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ILLINOIS – IMT
December
2013 A Message from the Chairs
Steve Clarkson, Champaign Fire Department
Special Interest
Articles:
Bob Elliott, Illinois State Police
This edition of the IL-IMT News is a bit longer than usual due to
• Tornado
Responses all the events since our October newsletter. Our immediate
• Thank You from observation is to express the value of our training and teamwork as
Tom Lovejoy.
demonstrated during our recent tornado deployments. The “espirit
• Full Scale
de corps” of our team added greatly to our effectiveness. IL-IMT
Exercise – Are
You Signed Up? was able to contribute in many ways to lessen the pain experienced
in the communities of Washington and Gifford.
During this holiday season we have much to be thankful for. First
is the support of our employers and families for our participation
on this team. Next the support that each of you provide to your
Individual fellow members. Your mentoring, encouragement and
Highlights:
camaraderie is outstanding.
Tornados 2-4
Member News 5 We wish you the membership, our fellow teams and the friends of
Mtg & Events Cal. 6
IL-IMT a safe joyous holiday season and a great New Year!
Training Calendar 7
IMT Coins 6 Steve and Bob
Website Update. 10
NOTE
Next team meeting
will be 3/20-21/14
in Springfield.
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Washington
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November Tornado Response
IL IMT Deploys in Response to Tornados Tearing through the State.
As many in the profession know, emergency managers as well as fellow first responders seem to
have a sixth sense of risk in the air. The morning of November 17, 2013 was no different and it gave
much unease to those in emergency preparedness.
With that in mind, the co‐chairs of IL‐IMT sent out a “heads‐up” email to all members and inquired
who might be available if we were deployed. This pre‐assessment permitted the chairs as well as
team ICs to ascertain team strengths and specific positions that would be available.
The first call was for Gifford…
Gifford Tornado Response
Gifford was the first time IL‐IMT was a direct mutual–aid requested not predicated on a State
request. This meant that our response was personally funded by each member with no expectation
for reimbursement (reimbursement was declared later since the State declared this a disaster
response). Upon arrival, the team found the Sheriff as IC and in good control of the situation. IL‐IMT
was able to supplement his resources, define objectives and assist in the planning, logistics and
administration of the disaster. After two operational periods we were able to transition the incident
to the locals to handle. Members that responded to Gifford were: Keith Frank, Bob Elliott, Mike
Moos, Rich Mikel, John Tierney, Danielle Moore, Rich Utter, Mark Bridges, Lindsey May, Bob Doty,
Stephen Clarkson and Gary Hanebrink.
Washington Tornado Response
Members from the IL‐IMT responded to Washington, Illinois after IEMA made a request for IMT
assistance in the aftermath of an EF‐4 tornado that struck Washington on the morning of Sunday,
November 17, 2013. The initial response of team members Derek Carle; Jason Sartin and Dennis
Bingheim was on the night of the 17th; with IMT members Eric Hodges, Tim Jones, Rick Scott, Steve
Schultz and Ray Palczynski Jr. arriving on Monday the 18th. The team initially was tasked to provide
robust logistical and planning support and safety, as well as to assess the resources that were
involved in the incident. IAP’S were written for the operational periods the City of Washington
established.
Several additional IMT members were involved in the response throughout the next several days.
The total number of days IMT deployed to Washington was eleven days. In addition to the above
listed members Bob Elliott, Joe Gasparich, Joe Jones, Keith Frank, Mike Moos, Gary Hanebrink, Bob
Doty, Ralph Webster, Joe Kelly and Les Albert also responded to assist in the incident.
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A Thank You from Tom Lovejoy, Past Co-Chair
October 29, 2013
Steve and All Members:
I want to thank you for the terrific gift. I have it proudly displayed in
my office for all to see.
This was, of course, a difficult decision for me, and seeing all of
you last week brought home the finality of that decision. Again, let
me say that I have been honored to serve with all of you on the
Illinois IMT.
I wish you the best of luck in what will doubtlessly be a fruitful and
productive future for the team. Feel free to call on me at any time.
Sincerely,
Tom Lovejoy
IMT Member Gary Hanebrink Receives, on Behalf of
EIU, a State Award
November 2, 2013 Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
CHARLESTON — An Eastern Illinois University press release reported that the
Illinois Fire Inspectors Association presented the university with a Corporate
Award during the association’s recent Fire Prevention Week luncheon and
meeting.
Bob Morris, executive director of the association, said the group annually honors
emergency personnel, children, young adults, adults and corporations who have
greatly enhanced or contributed to local fire prevention efforts in their community.
Eastern Illinois University was recognized for having been the first state university
to achieve complete compliance of the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act.
