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NIMS/ICS Communication Training
Date Course Location Information Registration
RESCHEDULED
6/25-6/27, 2013
Communications Unit Leader - COML Clay Fire Station #2 18355 Auten Road South Bend, IN 46637 3-day course for responders who will serve as Communications Unit Leaders during emergency events Click Here for Course Registration
5/7-5/8, 2013 Public Safety Communications Center Managers Workshop IPSC Training Center 8468 E. 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219 1 1/2 day workshop focused on PSCC operations issues and topics and the impact on interoperable and response-level emergency communications in the field.

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8/5-8/9, 2013 Communications Unit Leader Exercise (COMLEX) IPSC Training Center 8468 E. 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219 Information TBA
10/8 - 10/11, 2013 Communications Unit Leader - COML IPSC Training Center 8468 E. 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219 4-day course for responders who will serve as Communications Unit Leaders during emergency events Click Here for Course Registration

Communication/System Training
Click here to download a pdf copy of the 2013 training schedule
Date Course Location Information
July 29- August 2, 2013 Public Safety Communicators Course (PST1) IPSC Training Center
8468 East 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219
Basic Communications Course
September 24-27, 2013 Communications Training Officers Course (CTO) IPSC Training Center
8468 East 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219
Train the Trainer Course
October 28-Nov. 1, 2013 Public SafetyCommunicators Course (PST1) IPSC Training Center
8468 E. 21st St. Indianapolis, IN 46219
Basic Communications Coure
These classes are certified courses through APCO. A book must be purchased from APCO before attending. When ordering, indicate that Vivian Nowaczewski is the instructor for the course. The class is free of charge. (The only cost is the book.) Students who come to class without a new book purchased from APCO will be turned away. All classes start at 8:30 a.m. and will end at 4:30 p.m.  PST1 or a Basic Communications Course is required to attend a CTO Course.  A letter from your agency will be required or a copy of a certificate of completion from a Basic Telecommunications Course will be required when registering for the CTO course. 

Registration by email or fax is required for all other classes. Send requests to Vivian Nowaczewski at: vinowaczewski@ipsc.in.gov Cell: (317) 447-7686 Fax: (317) 899-8282

Continuous Dispatch Training/Ham Radio Exams
Click Here to download a pdf copy of the 2013 Continous Dispatch training schedule.
Date Course Location Information
Saturday June 8, 2013 Amateur Radio Exam IPSC Training Center
8468 E. 21st St. Indianapolis, IN 46219

Indianapolis Raido Club-W9JP  12:00 p.m. Walk-ins allowed. Further information contact Rhonda Curtis at Email: ws9h@arrl.net.

August 28, 2013 FULL                 Libility Issues for Public Safety Telecommunications IPSC Training Center 8468 E. 21st St. Indianapolis, IN  46219 This course is designed to give an overview of civil liability in public safety communications.  Updates for 2013 will be discussed.
September 18, 2013  FULL

Burnout and Stress Management  "Are You a Crispy Critter?"                    

IPSC Training Center
8468 E. 21st St. Indianapolis, IN 46219
Discussion will cover shift work, the effects and how to copie with it.  the physiological and psychological effects, basic terms, burnout, Optimism vs. Perssimism, strategies to increasing positive emotions and how to reduce stress.
Ocotber 23, 2013                  Tactical Communications              Rescheduled from April 23, 2013 IPSC Training Center
8468 E. 21st St. Indianapolis, IN 46219
This course is designed to teach dispatchers active listening and tactical communication skills. 
   
These are continuing education classes for dispatchers. Classes are 6 hours each and are free of charge.

All classes start at 9:00 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m. Registration by email or Fax is required for all classes. Send requests to Vivian Nowaczewski at: vinowaczewski@ipsc.in.gov Cell: (317) 447-7686 Fax: (317) 899-8282.

Amateur Radio Exams are for all persons wishing to obtain an Amateur Radio License.  There are no continuing educations hours for the test outs. Contact Rhonda Curtis, WS9, via email:  ws9h@arrl.net or 317-363-7457.  Future exams will be posted.

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