Don't Miss the NHFSTEM's Aviation Liaison Officer (ALO) Seminar!

TODAY’S CHALLENGES…

• Do you know how airborne systems can increase personnel safety, improve resource deployment and save you valuable time during an emergency?
• Do you know what type of situations would most benefit from aerial support?
• Would you like to understand how best to employ and control available aerial assets?
• Do you want to be the point of contact in your organization for dealing with internal or external providers of aviation services?

Fire fighting and emergency services-based organizations (FF/ES) typically need to:

• Coordinate and control critical, finite resources in challenging, dynamic  public safety situations and environments
• Respond to a wide range of disaster response plans, programs and requirements
• Conduct effective, on-scene command and control for a variety of critical response mission areas.

Access to aviation-based services is an important addition to your unit’s resources to address those needs.

WHY THE AVIATION LIAISON OFFICER (ALO) SEMINAR IS IMPORTANT

The NH Department of Safety, Division of Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services, is offering the Aviation Liaison Officer (ALO) Seminar for FF/ES personnel. This seminar qualifies for 4 CEUs. It addresses the knowledge and skills needed by anyone with responsibility for emergency services organizations that use or interact with aviation resources and assets.

Whether your position is formal (you’re the designated Aviation Liaison Officer) or informal, if you deal with aviation resources, you need a good understanding of the unique challenges inherent in aviation.

THE ALO'S RESPONSIBILITIES

Regardless of the mission area -- Law Enforcement (LE), Homeland Security (HE), Search and Rescue (SAR), Emergency Services (ES), Scientific Survey (SS), or Industrial Security & Technology (IST) -- the ALO is the primary point of contact for developing and ensuring their organization’s aerial ISR/RISTA program is prepared, staffed, and up to task. The ALO Seminar should be viewed not as mission-specific or mission-driven but as designed to build the skill sets, resource network and reasoning to function in all types of missions.

GOAL

The goal of this seminar is to familiarize Fire Fighting/Emergency Services personnel with the knowledge and skills required to effectively perform the duties of their aviation-related position, with specific emphasis on the FF/ES environment and its unique requirements.

INSTRUCTOR

The seminar is delivered by Commander Richard Jackson (USCG, retired), senior pilot for ASSIST-U.S. in Concord, NH. He has delivered the ALO course numerous times to NH and ME law enforcement, emergency services and aviation personnel.

Commander Jackson joined ASSIST-U.S.^® in September 2011 as pilot and aviation projects manager, primarily focused on the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) application of aerial data acquisition. He previously worked as a tactical reconnaissance pilot, supervisor, and executive supporting Department of Defense operations domestically and worldwide, including Kosovo Forces (KFOR), Katrina Rescue and Recovery (KRR), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation New Dawn (OND). During this time, Commander Jackson achieved over 3000 operational flight hours performing ISR in specially configured fixed and rotary wing aircraft. He additionally flew as an experimental test pilot on the Piasecki X-49A SpeedHawk Phase 1 test series, a compound helicopter design.

Before returning to civilian life, Commander Jackson served 22 years of combined military service in the US Air Force and US Coast Guard as aviator and commanding officer, retiring as a Commander in 2004. He flew a variety of airplanes and helicopters in all types of missions ranging across tactical air support/special operations, search and rescue, airborne use of force/interdiction for counter narcotics and terrorism, training, and flight test and operational evaluation.

REGISTRATION: Please use the online registration form to submit your registration for the seminar.

If your town is paying for this course, we will accept a Purchase Order mailed to the ASSIST-U.S. street address or emailed to tina.bedor@assist-us.com. Payment must be received prior to attending.

Walk-in registrations will be accepted on a space available basis.

Cancellation Policy: ASSIST-U.S. will provide refunds for cancellations received in writing (email or FAX) up to three (3) business days prior to the event. Cancellations received after that date will not receive a refund. You will receive an e-mail confirmation of your registration and cancellation. Email any questions or cancellation notice to registrar@assist-us.com

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