Enacted in January 2005, this act required all on-campus housing at post-
secondary institutions to have fire sprinklers installed by 2013. In January 2011,
the state further enacted the Greek Housing Fire Safety Act, requiring all Greek
housing to install fire sprinkler systems by 2019. The university began its efforts in
2000 with Eastern Illinois University finished its work in summer 2012. The
university spent more than $10.5 million dollars on the total multi-year project,
Pictured, from the left, are William
Weber, vice president for business which involved the installation of fire sprinkler systems and fire alarm systems in
affairs at EIU, and Gary Hanebrink, all 28 of the university’s residential buildings on campus.
safety officer at EIU, receiving the
Corporate Award from Joey
Jeraminas, a Homer Township Fire Gary Hanebrink, safety officer at EIU, along with William Weber, vice president for
District firefighter who is president of business affairs at EIU, accepted the association’s award on behalf of the
the IFIA.
university. “We’re grateful for the award and what it represents,” Hanebrink said.
“It’s a validation of the efforts Eastern has made to provide a safe, secure
environment for our students and visitors.”
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Task Book Qualification Changes IL-IMT Organization Chart
Joe Jones reported at the last meeting that the
Organizational Chart
Incident Qualifications System for the State of Illinois
is moving forward. During the past year ten
individuals either received their first Red Card or had
another position added to it. The All Hazard Incident
Management Team Association (AHIMTA) Committee
on Incident Qualifications submitted its initial draft
that is currently going through adjudication. To make
comments on the draft you must be a member of the
AHIMTA which cost $50.00 per year. To join the
AHIMTA, go to the web site www.AHIMTA.org. The Position Leads
AHIMTA helps bring a voice to address issues that FASC Ed St. Louis
effect incident management teams. The major OSC Mark Bridges
change that the current draft brings about is a LSC Eric Hodges
requirement that individuals have at least one PSC Matt Bryan
incident deployment before receiving their Red Card. SOFR Leon Duncan
There are other changes that Illinois will most likely LOFR Bob Elliott
adopt that are too many to identify in this short PIO Mike Moos
paragraph. I highly recommend becoming a member TNSP Gary Hanebrink
of the AHIMTA and reviewing and commenting during
the adjudication process.
STATE FULL SCALE EXERCISE will involve IL-IMT
This is a reminder that on February 26‐27, Illinois IMT will be involved as key players in an
exercise. Since this is a management‐focused exercise, we will be critical players in the
functions of the exercise. IMT members can count on working with other state groups who
have realized that they have to be ready to manage their people in a large‐scale event. We
will need to work well with folks who have heard of us, but never worked with us.
2/25-27/14 The exercise will be held in Champaign and we will meet on the afternoon of Feb. 25th.
Several members signed up at the last meeting to participate. If you are interested, please
at IFSI
email Keith Frank at keith.frank.mba@gmail.com. Also, if you are interested in participating,
and your particular position is not open; please just let us know of your availability.
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Meetings and Events Calendar
Event 2014 Date Location
Winter Fire School Jan. 25-26 Champaign (IFSI) “It is critical that team
IMT Advisory Committee Jan. 27 Bloomington members attend
meetings to keep up
ISA Feb. 2-4 Fairview Heights
with new information
MABAS Feb. 17-19 Springfield
and to remain qualified
State FSE Feb. 25-27 Champaign (IFSI)
through training as
ILEAS Mar. 2-4 Springfield required by IEMA.”
Quarterly Team Meeting Mar. 20-21 Springfield
IESMA May 1-3 Bloomington
TIP
Quarterly Team Meeting May 15-16 Bloomington
NIMO Exercise April 1-3 Collinsville
Fire College June 5-8 Champaign (IFSI) When posting any document
Explorer-Cadet Fire School June 19-22 Champaign (IFSI) from the team:
IFPD June 19-22 Springfield Indicate this as a IMT
IACP June 20-22 Tinley Park
document through the
use of the logo or
Quarterly Team Meeting July 17-18 Chicago
member title,
IEMA Sept. 3-5 Springfield Show the date the
IML Sept. 18-20 Chicago document was
Quarterly Team Meeting Sept. 25-26 Champaign produced and,
IFCA Oct. 12-15 Peoria Who wrote the
document.
AHIMTA Dec. 6-12 Fort Worth, TX
This will permit recognition of
Quarterly Team Meeting Dec. 18-19 Springfield who produced the document,
IPWMAN TBD TBD how current it is and if
corrections or updates were
KEY needed, whom to contact to
Team Meeting Color Tentative timetable of team meetings. make the update.
Conference Color
Exercise Color
IL-IMT Visor ID Card
A visor card has been authorized for use to help IL-IMT
identify your role while deployed. Contact Mike
Moos (mmoos@shermanil.org) should you want
OFFICIAL
one. The artwork will then be sent to you to print BUSINESS
and laminate on your own.
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Training Calendar Offered by Fire Service Institute
CLASS DATE LOCATION
Command & General Staff Jan 6-10 Edwardsville
Command & General Staff Jan 13-17 Tremont
ICS 300 Jan. 11, 18-19 Highland
All Hazard Medical Unit Leader Jan. 29-31 Champaign
ICS 400 Feb. 8-9 Highland
Command & General Staff Mar 3-7 Carbondale
ICS 300 Mar 7-8 Carlinville
All Hazard Incident Commander (IC) Mar. 10-14 Plainfield
All Hazards IMT* Mar. 24-28 Springfield
ICS 300 Mar. 31 - Apr. 2 Downers Grove
ICS 400 April 3-4 Downers Grove
All Hazards Safety Officer (SOFR) April 8-11 Springfield
All Hazard Public Information Officer (PIO) Apr. 28 - May 2 Springfield
All Hazard Planning Section Chief (PSC) May 19-23 Springfield
All Hazards Situation Unit Leader (SITL) July? TBD TBD
All Hazards Logistics Section Chief (LSC) Aug. 18-22 Logan Co.
