The IJIS Institute, through grant funding provided by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Technical Training for government and industry. The three day NIEM Technical Training curriculum is designed for developers and practitioners in the field to provide the information needed to enable them to build applications using NIEM and use it effectively. The training course wil...

Workshop Purpose This course is designed to provide executive and employee level personnel in the public/private sector with the knowledge to identify the appropriate protective measures for their unique sector. The course focuses on providing information pertaining to available protective measures and strategies for selecting which protective measures are most appropriate. The course focuses on teaching the student the threat analysis proces...

The United States Department of Homeland Security Office for Bombing Prevention Presents Surveillance Detection for Law Enforcement and Security Professionals This course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to establish surveillance detection operations to protect critical infrastructure during periods of elevated threat. This course increases awareness of terrorist tactics and attack history and illustrates the means and metho...

Bomb–making Materials Awareness Program December 13, 2012 Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism The Bomb-making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP) is a national program sponsored by The National Protection and Programs Directorate’s Office of Infrastructure Protection (NPPD/IP). A collaborative effort between the DHS Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), BMAP is designed to...

Bomb–making Materials Awareness Program December 11, 2012 Oklahoma State University – Tulsa Campus The Bomb-making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP) is a national program sponsored by The National Protection and Programs Directorate’s Office of Infrastructure Protection (NPPD/IP). A collaborative effort between the DHS Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), BMAP is designed to incr...

2010’s CBRNe Convergence was the largest CBRNE responders conference in the US that year. It brought together 650 delegates with 75 exhibitors and culminated in a massive exercise involving units from the FBI, CST and local responders. 2012 will be no different with an expected 1,000 attendees and 100 exhibitors it promises to be the biggest event on the East Coast. The program will be chosen by the Editorial Team of CBRNe World and will...

The Counter Narcotics and Terrorism Operational Medical Support (CONTOMS) Program was started in 1990 to meet the need for specialized medical training to support law enforcement special operations. EMT-Tactical (EMT-T), the cornerstone of the program, is a one-week, 56-hour continuing education module for providers who are already trained at the EMT-B level or higher. Candidates must be sponsored by a bona fide special response team. The trai...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...

Benefits FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program plays a very important role in protecting communities and their residents and businesses from the disaster caused by flooding. It publicizes the areas of greatest flood risk, restricts construction with high flood risk, and provides insurance for the flood losses that are excluded from most homeowners and general business policies. These activities have a critical impact on the ability of local...