi-agency investi
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PR -- Arsonist Caught in the Act.pdf |
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NIMS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
for Public Information Officers and Joint Information Center personnel
Updated June 10, 2010
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM TRAINING
NIMS requires that all PIO, Assistant PIO, and other JIC personnel at all levels must complete:
* IS-700 (Intro to NIMS) – 3 hours
* IS-100 (Intro to Incident Command System) – 3 hours (both generic and speci
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NIMS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
for Public Information Officers and Joint Information Center personnel
Updated June 10, 2010
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM TRAINING
NIMS requires that all PIO, Assistant PIO, and other JIC personnel at all levels must complete:
* IS-700 (Intro to NIMS) – 3 hours
* IS-100 (Intro to Incident Command System) – 3 hours (both generic and speci
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