All Hazards Operations Section Chief (OSC) Oct. 20-24 STL Dwntwn Air
Status Check-In Recorder TBD TBD
* Prerequisite is C&GS or ICS 300 & ICS 400
This is a tentative schedule, for further info go to:
http://www.fsi.illinois.edu/content/courses/schedule/
IMT Coin Available
The coin “proof” illustrates what a great item this has become.
If you would like one or more, simply…
Email Eric Hodges (ebhodge@ilstu.edu) or Ralph
Webster (rwebster@wfrd.org),
Indicate how many you want,
Provide mailing address or tell us that you'll just take
them when we next see each other,
Send $5.00/coin or just pay us when we next see each
other…if we do mail, please add a little bit for shipping.
If you're going to mail a check, we will give you our
mailing address at that time.
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All Hazards IMT Association Conference
Members of the Illinois Incident Management Team (IL-IMT) attended the 2013 All
Hazards Incident Management Team Association (AHIMTA) annual conference in
Charleston, South Carolina November 19-21.
The five team members represented Illinois police, fire service and emergency
management agencies at both local and state levels. Conference attendees
represented 45 states and the speakers provided unique perspectives on
responses to several critical incidents of national significance.
The Boston Marathon Bombing response was shared by Boston Fire IMT - Chief of
Special Operations Dennis Costin. He suggested IMT’s participate in planned
events to be better prepared for critical incident response. In addition, he stressed
the value of building interagency relationships prior to incident occurrence. The
value of training together with other response agencies, providing agency
administrators the specific products an IMT can bring to the response effort and
considerations toward emerging threats, not just historic threats, were among the
many points made.
Bill Miller, a National Type 1 Incident Commander with decades of experience
shared his insight on “Organizing the Operations Section out of Chaos”. The key
challenge of moving from an initial phase of reactive efforts to one of proactive
response was elaborated on. Among the critical actions emphasized were having
From Left: Keith Frank, Daniel Ellis, Bob Elliott, a Staging Area Manager and the use of an ICS 211.
Ralph Webster and Joe Jones.
Dennis Byer of the Oklahoma State IMT shared experience from the 2012 Moore,
Oklahoma Tornado response. Maximizing IMT use through planned events serves
among other things as an effective marketing tool. In addition Dennis emphasized
the need to reinforce the IMT works for an Agency Administrator and the
importance of avoiding temptation to stay engaged beyond the point in which the
objectives are achieved. Clearly identifying when response objectives have been
achieved is essential to avoid involvement in recovery operations outside the scope
of expectations. A best practice was the OK IMT involvement with many statewide
organizations to educate others on IMT purpose and capabilities across the state to
include; police, fire service, EMS, emergency management and others.
More information on the conference and association can be found at
AHIMTA.org to include membership application, conference presentations and
Missouri and Illinois IMT meet at the conference. 2014 conference information.
While at the conference, IL-IMT members initiated a meeting with peers from seven
area states [MN, IN, OH, MI, IA, MO and OK]. The collaboration resulted in
ongoing communication between team leadership on best practices and lessons
learned during deployments, training and policy. Anticipated future outcomes
include joint training opportunities. During the conference two team members were
recognized for their work on the Credentialing/ Qualification Committee. Mr. Bill
Farnham and Mr. Joe Jones both contributed to ongoing efforts to establish
national standards. The Illinois Credentialing/Qualification system utilized by IL-
IMT provided a foundation for the current national draft proposal reflecting favorably
on both the State of Illinois and IL-IMT.
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IL-IMT NEWS
Mike Moos, Editor
c/o Village of Sherman
401 St. Johns Drive
Sherman, IL 62684
PHONE:
(217) 306-1942
E-MAIL:
mmoos@shermanil.org IL-IMT WEBSITE
The IL-IMT Website is still being
researched as to where to have it
hosted with an affordable cost. We
have what items we want on the site
for both public and member access.
So continue to stay tuned for further
updates.
About Illinois IMT
Illinois IMT is comprised of approximately 50 members of law enforcement, fire, emergency
management and the private sector from throughout the state. We are trained to perform the
various positions in the Incident Command System structure. Illinois IMT is self‐sufficient with our
own supplies and equipment. We report to the local government requesting us.
IMT can provide crucial assistance by:
Providing a team made up of different emergency disciplines that looks at your situation from
an “All Hazard” point‐of‐view.
Providing a team with expertise to assist in managing the incident.
Providing a team to contain and control costs related to the incident.
Performing specific staff and command functions for which you need assistance.
Aiding in the development of your Incident Action Plan (IAP).You can also read
