IMT Organizational Development
Several of Pearland’s IMT staff completed formal preparedness training in FY25, to develop and close knowledge gaps through the following courses: IMT Proficiency Training
In addition to preparedness training, OEM staff convened professional development meetings with various IMT components to encourage preparedness and promote disaster response and recovery knowledge and proficiency. The meetings included: Review of IMT position responsibilities Overview of Miscrosoft Teams structure for disaster response Various professional development resources The state’s new preparedness training platform
Partici- pants
Course Title
Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents (G-300) Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff (G-400) All-Hazards Incident Management/Unified Command (MGT-314)
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All-Hazards Incident Commander (L-0950)
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Position-specific training requirements
EOC Activations processes
Personal and deployment preparedness Collaboration between OEM staff, situation unit leaders and IT to refine the City’s automated situation report.
Although professional development continued throughout the year, efforts were hindered by the loss of 20 staff, many of them trained in their ICS positions. IMT
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INTERNAL ALIGNMENT MEETINGS foster a deeper understanding of the city’s disaster response plans and expectations and often prompt new ideas that produce innovative solutions for continuous improvement.
47 FY25 staff attrition, combined with losses in FY24 and FY23, amounts to 47 staff or 39% of the IMT roster over three years. Frequent staff transition highlights the persis- tent need for ICS training, and an imperative for organizational commitment to IMT staffing.
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