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Public Information Basics - L105-022

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Full Description: Course Dates:
May 14 - 16, 2025
8:00AM - 5:00PM each day

Course Length: 24 hours.

Course Description:
This course is designed to equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications, understanding and working with the media, and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/advocacy times and crisis/emergency response. The course will also consider the value of communication before, during and after an incident. It will help PIOs identify critical audiences, both internal and external.

NOTE:
This course is a FEMA Advanced Professional Series (APS) elective. APS information can be found here: https://training.fema.gov/programs/aps/

Target Audience:
Individuals who have public information responsibilities as their main job or as an auxiliary function at the federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial level of government, and in the private and nongovernmental sectors.

Training Location: Sierra Vista Fire and Medical Station #3
675 Giulio Cesare Avenue
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Resources Required: Mandatory Prerequisite:
• IS-29: Public Information Officer Awareness. *Please Note: This mandatory prerequisite course will not be waived under any circumstance.*

Recommended Prerequisites:
•IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100.
•IS-909: Community Preparedness, Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone.

These prerequisite courses can be completed online at http://training.fema.gov/IS

Signup Details: *Enrollment Policy: Students must have the status of “Enrolled” to attend any class or event. Students who are “Waitlisted” or “Pending Approval” will not be allowed to attend the class. If a student needs to cancel enrollment, please do so as early as possible to allow someone on the waitlist to be enrolled.

*Attendance Policy: Students must attend at least 90% of the class to be able to receive credit. Should a student need to miss any portion of the class, they must contact the DEMA Training Branch beforehand for further information.

*This course qualifies for AZ POST continuing training credit. If you are a Law Enforcement Officer & would like to request a POST Certificate, contact the DEMA Training Branch at training@azdema.gov or 602-464-6225 once you have successfully completed this course.