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Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Emergency Management Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Nonresident Courses—Courses Offered by States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Higher Education Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

	 Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Credit for EMI Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

. . American Council on Education (ACE) Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

. . Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) Granted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

. . Continuing Education Credits (CEC’s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

. . College Credit for Independent Study Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Outline of Catalog and Course Coding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Noble Training Center (NTC), Fort McClellan/Anniston, Alabama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

General Directions to Noble Training Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

World Wide Web Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Application Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

EMI’s National Enrollment System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Attendance/Substitution/Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Dress Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Costs/Stipends/Reimbursements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Foreign Applicants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Curricula Descriptions

Resident Courses--Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

. . Building Design for Homeland Security (E155). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

. . Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Hurricane (E170). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

. . Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Flood (E172). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

. . Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Earthquake (E174). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

. . Application of HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Disaster Operations (E179). . . . . 129

. . Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users (E190). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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. . Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts (E194). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

. . Digital Hazard Data (E234). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

. . Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance

Program (NFIP) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E270). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

. . Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance

Program (NFIP) (E273). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

	 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training (E276). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System

(NFIP/CRS) (E278). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

	 	 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings (E279). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

. . HAZUS Multi-Hazard/DMA 2000 Risk Assessment (E296). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

. . Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) (E313). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

. . Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) (E317). . . . . . 133

	 	 Mitigation for Tribal Officials (E344). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

. . Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E362). . . . 134

. . Residential Coastal Construction (E386). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

. . Disaster-Resistant Jobs’ Strategies for Community Emergency and

. . . Economic Risk (CEER) Management (E464). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Nonresident Courses--Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

	 	 Seismic Retrofit Training for Building Contractors and Inspectors (G225). . . . . . 136

. . Disaster-Resistant Jobs Training (G246). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

. . Residential Coastal Construction (G277). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

	 	 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training (G278). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

	 	 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings (G279). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

	 	 Benefit-Cost Analysis Using the Limited-Data Module: Intermediate

Training (G285). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

	 	 Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments (G318) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

. . Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools (G362). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . Hurricane Readiness for Coastal Communities (G363). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . Mitigation for Emergency Managers (G393). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . Mitigation and Recovery Exercises (G398) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . . Earthquake (G398.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . . Flood (G398.2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . . Hurricane (G398.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

. . Earthquake Safety Program for Schools (G434). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

	 	 Earthquakes: A Teacher’s Package for K–6 (G436). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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	 	 Seismic Sleuths: A Teacher’s Package on Earthquakes for

	 	 	 Grades 7–12 (G439). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

. . Field-Delivered Cooperative Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Resident Courses--Preparedness and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

. . Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO) (B301). . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

. . Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO) (B302) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

	 	 Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation (L304). . . . 142

. . Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Planning (E340). . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

. . Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts (RAAC) (E341). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

	 	 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments Train-the-Trainer

(TTT) (E407). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

. . Radiological Series Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (B425) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

. . Incident Command System (ICS) Curricula Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E449) . . . . 143

. . Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT)

		 	 Course (E/L/B548). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

	 	 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning (E/L/B550). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

. . Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments (E580). . . . . . . . 144

. . Emergency Management Operations for Tribal Governments (E581). . . . . . . . 145

Nonresident Courses--Preparedness and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

. . Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), ICS-100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

. . Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center (ICS/EOC)

Interface (G191) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

	 	 Incident Command System (ICS) for Public Officials’ Conference (G194). . . . . 147

. . Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and Initial

Action Incidents, ICS-200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

	 	 Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) (G250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

	 	 	 Workshop: Amateur Radio Resources (G250.6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

	 	 	 Senior Officials’ Workshop: Preparedness and Response for Terrorist

. . . . Incidents (involving nuclear, biological, and chemical agents)

. . . . (G250.12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

. . Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness (G271). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

. . Warning Coordination (G272). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

. . Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations (G275). . . 149

. . Resource Management (G276). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

. . Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents,

ICS-300 (G300). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

. . Introduction to Hazardous Materials Preparedness (G301). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
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. . Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses (G310). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear Scenario (G310.1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological Scenario (G310.2). . . . . . . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Sarin Scenario (G310.3) . . . . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Vx Scenario (G310.4). . . . . . . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological-Anthrax Scenario (G310.5). . . . . 150

	 	 	 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Suicide Bomber Scenario (G310.6). . . . . . . 150

. . Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning (G311). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

. . Radiological Instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

. . Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response (G320). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

. . Hospital Emergency Department Management of Hazardous Materials

Accidents (HMA) (G346). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

	 	 Who’s in Charge Here?: Exercising Leadership in an Emergency or

Disaster (G351). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

. . Emergency Response to Criminal and Terrorist Incidents (G357). . . . . . . . . . . 152

. . Evacuation and Re-entry Planning Course (G358). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

	 	 Workshop: Partnerships for Creating and Maintaining Spotter Groups

. . . (G365.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

. . Mass Fatalities Incident Response (G386). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

. . Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) Command and General Staff—

Complex Incidents, ICS-400 (G400). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

	 	 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments (G408). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

. . Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course (G549). . . . . . . . . 154

Resident Courses--Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

. . Master Trainer Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

. . . Management and Supervision of Training (E601). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

. . . Performance and Needs Analysis (E602). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

. . . Instructional Design (E603). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

. . . Course Development (E604) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

. . . Instructional Delivery (E605) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

	 	 	 Evaluation of Training (K606). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

. . . Master Trainer Practicum (E609). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

. . Annual Training and Exercises Conference (E237). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

	 	 Public Information Officers (PIO), Advanced (E388). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

. . Fundamentals of Healthcare Emergency Management (B965). . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

	 	 Advanced Public Information Officers Course: Health and Hospital

Emergencies (B966). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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Nonresident Courses--Professional Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

	 	 Managing People in Disasters: A Local Perspective (G249). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

. . Instructional Delivery Skills (formerly G261, Instructional Presentation

Skills) (G265). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

. . Public Policy in Emergency Management (G280). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

	 	 Public Information Officers (PIO), Basic (G290). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

. . Advanced Professional Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Resident Courses--Disaster Operations and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

. . Debris Management (E202). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

	 	 State Coordinating Officer (E208). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

	 	 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role (E210). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

. . State Community Relations (E282). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

. . State Donations Management Course (E288) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

. . Crisis Counseling Grant Program Course, Basic (E354). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

. . State Public Assistance Operations (E376). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

. . Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E430). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

. . Public Assistance Grant Administration for States (E478). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Nonresident Courses--Disaster Operations and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

. . Community Mass Care Management (G108). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

. . Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations (G197). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

. . Debris Management (G202). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

. . Public Assistance Program Applicant Workshop (G203) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

	 	 Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) (G250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

	 	 	 Workshop: Local Situation (RAPID) Assessment (G250.7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

. . Expedient Flood Training (G270.3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

	 	 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role (G270.4). . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

. . Managing Through a Disaster for Supervisors (G270.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

	 	 Working Through a Disaster for Front-Line Employees (G270.6). . . . . . . . . . . . 167

. . Donations Management Workshop (G288). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

. . Flood Fight Operations (G361). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Resident Courses--Integrated Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

. . Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) Selection Criteria. . . . . . . 170 

. . Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) Community-Specific

. . . Application Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

	 	 IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response (E900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

	 	 IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation (E901). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
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	 	 IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response (E905) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

	 	 IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation (E906) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

	 	 IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response (E910). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

	 	 IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation (E911). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

. . IEMC/Homeland Security (E915). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

. . IEMC/Food and Agriculture Terrorism (E916). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

	 	 IEMC/Hazardous Materials: Preparedness and Response (E920). . . . . . . . . . 175

	 	 IEMC/State: Response and Recovery (E/L925) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

	 	 IEMC/Community Specific/All Hazards: Response and Recovery (E930). . . . . 176

	 	 IEMC/Community Specific/Hurricane: Response and Recovery (E931). . . . . . 176

	 	 IEMC/Community Specific/Earthquake: Response and Recovery (E932) . . . . 176

	 	 Healthcare Leadership and Administrative Decision Making in Response to

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents Course (B960). . . . . . . . . . 176

	 	 IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) (B/L970) . . . . . . . . . . 178

. . Resident Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

. . Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner Program (HCMEPP) Series. . . . . . . . . 180

. . Exercise Design and Evaluation (E/B132). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

. . Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation (E/B133). . . . . . . . . . 181

. . Exercise Development (E/B136) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

. . Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty

		 	 Incidents (MCI) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (L/B461). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

. . Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty

		 	 Incidents (MCI) 24-Hour Course (L/B462). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Nonresident Courses--Integrated Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

. . Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

	 	 Emergency Management Operations Course (EMOC) for Local

Governments (G110). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

. . Exercise Evaluation (G130). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

. . Exercise Control/Simulation (G135). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

. . Exercise Program Manager/Management (G137) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

. . Exercise Practicum for the Master Exercise Practitioner (G138). . . . . . . . . . . . 186

	 	 Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) (G250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

	 	 	 Workshop: Exercise Controller/Simulator (G250.8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

	 	 	 Workshop: Exercise Evaluator (G250.9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

. . Emergency Manager (IS-1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

. . Radiological Emergency Management (IS-3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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. . An Introduction to Hazardous Materials (IS-5.A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

. . A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance (IS-7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

	 	 Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying with Executive

Order 12699 (IS-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

	 	 Animals in Disaster: Module A, “Awareness and Preparedness” (IS-10). . . . . . 190

	 	 Animals in Disaster: Module B, “Community Planning” (IS-11). . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

	 	 Property Acquisition (Buyout) for Local Communities (IS-12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

. . Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies (IS-15.A). . . . 191

. . Are You Ready? An Indepth Guide to Citizen Preparedness (IS-22). . . . . . . . . . 191

. . Household Hazardous Materials (IS-55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

. . Introduction to the Incident Command System (IS-100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

. . Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Federal

. . . Disaster Workers (IS-100.FW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

	 	 Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Law

		 	 Enforcement (IS-100.LE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

. . Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Public

Works Personnel (IS-100.PW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

	 	 Livestock in Disasters (IS-111). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

. . An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises (IS-120). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

	 	 Professional Development Series Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

. . Exercise Design (IS-139). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

. . Basic Incident Command System, ICS-200, for Federal Disaster

Workers (IS-200.FW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

. . Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action

Incidents (IS-200). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

. . State Disaster Management (IS-208) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

. . Planning Overview (IS-228). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

. . Principles of Emergency Management (IS-230). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

