# Presentation: 296893

## EMI Higher Education Project

- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Preparedness, Training and Exercises Directorate

## Fostering Professionalism

- Goal: To Enhance The Emergency Management Profession
**Endorse IAEM Certification Program**
**Degree Program In Every State**
**Master Trainer Program**
**ACE Recommendations For EMI Courses**
**CEU’s For EMI Courses**
**Credit Available For Independent Study**
**Summer Institute**

## Accomplishments

- List of schools offering emergency
-     management courses
- Schools invited to provide course materials
- Collected >100 syllabi to date
- Routinely provided to other schools
- Emergency Management Bibliography
- Prototype Degree Programs

## Bachelor Degree Program

- Created Prototype Emergency Management
-     Curriculum
- 21 upper division courses
- EMI funding development
- Course materials to serve as
-     samples/prototypes for 4 year schools

## Schools Working With EMI To Develop Bachelors Level Courses

**Florida State University **
**George Washington Univ.**
**Georgia State University **
**Louisiana State University **
**Oklahoma State University **
**UCLA**
**Univ. of Central Florida**
**University of Delaware**

**University of Denver**
**University of Hawaii**
**University of New Orleans**
**Univ. of North Carolina**
**University of North Texas**
**University of Wisconsin**

## Courses Now Available(Bachelors)

- The Sociology of Disaster
- Social Dimensions of Disaster
- Political & Policy Basis of Emergency Management
- Research and Analysis Methods in Emergency Management
- Technology and Emergency Management
- Business and Industry Crisis Management

## Course Distribution(Bachelors)

- Via Internet:  _www.fema.gov/emi/edu/higher.htm_
-  Via National Technical Info. Service
-      (Dept. of Commerce) by calling
-       1-800-553-NTIS

## Courses Now Under Development(Bachelors)

**Building Disaster Resilient Communities**
**Disaster Response Operations and Management**
**Earthquake Hazard and Emergency Management **
**Emergency Management for the Fire Community**
**Emergency Management Skills and Principles**
**Hazards, Disasters and Emergency Management -- An Introduction**

## Courses Now Under Development(Bachelors)

**Living in a Hazardous Environment**
- Principles and Process of Hazard Mitigation
- Public Administration, Policy and Emergency Management (forthcoming)
**Terrorism and Emergency Management**
**Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Industries and Emergency Management**

- Courses Now Under Development(Bachelors)

## Courses Soon to be Developed

- Disaster Response Operations and Mgmt.
- Risk Assessment
- A Vulnerability Approach to Emergency Management

## Associate Degree Program

- Created Prototype Emergency Management
-     Curriculum
- Existing EMI training courses
- Course materials to serve as
-     sample/prototype for 2 year schools

## Associate Degree Courses Include 

**Principles of Emergency Management **
**Emergency Planning**
**Introduction to Mitigation**
**Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations **
**Disaster Response and Recovery Operations**
**Incident Command System (ICS)/Emergency Operations Center Interface**
**Hurricane Planning**
**Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness**
**Basic Skills in Emergency Management**

## Degree Programs - 1995

- University of North Texas (BS)
- Thomas Edison University (BS)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (BS)

## Higher Education Project in 1995

- KEY:	Graduate Degree in E.M. =			Associate Degree =
- 	Graduate Degree Related =			Certificate or Diploma =
- 	Bachelor Degree in E.M. =			More than two programs offered =
- 	Bachelor Degree Related =			Programs being Proposed/Investigated =

## Degree Programs - 1999 

- As of October 1999 there are 42 schools across the United States offering programs in emergency management.

- These programs range from Certificates to Master and Doctoral Degrees.
**15 Certificates, Minors, or Concentrations**
**10 Associate Degrees**
**8 Bachelor Degrees**
**11 Master Degrees**
**4 Doctoral Degrees**

## Higher Education Project

- <date/time>

- KEY:	Graduate Degree in E.M. =			Associate Degree =
- 	Graduate Degree Related =			Certificate or Diploma =
- 	Bachelor Degree in E.M. =			More than two programs offered =
- 	Bachelor Degree Related =			Programs being Proposed/Investigated =

## Multi-hazard Building Design Summer Institute 

- Provide instructional tools to support engineering and architectural professors
- State-of-the-Art design research                and applications to protect                buildings
- Mitigate against wind, floods, earthquakes, and fire

## Fire Safety Design 

- Course topics include:
- Fire Risk Analysis
- Fire Severity and Barrier Analysis
- Performance Analysis of Fire Detection, Fire Suppression and Smoke Management Systems
- Life Safety Analysis
- Evaluation of Building Design

- Contact Joe Bills at (301) 447-1356 or  joe.bills@fema.gov

## EMI Independent Study Program 

- Program includes:
- courses designed for both the general public and specific audiences
- courses consist of lessons, practice exercises, and a final exam
- _no prerequisites or enrollment fees_
- certificate of completion if                                           score is 75%  or better
- academic credit and retirement points available

## Courses Available   

**IS-1 Emergency Program Manager**
**IS-2 Emergency Preparedness, USA**
**IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management**
**IS-5 Hazardous Materials: A Citizen’s Orientation**
**IS-7 A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance**
**IS-10 Animals in Disaster: Awareness & Preparedness**
**IS-11 Animals in Disaster: Community Planning**
**IS-195 Basic Incident Command System**
**IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response**
**IS-346 An Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel**
**IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation**

**Available for Download at :  **_**www.fema.gov/emi/ishome.htm**_

## Additional Courses Available  

**IS-9 Managing Floodplain Development through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)**
**IS-120 Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises**
**IS-275 Role of the Emergency Operations Center in Community Preparedness Response and Recovery Activities**
**IS-279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Structures**
**IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response**
**IS-324 Community Hurricane Preparedness (CD-rom Format)**

- Additional Courses Available

-      **Write to:**  	**Federal Emergency Management Agency                     ****	****	****Emergency Management Institute                                               ****	****	****Independent Study Program                                                                   ****	****	****16825 South Seton Avenue                                                             ****	****	****Emmitsburg, MD  21727**

## Emergency Management Institute

**Higher Education Project**