Alice Busch, EMT, CEM
Training, Community Education and Engagement, Public Information and Response Operations
Cell: 971-563-3051
Email: alice.busch@multco.us
Desk Phone: 503-988-6552
Public Link to Calendar
Alice is an Incident Command System trainer and coordinates the Community Education and Engagement Program of MCEM and serves as the Public Information Officer for MCEM.
Alice started her career in the fire service in 1991. During her 21 years with the fire department, Alice served as an Emergency Manager, Emergency Medical Technician, Public Information and Education Officer, Social Services Liaison, Critical Incident Stress Manager, Fire Inspector, and Fire Investigator. Prior to her roles with MCEM, Alice worked as an Emergency Manager for the Department of County Human Services, DCHS. Her work involved Mass Care and Sheltering, Continuity of Operations, Disaster Behavioral Health, and Donations and Volunteer Management planning.
Alice has completed numerous federal, state and local disaster courses, holds a Bachelor’s in Communications/Advertising, and is currently pursuing an Executive Masters degree in Public Administration.
Alice’s service has spanned a breadth of Incident Command positions on both exercises and incidents and brings her contagious enthusiasm for disaster resilience with her to every meeting and presentation.
EDUCATION
• Bachelor of Science, Communications - Northern Arizona University 1991
• Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute – University of Washington 2007 -2008
• Executive Masters in Public Administration - Portland State University – Thesis complete, two papers remain
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE COURSES
- IS 00001 Emergency Program Manager
- IS 15.b Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
- ICS 100 Introduction to Incident Command System
- IS 139 Exercise Design
- ICS 200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
- IS 230.a Fundamentals of Emergency Management
- IS 235 Emergency Planning
- IS 240 Leadership and Influence
- IS 241.a Decision Making and Problem Solving
- IS 242.a Effective Communication
- IS 244.a Developing and Managing Volunteers
- IS 250 Emergency Support Function 15; External Affairs
- IS 275 EOC Management and Operations
- IS 393.a Hazard Mitigation
- IS 634 Introduction to FEMA’s Public Assistance Program
- IS 700.a National Incident Management System
- IS 701.a NIMS Multi agency Coordination System (MACS)
- IS 702.a National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information Systems
- IS 703.a NIMS Resource Management
- IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management
- IS 800.a National Response Plan/Framework
ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK
- Multi Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools
- NIMS ICS All Hazards Public Information Officer
- L-952 All Hazard Public Information Officer
- Public Information in a WMD/Terrorism Incident
- JIS/JIC/PIO Team Training
- Crisis Communications Forum
- CDC Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication by Leaders for Leaders
- CDC Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Pandemic Influenza
- Law Enforcement Media Relations
- Marketing Fire Protection in Your Community
- All Hazards Emergency Response
- Standardized Awareness Authorized Training Program
- Enhanced Threat and Risk Assessment
- Exercise Design and Evaluation Course, Oregon Emergency Management
- S-330 Task Force Leader All Hazard Approach
- MGT 366 Legal Issues and Disasters
- ICS 300 Intermediate Incident Command
- ICS 400 Advanced Incident Command
- ICS 401 Multi-Agency Coordination
- ICS 420-1 Common Responsibilities
- E – 74 Non-Structural Seismic Mitigation
- Earthquake Mitigation for Schools
- P 767 Earthquake Mitigation for Hospitals
- Continuity of Operations Train the Trainer
- Hospital Decontamination Training
- Community Emergency Response Team Train the Trainer
- EOC Management Inter-jurisdiction Coordination
- Risk Management, Gordon Graham
- Ethics in Public Life
- Basic Skills 1 and 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Northwest Leadership Seminar – 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
- DUII Multidisciplinary Impaired Driving Prevention
- Child Passenger Safety Level 1, Safety Seat Installer Training
- Firewise Communities Workshop
- Injury Prevention Education Training
- Task Force Leader Special Operations
- Program Evaluation
- Basic Fire Investigation
- Fire Cause Determination
- Social Determinants of Health, Solving Problems in Partnership
- Manufactured Dwelling Installation, Oregon Building Codes Division
- Performing Commercial Fire Inspections
- Basic Code Course
- High Piled Combustible Storage
- Increasing the Credibility of the Code Official
- Fire Protection Systems
- Solving Means of Egress Problems
- Oregon Code Amendment
CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT COURSES
- Virginia Tech Terror – Tragic Lessons for All of Us
- Managing Emotions Under Pressure
- Trauma Intervention Program and Emotional First Aid Training
- Bullet Proof Mind, Preparing for Combat
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation:
- Specialized Training in the Field of Emergency Services
- Line of Duty Death: Preparing the Best for the Worst
- Responding to School Crisis: An Integrated Multi-Component Crisis Intervention Approach
- Families and CISM: Developing a Comprehensive Program
- Terrorism: Psychological Impact and Interventions
- Suicide Prevention/Intervention and Postvention
- Certificate for Specialized Training in the field of Emergency Services
- Stress Management for the Trauma Provider
- Critical Incident Stress Management – Interventions for:
- Individual and Peer Crisis Intervention
- Group Crisis Intervention
- Advanced Crisis Intervention
CERTIFICATIONS
- Certified Emergency Manager since
- All Hazards Type III Incident Management
- National Fire Protection Association Public Information Officer
- National Type III Incident Information Officer/All Hazard Public Information Officer
- Oregon Certified Emergency Management Specialist
- Basic Applied Practices Series, Oregon Emergency Management
- Professional Development Series, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- International Center for Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Basic Disaster Life Support
- Emergency Medical Technician – Basic
- Advanced Burn Life Support, American Burn Association
- International Code Council, Fire Inspector 2
- Fire and Life Safety Awareness I and II, Office of State Fire Marshal
- Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist, Office of State Fire Marshal
- Oregon Fire Instructors Association, Fire Instructor I
- National Type II Wildland Firefighter
- CPR and First Aid Instructor, Medic First Aid International
- BLS Instructor, American Safety and Health Institute
Department of Public Safety and Standards Training
- Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations
- First Responder Operations
- Public Fire/Life Safety Educator III
- Public Education Specialist I and II
- Public Education Officer I
- Instructor I
- National Fire Protection Association Instructor I
HONORS AND AWARDS
- City of Milwaukie, Outstanding Service Recognition - 2012
- City of Happy Valley, Outstanding Service Recognition - 2012
- Oregon Trail School District, Partnership Award – 2009
- Optimists - Outstanding Individual Contributions to the Betterment of Community - 2007
- Oregon Department of Human Services, Community Service Medal - Outstanding commitment to the non-patient care aspects of a community's EMS System – 2006
- Oregon Code Committee, Appreciation of participation - 2004
- Sandy Fire District - Outstanding Service – 2002, 2003, 2004
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
• Urban Area Security Initiative – Public Information Officers Working Group
• National Public Information Officers Association
• Public Relations Society of America
• International Association for Public Participation
• Oregon Emergency Management Association
• National Emergency Management Association
• Community Organizations Active in Disaster - former member
• Citizen Corps Council
• International Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation
• International Code Council - former member
• Metro Area Injury Prevention Professionals - former member
• Clackamas County Safe Kids Coalition - former member
• Safe Communities - former member
• Fire Prevention Cooperative - former member
• Youth Service Team - former member
• Metro Area Fire Marshals - former member
• Injury Creation Artists
• Oregon Public Policy Committee - former member