. . Emergency Planning (IS-235). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

	 	 Leadership and Influence (IS-240). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

. . Decision Making and Problem Solving (IS-241). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

. . Effective Communication (IS-242). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

	 	 Developing and Managing Volunteers (IS-244). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

. . Coordinating Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance (IS-253). . 196

. . Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk (IS-271). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

. . The Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC’s) Role in Community

. . . Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Operations (IS-275). . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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	 	 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings (IS-279). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

	 	 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management (IS-288). . . . . . . . 197

. . Disaster Basics (IS-292). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

. . Radiological Emergency Response (IS-301). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

. . Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training

(MERRTT) (IS-302). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

. . Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams (IS-317) . . . . . . . . . . 197

. . Community Hurricane Preparedness (IS-324). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

. . Refresher Course for Radiological Response (IS-330). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

. . Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise

Evaluation (IS-331). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

. . Hazardous Materials Prevention and Planning (IS-340). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

. . Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel (IS-346). . . . . . . . . 199

. . Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools (IS-362). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

. . Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction (IS-386). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

. . Introduction to Mitigation (IS-393). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

. . Mitigation for Homeowners (IS-394) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

. . The Professional in Emergency Management (IS-513). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

. . Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness (IS-546). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

. . Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP) (IS-547). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

. . Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course (IS-549). . . . . . . . 200

. . Special Considerations for FEMA Public Assistance Projects (IS-600)*. . . . . . 201

. . Introduction to the Public Assistance Process (IS-630). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

. . Public Assistance Operations I (IS-631). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

. . Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA’s Public Assistance

. . . Program (IS-632). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

. . Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments (IS-650). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

. . National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (IS-700). . . . . . 202

. . National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource

Management (IS-703). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

. . The National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction (IS-800). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Regional and State Information

	 	 FEMA Regional Offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

. . Regional Training Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

	 	 State Training Offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

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Index of Courses and Mission Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Alphabetical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

. . Resident Course Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

. . Nonresident Course Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

. . Independent Study Course Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Numerical Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

EMI STAFF DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

GENERAL ADMISSIONS APPLICATION (FEMA Form 75-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Overview

Emergency Management 

Institute

Through its courses and programs, EMI serves as the 

national focal point for the development and delivery of emergency management training to enhance 

the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal government officials, volunteer organizations, and the 

public and private sectors to minimize the impact 

of disasters on the American public. EMI curricula 

are structured to meet the needs of this diverse audience with an emphasis on how the various elements 

work together in emergencies to save lives and protect property.

Instruction focuses on the four phases of emergency 

management: mitigation, preparedness, response, 

and recovery. EMI develops courses and administers 

resident and nonresident training programs in areas 

such as natural hazards (earthquakes, hurricanes, 

floods, dam safety), technological hazards (hazardous materials, terrorism, radiological incidents, 

professional development, leadership, instructional 

methodology, exercise design and evaluation, information technology, public information, integrated 

emergency management, and train-the-trainers. 

Approximately 10,000 participants attend resident 

courses each year while 100,000 individuals participate in nonresident programs sponsored by EMI and 

conducted by State emergency management agencies under cooperative agreements with the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Another 

150,000 individuals participate in EMI-supported 

exercises. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of 

individuals use EMI distance learning programs such 

as the Independent Study Program. Visit the EMI Web 

site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb

Nonresident Courses—Courses 

Offered By States

A significant portion of our training is conducted 

by State emergency management agencies, under 

cooperative agreement with FEMA. Not all of the 

courses listed in the Nonresident section of this catalog are offered in each State every year. Contact the 

appropriate State office of emergency management 

to obtain dates of course offerings and other information on training activities. The address and phone 

numbers for State and regional training officers are 

listed at the back of this catalog.

Higher Education Project

A goal of FEMA is to encourage and support the 

expansion of emergency management-related 

education in colleges and universities across the 

United States. We believe that in the future, more 

emergency managers in government and the private sector will come to the job not only with a 

college education, but with a degree in emergency 

management as well.

Toward that end, EMI has developed a number of 

college- and graduate-level emergency management 

and homeland security courses. The courses have 

been developed by college and university faculty 

and are freely accessible at the following Web site 

address: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu

A listing of colleges and universities offering emergency management and homeland security programs 

or teaching one or more emergency managementrelated courses, books and materials to support 

emergency management higher education courses, 

and much additional information can be found on 

the Web site noted above.

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Certified Emergency Manager®

Program

EMI endorses the Certified Emergency Manager®

(CEM®) program, which is administered by the 

International Association of Emergency Managers. 

The purpose of this program is to raise and maintain 

professional standards and certify individuals who 

have demonstrated basic competencies in the emergency management profession.

Information on the CEM® program can be obtained 

by contacting the International Association of 

Emergency Managers at 111 Park Place, Falls Church, 

Virginia 22046, by phone at (703) 538-1795, or by 

email at iaem@aol.com. See http://www.iaem.com for 

more information.

Credit For Emi Courses

American Council on Education 

Recommendations

Although EMI is not accredited as an academic institution, some EMI courses involve college-level work, 

and individuals completing these courses may apply 

to their colleges to receive credit based on having 

attended the EMI courses. These courses have been 

evaluated by the American Council on Education 

(ACE) College Credit Recommendation Service and 

recommended for equivalent college credit in the 

ACE’s Guide to Educational Credit for Training Programs. Not 

all courses are recommended for college credit. For 

those that are, specific information on credit equivalency recommendations from the Guide are included 

in the course descriptions in this catalog under the 

title “ACE Recommendations.”

	 Level Codes

• LD Lower Division (can apply to associate’s 

degree or first 2 years of bachelor’s degree 

program)

• UD Upper Division (third and fourth year of 

bachelor’s degree program; also can be 

applied to LD if school agrees)

• G Graduate Program

Continuing Education Units Granted

Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) are granted to 

course participants seeking these credits toward a 

program which an individual needs for maintaining 

specific knowledge, skills, and abilities. The number of CEU’s is based on successful completion of 

a course which grants 1 CEU per 10 contact hours 

of an organized training experience under sponsorship by an institute such as EMI. Records of participation are maintained permanently and issued from 

the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) 

Admissions Office upon request. Each course 

description includes the CEU’s.

FEMA is an authorized provider and ensures that 

the training received meets all criteria under the 

International Association of Continuing Education 

and Training.

Continuing Education Credits (CEC’s)

Continuing Education Credits (CEC’s) are awarded 

by the Association of State Floodplain Managers 

(ASFPM) for classes taken to advance the professional development of floodplain managers and 

those working with floodplain management issues. 

As part of their Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) 

program, the ASFPM awards these credits to recognize and track the continued development and 

growth of the floodplain manager’s skills through 

training. There are two types of ASFPM CEC credits: 

core and parallel. Core floodplain management subjects are those that are directly related to the field of 

floodplain management. Continued study in these 

subjects is an important part of maintaining CFM

status. Parallel floodplain management subjects are 

those that are indirectly related to the field of floodplain management.

College Credit for Independent Study Courses

EMI Independent Study courses are reviewed annually for college credit through a nationally accredited college or university. For more information, 

contact:

FEMA Independent Study Program (College Credit)

Emergency Management Institute

 National Emergency Training Center

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998
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Military reserve personnel may earn retirement 

points for completing EMI Independent Study 

courses. Refer to the Independent Study section of 

this catalog for details (page 188).

The Independent Study courses can be accessed on 

the Internet at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/

Outline Of Catalog And 

Course Coding

The catalog is divided into sections to make it user 

friendly. The Overview section provides information on the campus and facilities, special projects 

(Higher Education), etc.

The General Information section provides information relative to the Application, Registration, 

Attendance, Costs and Stipends, and Foreign 

Applicants, Travel, Lodging, Food Services, etc., and 

maps with descriptions for NETC are addressed in 

the front of the catalog on page 125.

The courses are divided into Resident and Nonresident 

sections: Mitigation, Preparedness and Technology, 

Professional Development, Disaster Operations and 

Recovery, Integrated Emergency Management, and 

Independent Study.

To identify where the different courses are offered, 

the following course codes are used.

 B Resident courses held at Noble Training Center

 E Resident courses held at the NETC campus

 G Field-delivered courses

 IS Independent Study courses

 L Resident courses held offsite

 K Self-paced training using the World Wide Web 

(Master Trainer Program–Evaluation of Training)

Noble Training Center, Fort 

McClellan/Anniston, Alabama

The Noble Training Center (NTC) (Fort McClellan) 

is located in Anniston, Alabama, between the cities 

of Oxford and Jacksonville, in Calhoun County. This 

northeastern area of Alabama generally has a mild 

climate. The area formerly known as Fort McClellan 

is still used by the Alabama National Guard and the 

Army Reserve as a military training area. 

Smoking/Alcohol

Smoking in Federal facilities is prohibited. Each building has a designated outdoor smoking area. Alcoholic 

beverages are not permitted on the premises.

Weapons

Firearms and other personal weapons are not 

required for training and are not authorized at the 

NTC. Transportation of any weapon onto the Federal 

facility or possession of any weapon on NTC property is cause for immediate dismissal from training 

and notification of local law enforcement agencies.

Lodging

Lodging will be provided onsite to eligible participants at no cost to you or your organization.

Meals

Depending on the course, student expenditures are 

very similar to those at EMI. Your acceptance letter 

will outline the specific course amounts, methods 

of payment, etc.

NOTE:Onsite transportation is provided to and from all training areas and support facilities at NTC on a scheduled basis.

Dress Code

Attire for training is business casual during course 

hours. During outdoor training, participants should 

consider wearing clothing suitable for the weather 

conditions and training activity. 
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Security

All personnel entering NTC should become familiar and comply with the security regulations and 

instructions. All personnel will walk through a metal 

detector, and both personnel and packages are subject to search and inspection. All students will display their student badge (identification) at all times 

while inside the facility.

Recreation

Fitness Facilities

Each dormitory building has exercise equipment 

located on the first floor. In addition, there are two 

fitness facilities available for your use. These facilities 

are owned and operated by the City of Anniston. 

The Truman Gym is open daily until 9 p.m. The following activities are available at Truman Gym: heated 

indoor pool, racquetball, sauna, Nautilus room, freeweight room, and basketball.

The Fitness Center is located 1 mile from NTC. The 

center is open daily until 6:30 p.m. The following 

activities are available at the Fitness Center: Nautilus, 

sauna, sauna-vibe massage, cardio room, and free 

weights.

