FEMA G-290 Basic Public Information Officer (PIO) Course

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. July 19 & 20, 2021
Sheraton Panama City Beach Golf & Spa Resort
4114 Jan Cooley Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408

Florida Association of PIOs instruction team with nationally-recognized guest instructors

This course is intended for Public Information Officers who are new to the field or less experienced, or established PIOs who desire to refresh their training. The course emphasis is on the basic skills and knowledge needed for public safety, emergency management and government/municipal public information activities. Topics include: the role of the PIO, communications tools, awareness campaigns, news release writing, public speaking, conducting television interviews and news conferences, strategic and crisis communications, and social media. This is an elective course in the advanced professional series (APS) program.

PREREQUISITE FOR THE BASIC PIO G-290: You need to have a FEMA Student Identification number, which can be obtained at https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid/ and have completed the FEMA Public Information Awareness IS-29.a. You can complete this course online at http://bit.ly/2oQ1WS9. You will need to provide proof of your IS-29.a certificate before your G-290 certificate will be issued.

Strongly recommended, though not required, are the following National Incident Management System (NIMS) courses: IS-100.B (Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), IS-200.B (ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents), IS-700.A (NIMS – An Introduction), IS-800.B (National Response Framework – An Introduction).

Fee: $150 per registrant