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
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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
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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
Response organizations working on the
same information, even if the people are not
in the same room.
Collaborative View
Local SOPs define your local COG configuration and policies
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How Do COG’s Work
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Helps Organizations to…
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Coordinate actions
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Communicate quickly
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Share information within and across
organizations
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Create a Common operating picture in a
common electronic “Work Space”
Enhance incident reporting
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Different Ways to Collaborate
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Internal Collaboration
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Create, Update, Edit and Share Information within
your organization
External Collaboration
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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”
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The local DMIS Administrator
implements and maintains the
COG
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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
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Lesson 1 - Crawl
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Lesson 2 – Walk
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A “cookbook recipe” for your first COG
COG planning considerations
Lesson 3 – Run - Large Scale Rollouts
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Planning Considerations for State and Regional
DMIS Adoption
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End of the COG Cookbook Course
Introduction to COG Basics
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