There is also an 18-hole golf course currently at the 

NTC site. The golf course is currently owned and 

operated by the city of Anniston. It includes a pro 

shop and clubhouse which serves food and beverages.

Banking Facilities

The Fort McClellan Credit Union has an ATM located 

in the shopping area (Commissary and PX complex). There are numerous other banking institutions within the local area. 

Travel

NOTE: You must first receive an acceptance letter from the

NETC Admissions Office before making any travel arrangements. 

Privately-OwnedVehicles

Driving directions to NTC are provided below. Your 

acceptance letter will outline the method and rate of 

reimbursement. 

AirTravel

Your acceptance letter will contain specific instructions on making airline reservations. Arrangements 

should be made with your flight arriving at Hartsfield 

Atlanta International Airport. For security purposes, 

be prepared to show a photo ID. Transportation to 

NTC will be provided via shuttle bus to/from the 

airport. Please call (256) 741-3600 to reserve a seat 

on the shuttle bus.

In case of emergency or travel difficulties, please call 

the Noble Training Center at (256) 741-3419.

General Directions To Noble 

Training Center

The Noble Training Center (NTC) is approximately 

90 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia, and 60 miles east 

of Birmingham, Alabama. If traveling from the east, 

west, or south, the best access is Interstate 20 to Exit 

185 in Oxford, then north on Alabama Highway 21 

for approximately 7 miles. From the north, take I-59 

to U.S. 431 South to Alabama Highway 21. Turn left 

on Highway 21 North and travel approximately 3 

miles. The entrance is Baltzell Gate-Fort McClellan.

From Birmingham Airport:

1. From the Birmingham Airport, take I-20 East 

from Birmingham.

2. Take I-20 East to exit 185 OXFORD-ANNISTON

(Ala 21) (about 60 miles).

3. Upon exiting, you will be in Oxford, Alabama. 

Continue north on Ala 21 into Anniston. Proceed 

through Anniston to Fort McClellan.

4. After driving on Ala 21 for about 8 miles, you 

will see the Fort fence on your right. You will pass 

two closed gates. You will come to a signalized 

intersection (EXXON station on left). Proceed 

through this intersection and KEEP RIGHT.
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5. Turn right onto Baltzell Gate Road. Follow Baltzell 

and parallel the golf course. You will pass the 

clubhouse on your left.

6. At the intersection (TEE), turn left onto FEDERAL 

WAY and proceed up the hill. Watch for the blue 

and white signs for FEMA/Noble Training Center 

which will be on your right on CARE DRIVE. Park 

in northeast lot. Go to glass door (under FEMA

sign).

WATCH FOR THE BLUE AND WHITE SIGNS

MARKING THE ROUTE TO NTC ON BALTZELL 

GATE ROAD.

If you need additional directions, please call Noble 

Training Center at (256) 240-7500.

From Atlanta airport:

1. At your car rental agency, ask for directions from 

the airport to CAMP CREEK PARKWAY.

2. Take CAMP CREEK PARKWAY to I-20 West (about 

13 miles).

3. Take I-20 West to exit 185 OXFORD-ANNISTON

(Ala 21) about 75 miles.

4. Upon exiting you will be in Oxford, Alabama. 

Continue north on Ala 21 into Anniston. Proceed 

through Anniston to Fort McClellan.

5. After driving on Ala 21 for about 8 miles, you 

will see the Fort fence on your right. You will pass 

two closed gates. You will come to a signalized 

intersection (EXXON station on left). Proceed 

through this intersection and KEEP RIGHT.

6. Turn right onto Baltzell Gate Road. Follow Baltzell 

and parallel the golf course. You will pass the 

clubhouse on your left.

7. At the intersection (TEE), turn left onto FEDERAL 

WAY and proceed up the hill. Watch for the blue 

and white signs for FEMA/Noble Training Center 

which will be on your right on CARE DRIVE. Park 

in northeast lot. Go to glass door (under FEMA

sign).

WATCH FOR THE BLUE AND WHITE SIGNS

MARKING THE ROUTE TO NTC ON BALTZELL 

GATE ROAD.

If you need additional directions, please call Noble 

Training Center at (256) 240-7500.

World Wide Web Addresses

FEMA http://www.fema.gov

EMI http://training.fema.gov/emiweb

Higher Education http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/

LRC netclrc@dhs.gov (email)

www.lrc.fema.gov (online card catalog)

Independent Study http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/

USFA/NFA http://www.usfa.fema.gov

FEMA Form 75-5 www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/emicourses

EMI Catalog http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/EMICourses/EMICatalog.asp

CD Videos and CD-ROMS http://www.ntis.gov

Master Trainer Program http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/mtp

General Information

Eligibility

To take an EMI course, applicants must meet the 

selection criteria and prerequisites specified for each 

course. Participants may not take the same course 

more than once.

Enrollment in EMI courses is generally limited to U.S. residents;

however, each year a limited number of international 

participants are accommodated in EMI courses. (See 

Foreign Applicants, page 126.)

Application Procedures

The form used to apply to take an EMI course is the 

General Admissions Application Form (FEMA Form 

75-5, which expires February 28, 2007). The only 

FEMA Form 75-5 that will be accepted is the one 

with the expiration date of February 28, 2007. A

copy of the form is included at the back of this catalog, and it may be duplicated. Additional forms can 

be downloaded from the EMI Web site (www.training.

fema.gov/emiweb/EMICourses) or obtained from State 

and local emergency management offices, FEMA

regional offices, or the NETC Office of Admissions. 

The addresses for the State/local emergency management offices and the FEMA regional offices are 

listed at the back of the catalog. Please fill out all 

blanks on the application form completely or it 

will be returned. 

Applications must be coordinated, reviewed, and 

approved by:

• The head of the applicant’s sponsoring 

organization,

• The emergency management office of the 

applicant’s State, and

• The NETC Admissions Office.

EMI’s National Enrollment System

EMI will use a National Enrollment System of two terms with a prescribed application period for each term.

Winter Term 2007—For courses to be conducted from October 2006 through March 2007, the application 

period is May 1 through June 30, 2006.

For Courses Beginning Application Period Applicants to be Notified

October 1, 2006–March 30, 2007 May 1–June 30, 2006 By August 30, 2006

April 1–September 30, 2007 November 1–December 31, 2006 By February 28, 2007

After each application period:

• NETC staff will review the applications and notify applicants regarding their status as noted above.

• EMI will post any remaining vacancies on the EMI Web site (www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/emicourses) and 

interested personnel may continue to apply. EMI will fill vacancies on a first-come, first-served basis. (Note: 

for IEMC vacancies by position consult the IEMC Web site at www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/iemc/).

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Attendance/Substitution/Cancellation

Once accepted, participants are expected to attend 

all sessions of each course, seminar, or workshop. 

Those who do not attend all sessions will not receive 

course completion certificates and will not be reimbursed under the Student Stipend Program.

If an organization must cancel an accepted participant, the organization may request substitution of 

an equally qualified person. This request must be 

made in writing at the same time as the cancellation 

and must be accompanied by a completed General 

Admissions Application Form for the substitute. 

Requests for substitutions for EMI courses must be 

submitted through the applicable State emergency 

management office. If a last-minute cancellation is 

necessary, please call the NETC Admissions Office 

at (301) 447-1035 or (800) 238-3358 (extension 

1035). A fax may be sent to (301) 447-1658; email 

address is netc-admissions@dhs.gov.

Dress Policy

When attending EMI classes, it is each participant’s 

responsibility to use good judgment in selecting 

attire that projects a professional image and is appropriate for both the local climate differences and 

classroom activities. If EMI staff determine that a 

participant’s attire is inappropriate, the participant 

will be required to change into more appropriate 

clothing before being allowed to continue class.

Costs/Stipends/Reimbursements

There are no tuition fees for EMI on-campus or offsite courses. All instruction, course materials, and 

housing (for most participants) are provided at no 

cost. Participants from other countries, other Federal 

agencies, and most participants from private industry 

or contractors to State, local, or tribal governments 

must pay their own transportation and lodging fees. 

All participants are responsible for the cost of cafeteria meals provided and for personal, incidental 

expenses.

Stipend reimbursement is limited to three trips 

for each participant per fiscal year. You must purchase a 21-day prepurchased, nonrefundable ticket 

for round-trip transportation by common carrier 

(economy, coach class, or less). First class and business class airline tickets will not be reimbursed. 

Reimbursement for airline tickets will be at the State 

ceiling as established by NETC. If you choose to 

drive, you will be reimbursed the current Privately 

Owned Vehicle (POV) Federal mileage allowance or 

the State ceiling, whichever is less.

Reimbursement will be made by direct deposit to 

your personal account (please provide a copy of a 

check). You are responsible for reimbursing your 

organization.

If you have questions about your eligibility to receive 

a stipend, please call (301) 447-1035.

Foreign Applicants

EMI often receives inquiries from citizens and officials of foreign countries. EMI courses are generally available to U.S. citizens only. Most EMI resident 

courses expect attendees to have full knowledge of, 

and experience with, U.S. governmental and political systems and are based on U.S. specific legislation, 

regulations, and systems. Thus, most EMI courses are 

not appropriate for foreign participants.

While EMI cannot generally accommodate international participants in its resident courses, it occasionally sends faculty to other nations to deliver 

emergency management training onsite. All expenses 

for such training must be paid by the host nation. 

For more information, write to:

Superintendent

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998

International participants are occasionally accepted 

to attend EMI resident courses on a space-available, 

fee-pay basis. To be considered for such an exception, applications from foreign individuals must 

meet the following conditions:

• The application must come from, and be endorsed 

by, an appropriate component of the national 

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Applications generally are routed through the 

appropriate embassy.

• The applicant must be a government employee with 

official emergency management responsibilities 

pertinent to the course which he/she is requesting 

to attend. The official endorsement must describe 

these responsibilities, their relationship to the 

course requested, and a compelling need to attend 

EMI to receive the required training.

• Because language translation is not provided on 

campus, participants must be fluent in reading, 

writing, and speaking English.

Completed applications should be sent to:

Admissions Office, Room I-216

National Emergency Training Center

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998

(301) 447-1035

(301) 447-1658 (fax)

netc-admissions@dhs.gov (email)
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Mitigation Curriculum

The Mitigation Curriculum provides training for 

Federal, State, local, and tribal governments that are 

working to eliminate or reduce the long-term risk 

to human life and property posed by earthquakes, 

floods, tornadoes, dam failures, landslides, hurricanes, and other natural hazards.

