Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center
The vision of
Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center (ICHSTC) is to work
with local first responders and related state and federal agencies
to create a model Homeland Security Regional Training and Command
Center, serving Iowa, and potentially, surrounding states.
It is our goal to provide basic Homeland Security Training for the First Responders and related public agencies in the State of Iowa. The basic training will be modeled after the United States Department of Justice Training Program guides, as they relate to Homeland Security and Iowa's Homeland Security Office suggestions. ICHSTC will utilize professional trainers throughout Iowa and the nation to provide hands on training based on Iowa needs.
The training will be broken down by the following professional and volunteer disciplines: Law Enforcement, Fire, EMS, Hospitals, Public Health, Emergency Management, Emergency Dispatchers and other Public Agencies such as Schools, Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc...
Of the aforementioned agencies there is not a single agency standing alone that could prevent or adequately respond to a Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident. Cooperatively working together and having sound training will provide the first responders with the knowledge needed to prevent and handle such an incident.
Regional problems require regional solutions and training of first responders will be fundamental to implementing these solutions.
Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center will provide leadership to develop and sustain this training now and into the future.