The COG Cookbook Course Lesson 1 Introduction to COG Basics

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The COG Cookbook Course Lesson 1 -
Introduction to COG Basics

• Suggestions for establishing Disaster Management
  Interoperability Services (DMIS) Collaborative
  Operations Groups (COGs)

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Topic Outline

• Training objectives
• What is a COG?
• How do COGs work?
• Different Ways to Collaborate
• COG Administrator Responsibilities
• The Approach

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Training Objectives

• Understand considerations and actions necessary
  to implement DMIS
• Be able to plan a course of action for DMIS
  implementation in your own jurisdiction
• Be prepared to expand DMIS utilization to include
  multiple jurisdictions

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What is a COG? The DMIS Collaborative Operations
Group

• Local SOPs define your local COG configuration
  and policies

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How Do COGs Work

• Helps Organizations to
• Coordinate actions
• Communicate quickly
• Share information within and across organizations
  
• Create a Common operating picture in a common
  electronic Work Space
• Enhance incident reporting

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Different Ways to Collaborate

• Internal Collaboration
• Create, Update, Edit and Share Information within
  your organization
• External Collaboration
• Post information to any external COG(S) of your
  choosing
• Receive information from other COG(S)
• Use Messenger to communicate outside your COG
• Provide external users with Guest Accounts

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COG Administrator Responsibilities Leading the
Way

• The local DMIS Administrator implements and
  maintains the COG
• Installs the DMIS software
• Establishes/maintains DMIS Operator accounts
• Advises decision makers
• Facilitates COG operations
• Keeps local operators informed of changes and
  updates

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A Three-Phase Approach

• Lesson 1 - Crawl
• A cookbook recipe for your first COG
• Lesson 2 Walk
• COG planning considerations
• Lesson 3 Run - Large Scale Rollouts
• Planning Considerations for State and Regional
  DMIS Adoption

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End of the COG Cookbook Course Introduction to
COG Basics