The curriculum includes training courses of varying lengths. Resident offerings generally last 4 days 

while field courses last 1 to 2 days. Some offerings 

are appropriate only for resident delivery because 

they require instruction by representatives of a number of Federal agencies and facilitators located in the 

Washington, DC, area.

Many of the courses offered in this curriculum area 

directly support the training requirements of Federal 

programs, such as the National Flood Insurance 

Program (NFIP), the National Hurricane Program, 

and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program (NEHRP). Participants in these courses 

learn about program regulations and policies and are 

provided with the tools and techniques for implementing mitigation strategies.

Resident Courses

Building Design for Homeland Security

(E155)

This course will cover the content of FEMA 426, 

Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against 

Buildings. The course is designed to enhance participant knowledge of measures and technology available to reduce risks from terrorist attacks.

Selection Criteria: The course is intended for engineers, architects, or building officials involved in 

mitigation planning, and design to protect people 

and property against manmade hazards. Secondary 

audiences include land-use planners, hazard mitigation specialists, consultants, academic staff, and 

other professionals involved in State/local planning 

or design efforts.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.1

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for

Hurricane (E170)

This course is designed to provide indepth instruction on the use of HAZUS-MH for advanced 

applications related to wind-loss modeling. The 

HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model allows users in the 

Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions of the United States 

to estimate hurricane winds and potential damage 

and loss to residential, commercial, and industrial 

buildings. It also allows users to estimate direct economic loss, poststorm shelter needs, and building 

and tree debris quantities. Detailed lessons include 

Hurricane Hazard Methodology, Deterministic and 

Probabilistic Analysis, Mitigation Analysis, Building 

Damage and Loss, Shelter and Debris Models, 

Advanced Spatial Queries, and Combined Hurricane 

and Flood Analysis.

Selection Criteria:The audience for this course includes 

State and local emergency managers and Geographic 

Information Systems (GIS) specialists, State and local 

planners, regional personnel responsible for wind 

mitigation and response activities, and other Federal 

agencies. A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS is 

recommended.

Prerequisites: 

Recommended: E313, Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) 

course, any field or resident version of a HAZUS

course, or previous or current use of HAZUS or 

ArcGIS software in performing your job.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for 

Flood (E172)

This course is designed to provide indepth instruction on the use of HAZUS-MH for advanced applications related to flood-loss modeling. The HAZUS-MH 
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Flood Model is capable of assessing riverine and 

coastal flooding. It estimates potential damages to 

all classes of buildings, essential facilities, transportation lifelines, utility lifelines, vehicles, and agricultural crops. The model addresses building debris 

generation and shelter requirements. Direct losses 

are estimated based on physical damage to structures, contents, and building interiors. The effects 

of flood warning are taken into account, as well 

as flow velocity effects. The Flood Information Tool 

(FIT) allows users to prepare local flood hazard and 

other pertinent data for use in the HAZUS-MH. 

Detailed lessons include Riverine and Coastal Hazard 

Methodology, FIT, Damage Functions, “What-if” 

Analysis, and Advanced Spatial Queries.

Selection Criteria:The audience for this course includes 

State and local emergency managers and GIS specialists, State and local planners, regional personnel 

responsible for flood mitigation and response activities, and other Federal agencies. A strong working 

knowledge of ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst is recommended.

Prerequisites: 

Recommended: E313, Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) 

course, any field or resident version of a HAZUS

course, or previous or current use of HAZUS or 

ArcGIS software in performing your job.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for

Earthquake (E174)

This course is designed to provide indepth instruction 

on the use of HAZUS-MH for advanced applications 

related to earthquake-loss modeling. The HAZUSMH Earthquake Model, an updated and enhanced 

version of HAZUS99-SR2, continues to provide loss 

estimates of damage and loss to buildings, essential 

facilities, transportation lifelines, and utility lifelines, 

and population based on scenario or probabilistic 

earthquakes. The model addresses debris generation, 

fire-following, casualties, and shelter requirements. 

Direct losses are estimated based on physical damage 

to structures, contents, inventory, and building interiors. It also includes the new Advanced Engineering 

Building Model (AEBM) for single and group building mitigation analysis. Detailed lessons include 

Building Vulnerability, Facility Inventory, Lifeline 

Inventory and Vulnerability, AEBM, Average Annual 

Loss, and Advanced Spatial Queries.

Selection Criteria:The audience for this course includes 

State and local emergency managers and GIS specialists, State and local planners, regional personnel 

with responsibility for earthquake mitigation and 

response activities, and other Federal agencies with 

risk assessment responsibilities. A strong working 

knowledge of ArcGIS is recommended.

Prerequisites:

Recommended: E313, Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) 

course, any field or resident version of a HAZUS

course, or previous or current use of HAZUS or 

ArcGIS software in performing your job.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Application of HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for

Disaster Operations (E179)

This course is designed to increase the level of awareness and knowledge of Federal and State emergency 

management officials of the capabilities of HAZUSMH, the information and analyses requirements 

of key sections at the Regional Operations Center 

(ROC) and Joint Field Office (JFO), and the potential applications of HAZUS-MH to support decisions 

at the ROC, Emergency Support Team, and the JFO 

including hurricane disaster operations, mitigation, 

Individual Assistance, and Public Assistance.

Selection Criteria: FEMA Mitigation staff, Mitigation 

DAE’s, and State building science, and GIS professionals. A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS with 

spatial analyst extension is recommended.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6
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Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users 

(E190)

This course is designed to provide the essential 

ArcGIS skills and knowledge to use the HAZUS-MH 

software effectively. The course combines lectures 

with hands-on exercises that present practical examples of how to use GIS for disaster mitigation and 

response. Course topics will include an introduction 

to GIS concepts, tools for symbolizing data, tools 

for querying and analyzing data, data management, 

manipulating tabular data, understanding coordinate systems, basic editing, spatial data adjustment, 

geocoding, and a survey of some of the advanced 

options provided by ArcGIS and the Spatial Analyst 

extension through the use of geodatabases and raster data. The course will conclude with an introduction to HAZUS-MH with a focus on how to apply 

the tools and techniques covered in the proceeding 

sections of the class.

Selection Criteria:This course is intended for State and 

local emergency managers, State and local GIS specialists responsible for risk assessment activities, 

regional personnel responsible for mitigation and 

response activities, other Federal agencies with a 

need to conduct risk assessment, and State and local 

planners.

The need to attend this training must be documented in block 16 of the application. Participants 

must currently use or be planning to use GIS and 

HAZUS. Applicants will be enrolled on a first-come, 

first-served basis.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts 

(E194)

This course consists of four modules: NFIP 

Floodplain Rules and Regulations in Depth, NFIP: 

LOMC Procedures for Applying and Floodplain 

Management Implications, Roles and Responsibilities 

of the Local Floodplain Manager, and Substantial 

Damage/Substantial Improvement. Each of these 

topics is designed to be at a higher level of detail 

than any basic course. Developed and real-life scenarios will be examined and exercises will be conducted in each section to make sure participants not 

only understand the appropriate rules and regulations, but also why they are in effect and how to 

apply them. This course is exercise rich, and participants can expect to be engaged throughout much of 

the course.

Selection Criteria: Floodplain managers with more 

than 3 years of full-time floodplain management 

experience.

Prerequisites: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.8

CEC’s: 12 (core)

Digital Hazard Data (E234)

This course is designed to give floodplain and emergency management personnel the necessary skills 

and knowledge to use digital flood data and other 

hazard data. It is not intended to make participants 

technically proficient (experts) in the hands-on use 

of GIS. Participants must have basic computer skills 

and literacy, including knowledge of Windows®. 

Advanced users should be aware that many basic 

GIS concepts will be included in course content and 

exercises. This training supports FEMA’s conversion 

of the paper flood insurance rate maps to a computerized format.

Selection Criteria: The audience for this course consists of State and local floodplain and emergency 

management personnel, regional personnel with 

National Flood Insurance Program responsibilities, 

personnel from other Federal agencies involved in 

floodplain and emergency management, and State 

and local planners. Individuals who are not in 

manager/planner positions may apply if the need 

to attend this training is documented in block 16 

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Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must be able to do the 

following.

1. Read and interpret the Flood Insurance Rate 

Map.

2. Use, or be planning to use, GIS.

3. Use a personal computer and Windows 2000®.

A statement verifying the above qualifications 

should be included in block 16 of the application 

form.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.8

CEC’s: 6 (parallel)

Managing Floodplain Development Through 

the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E270)

This course is designed to train subject matter 

experts in how to deliver an effective and interesting course on floodplain management topics. The 

E273 course is used as the basis for delivery of this 

training. Participants will be expected to pick two 

sections of the new course and be prepared to teach 

them to the full class, and then to receive constructive feedback regarding their presentation. The first 

day of the course is dedicated to the various factors that can make a training exceptional and effective with the remaining 3 days used for practice and 

evaluation. Videotapes will be made so that participants can review their own performance and critique themselves at their leisure.

Selection Criteria: Participants should be thoroughly 

familiar with the course material and experienced 

enough to teach the class and answer indepth questions.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants should have attended the 

new E273, Managing Floodplain Development Through the 

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.9

Managing Floodplain Development Through 

the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

(E273)

This course is designed to provide an organized 

training opportunity for local officials responsible for administering their local floodplain management ordinance. The course will focus on the 

NFIP and concepts of floodplain management, maps 

and studies, ordinance administration, and the relationship between floodplain management and flood 

insurance.

Selection Criteria: Local officials responsible for administering local floodplain management ordinances, 

including but not limited to floodplain management 

administrators, building inspectors, code enforcement/zoning officers, planners, city/county managers, attorneys, engineers, and public works officials. 

Federal/State/regional floodplain managers also are 

encouraged to attend. The course is designed for 

those officials with limited floodplain management 

experience. Attendance will be limited to two participants from any State for each offering.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

CEC’s: 12 (core)

Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training 

(E276)

This course is designed as an introduction to the 

fundamental concepts of benefit-cost (BC) analysis. Participants will learn how to obtain BC data 

and conduct analyses using the basic versions of the 

riverine and coastal A-zone software modules. This 

course will not teach how to conduct level-two BC

analyses.
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Selection Criteria: The target audience is FEMA and 

State hazard mitigation officials. Other personnel 

involved in conducting BC analyses also may apply.

