L0969 All-Hazards Communications Unit leader

L0969 All-Hazards COML

TEMA and our Local Government Partners will be conducting a
FEMA Communications Leader (COML) L0969 Class April 21-24, 2025. This class
will be in Nashville at TEMA Communications. Classes will start at 9:00 AM the
first day and 8:00 AM the other three days. Classes will end at about 4:30 PM.

The class size will be no more than 30 students. There will be a break for lunch
(not provided) each day. Please fill out the information below to sign up for
this class. This roster will close on April 05, 2024, or when the class
registration meets the maximum number of students.

TLETA POST APPROVED FOR 2024

A written application for official registration and additional class information will be emailed to those signing up on this roster by April 5, 2024. To register, please email Jimmy Floyd at jimmy.floyd@tn.gov.

The class will be located at:
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency - TEMA Commo Building                                                                                    3041 Sidco Drive                                                                                                                                                                                    Nashville, TN 37148

POC: Jimmy Floyd
Email: Jimmy.Floyd@tn.gov
c 731-697-8590

Course Objective:
• Identify the functions of the Communications Unit and the duties and responsibilities of the COML.

• Arrive at an all-hazards incident properly equipped, gather information to assess the assignment, and begin initial planning activities of a COML.

• Plan, staff, manage, and demobilize the Communications Unit safely and effectively to meet the needs of the incident. Prerequisites include:
A. A public safety communications background or duties with exposure to field operations and communications; this experience will be validated by the authority supervising the applicant in the course application that will be emailed after this initial sign-up.

B. Fundamental public safety communications technology, supervisory, and personnel management skills. These include, but are not limited to:
• Knowledge of local and regional communication systems
• Frequencies and spectrum
• Technologies
• Knowledge of local topography
• Knowledge of system site locations, including knowledge of local, regional, and state communications plans, and knowledge of local and regional Tactical Interoperable Communications Plans, if available.

The applicant is REQUIRED to have completed the following before class:
ICS-100.c, ICS-200.c, ICS 700.b, ICS 800.d, and ICS-300.

Each student must bring a laptop and a USB 16 GB thumb drive. The course material will be copied to the thumb drive. Students attending this course will be responsible for their own expenses (travel, hotel, meals, and other expenses). There is no reimbursement from TEMA.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.