L0969 All-Hazards COML - Chattanooga

TEMA and our Local Government Partners will be conducting a Communications Leader (COML) L0969 class August 10-13, 2026 .

This class will be in Chattanooga at Hamilton Co. EOC.

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 each day.

The class size will be no more than 20 students. There will be a break for lunch (not provided) each day. Please fill out the information below to sign up forthis class. This roster will close on July 29, 2026, or when the class registration meets the maximum number of qualified students.

Additional class information will be emailed on or before August 6, 2026 to those registering. To register, please complete and submit a TEMA Training Application and send to TEMA.training@tn.gov

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
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.