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must have knowledge of mathematics (basic algebra and percentages) and computers (Windows® and spreadsheet programs).

Recommended: Familiarity with basic mitigation terminology is suggested.

Course Length: 21⁄2 days

CEU’s: 1.3

CEC’s: 12 (core)

National Flood Insurance Program/

Community Rating System (NFIP/CRS) 

(E278)

This course covers the CRS, a nationwide initiative of 

FEMA’s NFIP. It describes activities eligible for credit 

under CRS, how a community applies, and how a 

community modifies an application to improve its 

classification.

Selection Criteria: FEMA regional office staff, NFIP 

State coordinators, regional planning officials, local 

and tribal government officials, those performing 

floodplain management services for local governments, and others interested in learning about the 

CRS in order to provide technical assistance to communities seeking to apply for CRS credit. Attendance 

will be limited to two participants from any one 

community per fiscal year.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: The course is designed for those officials with some floodplain management experience. 

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 semester hours

Level: LD or UD

Curricula: Public Administration or Emergency 

 Management

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.9

CEC’s: 12 (core)

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential 

Buildings (E279)

This course is designed to provide engineering and 

economic guidance on what constitutes proper 

retrofitting techniques for flood-prone residential 

structures. The course will focus on the concepts of 

floodproofing; regulatory framework; controlling 

parameters; design practices; and benefit, cost, and 

technical feasibility analysis. There is a case study 

design exercise and a written examination.

Selection Criteria: The audience comprises engineers 

and architects, and building code, floodplain management,* hazard mitigation,* planning,* zoning,* 

and public works officials.*

* This course is intended for those with engineering, architectural, or building science knowledge.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: It is recommended that participants 

complete IS-279. Please see the Independent Study 

curriculum in this catalog to order IS-279.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 semester hours

Level: UD

Curricula: Civil Engineering, Emergency 

Management, or Resource Economics

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.9

CEC’s: 12 (core)

HAZUS Multi-Hazard/DMA 2000 Risk 

Assessment (E296)

This training focuses on HAZUS-driven risk assessment methodology, data requirements, and applications to assist local communities and other 

organizations in addressing their disaster-related risk 

assessment needs. The 3-day EMI HAZUS-driven risk 
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assessment course will involve technical presentations on risk assessment methodology and hands-on 

exercises using HAZUS-MH. The course will cover 

the following topics:

• risk assessment methodology and HAZUS-MH 

software;

• steps associated with hazard identification and 

prioritization;

• key steps involved in inventory identification and 

enhancement;

• key steps involved in completing the hazard risk 

assessment and analysis;

• risk assessment outputs and their uses; and

• HAZUS-driven risk assessment methodology used 

for “other” disaster scenarios and how HAZUS

software can support these efforts.

Selection Criteria: The audience for this course includes 

FEMA regional staff and State and local emergency 

management planners.

Prerequisites:

Required: E313, Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) 

course.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 3 days

CEU’s: 2.1

Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) (E313)

This course is designed to provide Federal, State, local, 

and tribal GIS specialists in emergency management 

with the skills and knowledge to use HAZUS-MH, 

the nationally applicable standardized methodology 

and software program that contains models for estimating potential losses from earthquakes, floods, 

and hurricanes. HAZUS-MH uses state-of-the-art 

GIS software (ArcGIS) to map and display hazard 

data, and the results of damage and economic loss 

estimates for buildings and infrastructure, allowing 

users to estimate the impacts of hurricanes, floods, 

and earthquakes to populations.

Selection Criteria:The audience for this course includes 

State and local emergency managers and planners; 

GIS specialists responsible for risk assessment activities; regional personnel responsible for earthquake, 

wind, and flood mitigation and response activities; 

and other Federal agencies with a need to conduct 

risk assessment. They must have a strong working 

knowledge of multihazard applications of HAZUS

toward mitigation, recovery, and risk management.

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must be able to do the following:

1. Use a personal computer and Windows®.

2. Use GIS.

3. Have GIS experience.

4. Be involved in updating the HAZUS database 

in their region.

Recommended: ESRI Online GIS Tutorial and 

Introduction to ArcView 8.2, and E190, Introduction 

to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Comprehensive Data Management for 

HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) (E317)

This course is designed to provide indepth instruction on collecting and processing high-resolution hazard inventory data and integrating the data 

into HAZUS-MH. Detailed lessons include Data 

Availability, Modification and Costs, Importing BIT

and InCast Files, Developing Point, Polyline and 

Polygon data, FIT, and Comparing Analyses.

Selection Criteria:The audience for this course includes 

Federal, State, and local GIS specialists in emergency 

management who are involved in flood and other 

hazard assessment or managing multihazard databases and GIS information. A strong working knowledge of ArcGIS with Spatial Analyst extension is 

recommended.
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Prerequisites: E313, Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) 

course, any field or resident version of a HAZUS

course, or previous or current use of HAZUS or 

ArcGIS software in performing your job.

Course Length: 31⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.6

Mitigation for Tribal Officials (E344)

This course provides tribal members and their representatives with an overview of FEMA’s mitigation 

programs, outlines tribal mitigation responsibilities, 

and discusses opportunities for achieving mitigation 

successes. The course will cover mitigation planning, 

the NFIP, and mitigation grant programs.

Selection Criteria:The course will be limited to Federally 

recognized tribal members and their representatives.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants should be familiar with 

emergency management principles and operations 

and/or mitigation publications and brochures.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E362)

This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to develop all-hazard school emergency operations plans for school 

emergencies. The course focuses on the phases of 

emergency management and explains how to use 

the Incident Command System (ICS) as the foundation for a school emergency response plan. By using 

ICS, school personnel will be able to coordinate 

their emergency activities with outside agencies in 

response to any situation. The course is divided into 

seven units:

• Unit 1: Course Overview and Introduction

• Unit 2: Responding Using the Incident Command 

System

• Unit 3: Developing the School Plan

• Unit 4: Planning for Incidents Involving Violence

• Unit 5: Training and Testing the Plan

• Unit 6: Final Exercise

• Unit 7: Course Summary and Wrap-Up

Train-the-Trainer (E362) will present course 

content (Units 1–7) and a module on “Teaching 

the Course in the Field.”

Selection Criteria is as follows:

Responders

• 1 person—School Resource Officer/Law 

Enforcement

• 1 person—Fire/Emergency Medical Services 

(EMS)

• 1 person—Emergency Management

School District/School Officials—5 people (DO 

NOT DUPLICATE POSITIONS)

• Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent

• Risk Manager

• School Security Official

• Transportation Coordinator

• School Safety Coordinator

• Principal or Vice Principal

• Facility Manager/Building Engineer

• Counselor/Psychologist

• Food Service Coordinator

• School Safety Team Member

• Nurse

Submit applications as a package using the above 

format as a cover sheet. Place person’s name next 

to position being filled.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.8
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Residential Coastal Construction (E386)

This course is designed to train participants on 

FEMA’s Coastal Construction Manual. This manual is 

the primary, State-of-the-art reference for planning, 

designing, and constructing residential structures in 

the various coastal environments.

Selection Criteria: The target audience is engineers, 

architects, and building code officials. Floodplain 

management, hazard mitigation, planning, and 

building officials with building science knowledge 

also may apply.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD 

Curricula: Coastal Residential Construction 

Practices, Emergency Management 

Hazard Mitigation Techniques, or Civil

Engineering

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.9

CEC’s: 12 (core)

Disaster-Resistant Jobs’ Strategies for 

Community Emergency and Economic Risk 

(CEER) Management (E464)

Participants will learn background and techniques 

to promote mitigation within the business community. They are expected to return to their communities and work to promote mitigation in the 

economic sector.

Selection Criteria: Participants should be local emergency managers, economic developers, Chamber of 

Commerce staff, and others who can promote mitigation in the local business community.

Prerequisites:

Required: The participant should take IS‐393, 

Introduction to Mitigation.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.8
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Nonresident Courses

Nonresident courses are offered by State training offices. To find out more about these courses, 

please contact your State office (phone numbers and 

addresses are listed in this catalog on page 209).

Mitigation makes sense—and it works. For every 

dollar spent on mitigation, at least two are saved in potential response and recovery costs.

Mitigation means preventing or reducing a disaster’s 

effects on life and property through land-use planning, retrofitting, effective building codes, hazards 

identification and risk assessment, and a wide variety of other activities. Mitigation reduces the impact 

of any future disaster; it protects a community on a 

long-term basis. A disaster-resistant community is one 

where citizens, elected officials, and local businesses 

undertake “sustained action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from 

hazards and their effects.”

FEMA encourages communities to become disaster resistant by emphasizing efforts at the local level, 

with mitigation goals determined by the community. The strong partnerships developed between 

government, private industry, and the citizens of a 

community bring together resources from diverse 

sources to address a common goal.

EMI’s nonresident courses provide a way for many 

of these partners to attend the training they need 

at the State, local, or tribal level. These courses are 

designed for those who make mitigation happen by 

making changes at the local level: local officials and 

community leaders; architects, engineers and building officials; building contractors; educators and 

school administrators; and others concerned with 

making their community disaster resistant.

Local mitigation leaders also are encouraged to 

review EMI’s Independent Study curriculum offerings, described in this catalog beginning on page 

188.

Seismic Retrofit Training for Building 

Contractors and Inspectors (G225)

This 8-hour course demonstrates methods to retrofit residential structures to reduce seismic damage. 

Participants are shown methods of properly tying 

a structure to a foundation and using connectors to 

strengthen its frame. Topics covered include earthquake basics, shear walls, foundations, connections, 

and miscellaneous elements in construction. In 

addition, liability issues for contractors are discussed 

throughout the course. The manual is designed to be 

an onsite reference tool for contractors.

Selection Criteria:This course is intended for builders, 

building contractors, building inspectors, and others responsible for retrofitting residential structures 

to reduce seismic damage.

Disaster-Resistant Jobs Training (G246)

This 2-day course is designed to highlight the need 

for the local business community to mitigate and 

prepare for disasters. Communities must protect 

their economic base in order to survive and thrive 

in the wake of a disaster. This course will help local 

leaders recognize the impact of disasters on business and industry and what steps need to be taken to 

lessen the impact of disaster on local jobs.

Selection Criteria: This course is for economic development district staff, local community leaders and 

business people, Chamber of Commerce staff, State 

economic development officials, and State, tribal, 

and local emergency managers.

