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Natural Disaster Information Cards

Contributors:

J. Weaver, B. Motta

1) Introduction

    This is a basic course.

    The material in this session is designed to provide the E-911 dispatcher with emergency advice in card format based on NOAA/FEMA/American Red Cross brochures currently in use. The course can be used by WCM's to train both emergency trainers and dispatchers.

    This training session can be used to provide:

    • In-Service Training. General weather knowledge from a dispatchers perspective
    • Pre-Event Review. To review specific problems and procedures for a day on which a dangerous event is expected
    • Emergency Directions. A guide that can be used in real-time to answer specific questions

2) Prerequisites

  • None

3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options:

    A.) The interactive VISITview training session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 30 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC (with 64 MB RAM or greater) with an Internet connection is needed.

    B.) Web-based training session - a "stand alone" version viewed via a Web browser, with embedded talking points included. This lesson version may be viewed at any time. These slides are ideal for printing from the web-browser, just print preview first to choose portrait or landscape mode. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Netscape (prior to version 6).

    C.) Web-based Visitview session - This version uses the VISITview software within a Web browser, may be viewed at any time. It retains all the functionality of the VISITview software which you see in a "live" teletraining session. The talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser (or printed out beforehand).

    D.) local Visitview session - This is the same version of the lesson used in a "live" VISITview teletraining session, but no connection is made to an external VISITview server. You may download the file off this page and go through the lesson on your own in "local mode" by starting the "visitlocal.bat" file. Talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser ( or printed out beforehand).


5) References/Additional Links
  • HTML version of NDIC

    The cards are now available for local viewing with a browser. Just click here and put the file in its own directory (e.g. NDIC). Click on the file after it's been downloaded, it will extract files using ZIP. Then, click on ndic.htm and the first page will appear in your browser.

    The PDF version of the cards are now available for download. Right click on "PDF version" then choose save as to download the file to your system.


6) Train the trainer

    Talking points - these may be used by local offices in tandem with the visitview training session (run in local mode - "visitlocal.bat"). The talking points may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time. The web page version contains talking points embedded in each slide (useful for printing).

7) Content developed/updated
    2000

7) Information contact