Tennessee Emergency Management Agency
James Bassham, Director

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With the cooperation of our local government partners TEMA communications will be conducting three additional Communications Leader (COML) classes in 2010.  The classes will be in Cookeville, Knoxville, and Nashville. Classes will start at 11:00 AM the first day and 9:00 AM the other three days. Class size will be about 25 with lunch provided. Please go to the following web sites to fill out the information to sign-up for one of these classes. About one month before each class a separate written application for official registration and additional class information will be emailed.

Cookeville - October 12 through 15:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEtDbld4eU9mREVFZ3Y2cjc4aTZEMHc6MQ

Knoxville - November 1 through 4:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFRhYUpDMU5vRXRKbzNfXzdyY2h5Q0E6MQ

Nashville - November 30 through December 3:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHAyRGEzclpZT2F5VE1JVm9pQ0FXdnc6MQ

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 who supervises 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:
IS-700, IS-800, ICS-100, ICS-200, and ICS-300

This is in addition to the Chattanooga class in August which is full.