Residential Coastal Construction (G277)

This 2-day course is designed to train participants on 

FEMA’s Coastal Construction Manual. This manual is 

the primary, State-of-the-art reference for planning, 

designing, and constructing residential structures in 

the various coastal environments.

Selection Criteria: The target audience is engineers, 

architects, and building code officials. Floodplain 

management, hazard mitigation, planning, and 

building officials with building science knowledge 

also may apply.
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Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training 

(G278)

This 2-day course is designed as an introduction to 

the fundamental concepts of benefit-cost (BC) analysis. Participants will learn how to obtain BC data and 

conduct analyses using the basic versions of the riverine and coastal A-zone software modules. This course 

will not teach how to conduct level-two BC analyses.

Selection Criteria: The target audience is FEMA and 

State hazard mitigation officials. Other personnel 

involved in conducting BC analyses also may apply. 

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants should have some prior 

knowledge of mathematics (basic algebra and percentages) and computers (Windows® and spreadsheet programs).

Recommended: Familiarity with basic flood mitigation terminology is suggested.

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential 

Buildings (G279)

This 2-day course is designed to provide engineering 

guidance on retrofitting existing one- to four-family 

residential structures situated in flood-prone areas. 

Subjects covered include an introduction to retrofitting, regulatory framework, controlling parameters, 

building assessment, and design practices. There is 

also a 1-hour unit on economics, and a final exam.

Selection Criteria:This course is intended for engineers, 

architects, and building code officials. Floodplain 

management, hazard mitigation, planning, zoning, 

and public works officials with engineering, architectural, or building science knowledge are also part 

of the target audience.

Benefit-Cost Analysis Using the Limited-Data 

Module: Intermediate Training (G285)

The goal of this 21⁄2-day course is to enable participants to conduct complex benefit-cost (BC) analysis 

on riverine or coastal A-zone flood mitigation projects using FEMA’s Riverine Flood Limited-Data (LD) 

module. The course builds on the skills taught in BC 

Analysis: Entry-Level Training and focuses exclusively on 

the LD module.

Selection Criteria:The target audience is FEMA and State 

hazard mitigation officials. The course is intended 

for participants who have completed the entry-level 

training (G278) or have several months’ on-the-job 

experience using FEMA’s BC analysis modules. 

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants should have knowledge of 

mathematics (basic algebra and percentages) 

and computers (Windows® and spreadsheet programs).

Recommended: Familiarity with flood mitigation 

terminology is suggested.

Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local 

Governments (G318)

This 2-day workshop discusses the Disaster 

Mitigation Act of 2000 which amends the Robert 

T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act by, among other things, adding a new section, 

322—Mitigation Planning. Section 322 requires 

local governments to prepare and adopt jurisdiction-wide hazard mitigation plans as a condition 

of receiving Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 

(HMGP) funds to “brick and mortar” mitigation 

projects. The Mitigation Planning Workshop for 

Local Governments assists representatives of local 

communities or multijurisdictional planning areas 

to develop a mitigation plan that meets community needs as well as the Section 322 local government planning requirements as described in 44 

CFR Section 201.6. This workshop explains each of 

the requirements, demonstrates how FEMA’s new 

Mitigation Planning How-to-Guides can be used to address 

each requirement, and provides opportunities to 

begin the planning process in group activities with 

representatives of the same community or planning 

area.
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Selection Criteria: The target audience for this 

Workshop includes the following representatives of 

local government: elected officials, managers, planners, emergency program managers, and other staff 

with expertise needed for mitigation projects. The 

Workshop also is intended for community members 

interested in avoiding or minimizing hazard losses, 

who may wish to participate in the mitigation planning process.

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools (G362)

This course will provide participants with the basic 

information and tools needed to develop effective 

plans for the wide array of potential emergencies 

that schools may face. 

Participants completing the course will be able to 

explain the importance of effective planning to others and lead individuals in their schools and community through the process of developing an effective 

multihazard program.

Hurricane Readiness for Coastal 

Communities (G363)

This 2-day course is designed to provide participants 

the tools needed to help communities along the 

coast prepare for and respond to a hurricane. Upon 

completion, the participants will have a background 

in understanding advisories of the National Weather 

Service, describe information from FEMA Hurricane 

Evacuations studies, describe the various issues and 

measures needed in their jurisdiction for effective 

decisionmaking, and have a basic checklist for timephased actions.

Selection Criteria: The target audience should be comprised of public and private sector decisionmakers 

and managers from coastal communities who prepare 

for and respond to hurricane hazards that threaten 

their community. A team made up of officials from 

police, fire, emergency management, public works, 

transportation, voluntary agencies, business, and the 

American Red Cross should attend.

Prerequisites:

Required: Completion of IS-324, Community Hurricane 

Preparedness.

Recommended: None.

Mitigation for Emergency Managers (G393)

This course is designed to train emergency managers and other interested individuals who have no 

specialized technical background, but can support 

mitigation efforts as advocates. The course provides 

activities and exercises that build the participants’ 

abilities to perform the tasks and responsibilities 

of the emergency manager’s role, create long-term 

strategies for disaster-resistant communities, identify local mitigation opportunities, select mitigation solutions to hazard risk problems, and find 

resources to carry out mitigation activities in a postdisaster environment.

Selection Criteria: Tribal and local government officials, emergency managers, community leaders in 

such efforts as voluntary organizations, businesses, 

and industries, and other emergency service personnel.

Prerequisites:

Required: Completion of IS-393, Introduction to 

Mitigation.

Recommended: None.

Mitigation and Recovery Exercises (G398)

Earthquake (G398.1)

Flood (G398.2)

Hurricane (G398.3)

The Mitigation and Recovery Exercises are 1-day exercises 

for local government agencies such as building officials, zoning officers, commissioners, councils, and 

chief executive officers. The exercises present a series 

of challenges to a local government that could face 

a threat from earthquake, flood, or hurricane. The 

local government will have to solve how it intends 

to deal with temporary housing issues, building 
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permits, and temporary business locations as well as 

long-term recovery issues.

These exercises work well in any size community 

from large metropolitan areas to small rural towns 

and villages. The exercise material explains what 

must be done to plan and prepare for the activity.

Earthquake Safety Program for Schools

(G434)

This 2-day course is intended to help the school 

community prepare to be self-sufficient in the aftermath of a damaging earthquake. Topics include 

planning, hazard identification and nonstructural 

mitigation techniques, drills, immediate response 

exercises, postearthquake recovery and mitigation 

opportunities, and crisis intervention.

Earthquakes: A Teacher’s Package for K–6

(G436)

This hands-on workshop introduces kindergarten and elementary school teachers to Earthquakes: A 

Teacher’s Package for K–6 (publication FEMA 159). Also 

known as Tremor Troop, the collection of multidisciplinary hands-on classroom activities was developed for FEMA by the National Science Teachers 

Association. The material provides basic information 

about earthquakes. The lesson plans and activities 

are designed to promote scientific literacy among 

young children and give them the information and 

skills they need to cope safely during and following 

an earthquake. The workshop also addresses Crisis 

intervention, focusing on the needs of children and 

school personnel, and earthquake risk reduction 

for schools.

Selection Criteria: Elementary science coordinators, 

elementary curriculum coordinators, kindergarten and elementary classroom teachers, and teacher 

educators from regional science and educational 

resource centers. 

The purpose of the 1-day workshop is to introduce 

Tremor Troop to teachers who then will use it in their 

own classrooms.

The purpose of the 2-day workshop is to introduce 

Tremor Troop to educators who then will train teachers 

in their own districts.

Seismic Sleuths: A Teacher’s Package on 

Earthquakes for Grades 7–12 (G439)

This course introduces master teachers of grades 7 to 

12 to Seismic Sleuths curriculum. This teacher’s package 

provides hands-on/minds-on classroom activities 

on earthquake-related topics that can be integrated 

into existing science, math, and social studies curricula. Produced by the American Geophysical Union, 

in cooperation with FEMA, the materials foster an 

understanding of how science, math, and social 

studies concepts can be applied to reduce earthquake hazards and risk in the built environment 

through seismic safety design, construction, landuse, and emergency management techniques.
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Field-Delivered

Cooperative Courses

FEMA’s Mitigation Directorate, in cooperation with 

the Recovery Division, has entered into cooperative 

agreements with numerous professional organizations and associations in order to bring appropriate 

technical mitigation information to the audiences 

served by these organizations. We have developed 

training courses for the following audiences:

• building code enforcement officials;

• engineers;

• architects;

• school administrators; and

• K-12 teachers.

Should you wish to arrange for training courses to be 

conducted in your State or jurisdiction, please contact your FEMA Regional Training Manager, or your 

State Training Officer for Emergency Management, 

for additional information. 

G271 Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness (description on page 148)

G276 Resource Management (description on page 

149)

G278 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training (description on page 137)

G279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings 

(description on page 137)

G362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools

(description on page 138)

G285 Benefit-Cost Analysis Using the Limited-Data Module: 

Intermediate Training (description on page 

137)

G365.3 Workshop in Emergency Management: Partnerships for 

Creating and Maintaining Spotter Groups (description on page 153)

G393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers (description 

on page 138)

G434 Earthquake Safety Program for Schools (description 

on page 139)

G436 Earthquakes: A Teacher’s Package for K–6 (description on page 139)

G439 Seismic Sleuths: A Teacher’s Package on Earthquakes for 

Grades 7–12 (description on page 139)

Independent Study Courses

IS-8 Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying 

with Executive Order 12699 (description on 

page 190)

IS-279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings

(description on page 196)

IS-362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools

(description on page 199)

IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation (description on page 

199)

IS-394 Mitigation for Homeowners (description on page 

200)
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Preparedness and Technology 

Curriculum

Most of the Preparedness and Technology courses 

are conducted at the local and State level (see the 

Preparedness and Technology Nonresident Course 

section).

The current Preparedness and Technology menu of 

resident courses focuses on radiological hazards, terrorism, and hazardous materials. Resident courses 

include those specific to the Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness (REP) program and those generic to 

any radiological hazard. The preparedness resident 

courses include emergency planning for radiological 

incidents, as well as skill and exercise-based courses 

for gathering and analyzing radiological data.

Emergency management training for schools can be 

found under the Mitigation Curriculum.

Resident Courses

Radiological Emergency Response 

Operations (RERO) (B301)

This is a performance-based operations course where 

the participants learn to respond to and manage 

radiological incidents. The participants, organized 

as response teams, operate and make decisions in a 

realistic exercise environment. This includes onscene 

incident assessment, radiological monitoring, radiation exposure and contamination control, accident 

victim rescue and care techniques, and reporting 

procedures. Because of the realism of the exercises, 

this course is physically challenging.

Selection Criteria: Participants must be members of 

an organized Federal, State, local, or tribal radiological/hazardous materials response team that provides assistance to first-level responders. Personnel 

are assigned as hygienists, sanitarians, radiological 

officers, and other emergency services personnel. 

This course is limited to U.S. citizens.

Prerequisites:

Required: Successful completion of Fundamentals 

Course for Radiological Response, G320, or equivalent 

education and experience.

• Radiological Emergency Response, Independent Study 

course (IS-301) must be completed by all 

applicants.

Recommended: None.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 3 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Radiological Sciences

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Advanced Radiological Incident Operations 

(ARIO) (B302)

This course is an advanced-level course for those 

individuals who need to refresh or improve skills 

as a radiological responder or manager. This course 

focuses on response plans and procedures for complex incident(s). The performance-based training 

concentrates on organization and jurisdictional 

issues and planning considerations where all levels 

of government may be involved in responding to 

an incident such as a terrorism event. This course is 

physically challenging.

Selection Criteria: Those individuals who are assigned 

to or are responsible for responding to and possibly managing a radiation incident. These individuals 

may be members of Federal, State, tribal, local, and 

private-sector response teams.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Successful completion of B301, Radiological 

Emergency Response Operations (RERO) course.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 3.1
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) 

Exercise Evaluation (Offsite Resident)

Regional Delivery (L304)

This course is for Federal evaluators of nuclear power 

plant offsite exercises. Course topics include regulations and guidelines for evaluating exercises and the 

techniques for exercise evaluation.

Selection Criteria: Primarily Federal evaluators of 

nuclear power plant offsite REP exercises. State, local, 

tribal, and utility personnel who are involved in the 

development of offsite REP plans and exercises also 

may apply.

Prerequisites:

Required: IS-331, Introduction to Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation. 

Recommended: None.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: G or UD

Curricula: Radiological Sciences, Public 

 Administration

Course Length: 3 days

CEU’s: 1.8

Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) 

Planning (E340)

This course focuses on nuclear power plant offsite 

emergency preparedness. It addresses Federal regulatory policies, development and testing of plans, 

and public perceptions. This course provides a sound 

understanding of basic planning assumptions and 

policy issues.

Selection Criteria: Local, State, Federal, and tribal government and utility personnel involved in offsite 

nuclear power plant emergency planning (under the 

provisions of NUREG 0654/FEMA REP-1, Criteria for 

Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response 

Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants). 

This course is recommended for new Federal/State/

local/tribal REP planners and Federal/State/local/

tribal emergency response managers. Utility company offsite planners also may apply.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: Completion of IS-235, Emergency 

Planning.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curricula: Radiological Sciences, Public 

Administration

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts 

(RAAC) (E341)

This course addresses radiological consequences 

of accidents involving radiological materials. This 

includes accidents or incidents involving commercial power reactors, lost sources, dispersion devices, 

and transportation. The focus of the course is concepts involved in formulating protective action recommendations following a radiological accident, 

such as dose quantities, atmospheric dispersion, dose 

projection, protective action guides, and derived 

intervention levels. Participants engage in problemsolving sessions and a tabletop exercise. There are 

two required evening sessions and a final examination in this course.

Selection Criteria: Enrollment is limited to local, State, 

and Federal technical radiological accident assessment staff. Private sector (i.e., utility company) 

technical staff also may apply. This course is not 

intended for emergency management staff. This 

course requires familiarity with mathematical equations and exponential manipulations. Participants 

must bring a scientific calculator which they know 

how to use to perform the required calculations. 

Participants also should know how to use Microsoft 

Excel® and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

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Prerequisites: 

Required: Completion of the Precourse Workbook 

is required prior to attending the course. Course 

manager must review all applications prior to 

acceptance by admissions office.

Recommended: Completion of IS-301, Radiological 

Emergency Response.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Homeland Security Planning for Local 

Governments Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E407)

This train-the-trainer prepares you to teach EMI’s 

Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments course 

(G408). In this TTT, you not only hear from experienced trainers who have taught the course, you will 

have an opportunity to team-teach one of the modules. To prepare for this, we give you an account on 

the NETC Virtual Campus so you can download the 

course materials.

Selection Criteria: You must be willing and able to 

deliver the course; be actively involved in emergency 

management (including, but not limited to, fire, 

emergency medical services, public health, public 

works, and law enforcement); and be experienced 

in adult training methods.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants should have a working 

knowledge of emergency planning (as articulated in FEMA’s Guide for All-Hazard Emergency 

Operations Planning), the ICS and/or Emergency 

Operations Center (EOC) operations, and adult 

teaching methodologies.

Recommended: Participation in the field version of 

this course (G408).

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: To be determined

Radiological Series Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 

(B425)

This course is designed to qualify instructors to 

teach the following: Fundamentals Course for Radiological 

Response (G320), Hospital Emergency Department Management 

of Hazardous Materials Accidents (HMA) (G346), and 

Department of Energy MERRTT Training. The course 

includes background information on the radiological protection system, the management plan for the 

Radiological Training Series (the TD-100 publication), and all courses of the Radiological Training 

Series. Microteaching is a major objective of this 

course. 

Selection Criteria: Instructors identified by the State as 

part of a cadre of radiological instructors who teach 

the FCRR, HMA, and DOE MERRTT materials.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: Completion of the Fundamentals Course 

for Radiological Response (G320). Completion of 

Instructional Delivery Skills (G265) or an adult education methods course or equivalent is recommended.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curricula: Radiological Science Education, 

 Education Technology

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Incident Command System (ICS) Curricula 

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (E449)

This course prepares participants to deliver EMI’s 

ICS-300, Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding 

Incidents; ICS-400, Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) 

Command and General Staff—Complex Incidents; and the 

Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center (ICS/

EOC) Interface (G191). 
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Selection Criteria: Participants must have a working 

knowledge of ICS through experience and training, 

and be experienced in adult training.

Prerequisites: 

Required: ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS700, and IS-800. NOTE: Participants must have 

taken the EMI, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Fire Academy(NFA), or National Wildfire 

Coordinating Group (NWCG) ICS courses. Other 

ICS courses must be consistent with the ICS

objectives prescribed by the National Incident 

Management System (NIMS) Integration Center.

Participants must have served as Incident 

Commander (IC), or on Command or General Staff 

positions on incidents longer than one operational 

period (or requiring a written incident action plan) 

and involving multiagency coordination.

NOTE: Persons who previously completed E449 can deliver 

EMI’s revised curriculum without repeating E449.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program

Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course

(E/L/B548)

This course is designed to acquaint experienced 

Continuity of Operations (COOP) practitioners 

and instructors with the COOP Managers course 

materials. The objectives include defining COOP; 

explaining the benefits of a viable COOP program 

and plan; identifying elements of a viable COOP 

program; and identifying processes, resources, and 

tasks necessary to implement and manage a successful COOP program. The course also will refresh 

experienced instructors on instructional methodology and techniques.

Selection Criteria: The COOP Program Managers TTT Course

is designed for public sector staff with responsibility for managing their COOP effort. Others who are 

integral to the COOP planning process also may take 

the course.

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must have knowledge of 

COOP programs, the Federal Preparedness Circular 

65, “Federal Executive Branch Continuity of 

Operations,” and be experienced instructors.

Recommended: IS-547, Introduction to Continuity of 

Operations (COOP).

Course Length: 3 days

CEU’s: 1.8

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning 

(E/L/B550)

Federal Preparedness Circular (FPC)—65 provides 

guidance to the Federal Executive Branch departments and agencies for developing COOP plans and 

programs. COOP plans facilitate the performance of 

essential functions during any situation which may 

disrupt normal operations. This course is designed 

to provide the skills and knowledge to improve the 

overall quality and workability of COOP plans.

Selection Criteria: The primary audience is individuals 

who have responsibility for COOP planning in their 

department or agency.

Prerequisites:

Required: IS-547, Introduction to Continuity of Operations 

(COOP,) E/L/B548, Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

Program Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course, or 

G549, Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager 

Course.

Recommended: IS-235, Emergency Planning.

Course Length: 3 days

CEU’s: 1.8

Emergency Management Framework for 

Tribal Governments (E580)

This course provides tribal leaders with a basic 

understanding of emergency management principles and their role in leading and directing their 

tribes in implementing comprehensive emergency 

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Specific topics include

• Federal, State, tribal, and local partnership in 

emergency management.;

• getting a program started;

• concept of emergency management and the four 

phases;

• definition and analysis of hazards;

• resources for emergency management that are 

available at the tribal, State, and Federal level, as 

well as from the private sector;

• developing an emergency operations plan;

• comprehensive emergency management, its 

elements, and the appropriate role taken by the 

emergency manager; and

• meeting the challenges for upgrading and 

sustaining emergency management capabilities.

Selection Criteria:Tribal government officials who can 

lead and direct their jurisdictions in implementing 

comprehensive emergency management systems.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Emergency Management Operations for 

Tribal Governments (E581)

The goal of this course is to identify tribal organizational structures, operational procedures, and 

resources for effective emergency management 

operations.

Specific topics include

• organizing and selling an all-hazards emergency 

management program to stakeholders;

• legal authorities for conducting emergency 

management programs in response, recovery, 

mitigation, and preparedness;

• directing and controlling operations using the 

NIMS concepts and principles;

• inventorying and assigning first-responder primary 

and secondary roles to carry out coordinated 

response efforts;

• identifying communication assets and resolving 

the interoperability issue;

• implementing effective warning, alert, and 

notification systems with emphasis on addressing 

the needs of special populations;

• getting the word out during times of disaster to 

ensure the public has accurate, timely, and useful 

information;

• educating the public through predisaster outreach 

programs;

• coordinating and ordering evacuations to ensure 

the public is safe from disaster;

• opening and operating mass care and sheltering 

facilities to provide for victims;

• mobilizing and managing health, medical, and 

environmental services;

• establishing authorities and organizational 

structure to manage resources effectively;

• protecting, repairing, and restoring critical 

infrastructure; and

• developing and writing standard operating 

procedures for the support functions.

As a culminating activity, participants will develop 

and present written proposals to get buy-in from 

their stakeholders to start a new emergency management program or improve an existing one.

Selection Criteria: Tribal emergency managers, tribal 

government officials, and other authorized tribal 

representatives responsible for leading, directing, 

and coordinating tribal emergency management 

operations.

Prerequisites: Successfully completed E580, Emergency 

Management Framework for Tribal Governments or have key 

responsibility for writing and updating the community’s all-hazards emergency operations plan.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3
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Nonresident Courses

Nonresident courses are offered by State training offices. To find out more about these courses, 

please contact your State office (phone numbers and 

addresses are listed in this catalog on page 209).

The EMI offers a number of training activities that 

develop operational capabilities and facilitate an 

effective response when an emergency occurs. Much 

of this preparedness training supports the requirements of chief executives and top-level appointed 

emergency management officials. Public officials are 

responsible for protecting the lives and property 

of their constituents at all times. Yet, it is the emergency management professional on whom chief 

executives must depend for developing and maintaining emergency response capabilities on a day-today basis, as well as for providing sound advice and 

proper resource support during a period of crisis. 

This team relationship is critical for smooth, quick 

decisionmaking and coordination during a community emergency. Preparedness courses provide both 

orientation and insight into emergency responsibilities, including the development of emergency 

plans, facilities, and appropriate public policies.

EMI offers courses that facilitate public policy formulation, technical skill building, and effective planning measures at Federal, State, local, and tribal levels 

of government. Such courses, seminars, and workshops address preparedness issues including continuity of government, radiological preparedness, 

hazardous materials, and the Chemical Stockpile 

Emergency Preparedness Program.

Some of the training is specific and technical, 

while other topics are designed to stimulate proactive policy-level decisionmaking. The many resident and nonresident training activities included in 

the Preparedness and Technology Curriculum provide specialized training and information needed 

by Federal, State, local, and tribal government staffs 

and selected representatives from the private sector 

(business and industry).

EMI’s Incident Command 

System Curriculum

FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI), 

the United States Fire Administration’s (USFA’s) 

National Fire Programs Branch, the NWCG, and 

the United States Department of Agriculture developed common course objectives and content for the 

100-, 200-, 300-, and 400-level ICS courses. The 

partner agencies and departments recognize these 

courses as equivalent.

ICS-100- and 200-level courses are available in both 

a Web-based Independent Study format and as a 

classroom-delivered course. These entry-level ICS

courses are suitable for persons working in an ICS

environment. ICS-100 and 200 are located on EMI’s 

Virtual Campus at: www.training.fema.gov.

The 300- and 400-level courses are classroombased multidiscipline or multijurisdiction courses 

intended for persons with supervisory responsibilities, such as the IC or Planning Section Chief.

These revised courses are NIMS compliant.

Introduction to the Incident Command 

System (ICS), ICS-100

This course provides training on and resources for 

personnel who require a basic understanding of the 

ICS).

ICS-100, Introduction to the Incident Command System, introduces the ICS and provides the foundation for higher 

level ICS training. This course describes the history, 

features, principles, and organizational structure of 

the ICS. It also explains the relationship between ICS

and the NIMS.

Selection Criteria:The target audience includes persons 

involved with emergency planning, and response or 

recovery efforts.
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Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: None.

Course Topics

• ICS Overview;

• Basic Features of ICS;

• Incident Commander and Command Staff 

Functions;

• General Staff Functions;

• ICS Facilities; and

• Command Responsibilities.

Delivery Options:

ICS-100 can be taken as an Independent Study course 

in a classroom setting. Detailed information is found 

at http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp

NIMS Compliance:

ICS-100 meets the following 2006 NIMS requirement:

Entry-level first responders (including firefighters, 

police officers, emergency medical services 

providers, public works onscene personnel, public 

health onscene personnel, and other emergency 

responders) and other emergency personnel who 

require an introduction to the basic components 

of the ICS.

Course Length:Approximately 8 hours for the classroom version.

Incident Command System/Emergency 

Operations Center (ICS/EOC) Interface 

(G191)

This 11⁄2-day course works best when delivered to 

ICS and EOC personnel from the same community. The course provides an opportunity for participants to begin developing an ICS/EOC interface for 

their community. The course reviews ICS and EOC

responsibilities and functions and depends heavily 

on exercises and group discussions to formulate the 

interface.

Selection Criteria: Participants should be teams from a 

community’s ICS and EOC personnel.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-195, Basic Incident Command System 

(ICS.).

Incident Command System (ICS) for Public 

Officials’ Conference (G194)

The 11⁄2-hour conference is designed as a briefing 

for elected and appointed policy-level officials. This 

conference focuses on providing public officials 

with an awareness of ICS as an effective management tool which can be adopted in managing emergency situations.

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed policy-level 

officials.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: None.

Incident Command System (ICS) for Single 

Resources and Initial Action Incidents,

ICS-200

This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently within the ICS during an incident or 

event. This course focuses on the management of 

single resources.

Selection Criteria: The primary target audience is 

response personnel with supervisory responsibilities.

Course Goals and Topics:

• describe the ICS organization appropriate to the 

complexity of the incident or event;

• use ICS to manage an incident;

• leadership and management;

• delegation of authority and management by 

objectives;

• functional areas and positions;

• briefings;
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• organizational flexibility; and

• transfer of command.

Delivery Options

ICS-200 can be taken as an Independent Study course 

in a classroom setting. Detailed information is found 

at http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp

Prerequisites:

Required: ICS-100.

Recommended: Response and recovery experience.

NIMS Compliance:

ICS-200 meets the 2006 NIMS requirement:

First-line supervisors, single-resource leaders, lead 

dispatchers, field supervisors, company officers, 

and entry-level positions (trainees) on Incident 

Management Teams and other emergency personnel 

who require a higher level of ICS training.

Course Length: Approximately 13 hours for classroom delivery.

Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) 

(G250)

This special workshop deals with specific emergency management activities and problems. It is 

intended to cover nonadministrative, innovative, or 

situational emergency management training subjects that normally may confront local directors. It 

does not replace any current course or segments of 

courses. The following workshop modules are available for use in conducting WEM workshops.

Workshop: Amateur Radio Resources 

(G250.6)

This 3- to 4-hour workshop is designed to provide 

State and local elected officials, emergency managers, and other public officials an understanding 

of how these volunteer communication groups 

can help in supplementing telecommunication and 

warning systems.

Selection Criteria: State and local elected officials, 

emergency managers, and other public officials.

Senior Officials’ Workshop: Preparedness and 

Response for Terrorist Incidents (involving 

nuclear, biological, and chemical agents) 

(G250.12)

This 4-hour course focuses on the roles and responsibilities of community senior officials in preparing 

for, responding to, and recovering from terrorist 

attacks. It is the revised version of the course originally offered by the Department of Defense as part 

of the Domestic Preparedness Program.

This workshop has an optional tabletop exercise.

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed community 

officials.

Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness

(G271)

The National Weather Service (NWS) and FEMA

developed this course with input from many State 

and local emergency managers. It is intended to help 

to promote a more proactive response to weather 

and flooding hazards through close coordination 

between emergency management and NWS. This 

course covers:

• how the basic elements of weather can combine to 

create potential hazards in an area;

• weather forecast products and how to interpret 

them; and

• anticipating hazardous weather for planning, 

warning, and response purposes.

Selection Criteria: Local and State emergency managers 

who respond to hazardous weather events.

Warning Coordination (G272)

This 11⁄2-day field course is the latest in the hazardous weather series of courses produced in partnership with the NWS. It is designed to be conducted 

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gists and State emergency management staff for an 

audience of local emergency managers.

Every year the United States experiences more severe 

weather than any other country in the world. In 

order to reduce deaths, injuries, and property losses, 

emergency managers must work closely with the 

NWS and the news media to provide effective warnings that can be received and understood by people 

at risk. This course is intended to help facilitate that 

process.

Course topics include The Social Dimensions of 

Warning Response, Developing Effective Warning 

Messages, Developing an Effective Community 

Warning Process, and working with the news media 

to create a Weather Warning Partnership. In addition 

to lecture and discussion, the course includes case 

studies, exercises, and an opportunity for interaction with representatives of the local news media.

Selection Criteria: Intended for local emergency 

managers.

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 

Management and Operations (G275)

This 3-day course provides participants with the 

knowledge and skills to effectively manage and 

operate an EOC during crisis situations. The course 

covers locating and designing an EOC, how to staff, 

train, and brief EOC personnel, and how to operate an EOC during various situations. It is modular 

so that it is flexible to meet various jurisdictions’ 

needs.

Selection Criteria: State and local individuals responsible for developing, staffing, managing, and operating an EOC. Other EOC staff are encouraged to 

attend.

Prerequisites:

Required: Successful completion of IS-275, The 

Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC’s) Role in Community 

Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Operations.

Recommended: None.

Resource Management (G276)

Course has been superseded by IS-703, which is 

described on page 203 of the Independent Study 

section.

Intermediate Incident Command System 

(ICS) for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300 

(G300)

ICS-300 provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. 

The course expands upon information covered in 

the ICS-100 and ICS-200 courses.

Selection Criteria: Individuals who may assume a 

supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 

incidents.

NOTE: During a Type 3 incident, some or all of the 

Command and General Staff positions may be activated, as well as Division/Group Supervisor and/

or Unit Leader level positions. These incidents may 

extend into multiple operational periods.

Prerequisites:

Required: ICS-100 and ICS-200.

Recommended: Command or General Staff 

experience.

Course Objectives

The course objectives are as follows:

• describe how the NIMSCommand and Management 

component supports the management of expanding incidents;

• describe the incident/event management process 

for supervisors and expanding incidents as 

prescribed by the ICS;

• implement the incident management process on a 

simulated Type 3 incident; and

• develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated 

incident.

Course Length: 18 hours

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Introduction to Hazardous Materials 

Preparedness (G301)

This 5- to 6-hour, 2-module course provides an 

introduction to hazardous materials concepts and 

practices. It is predicated on participants’ mastery of 

the hazardous materials Independent Study course 

(IS-5.A) prior to enrollment. It covers basic principles of preparedness, the role of local communities, 

and the hazards presented by chemicals in transportation or fixed-site threats. Each participant must be 

familiar with IS-5.A principles before enrolling in 

this class.

Selection Criteria: State and local personnel with a 

responsibility for hazardous materials.

Prerequisites:

Required: Completion of IS-5.A, An Introduction to 

Hazardous Materials.

Recommended: None.

Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses

(G310)

This series of facilitator-led courses is intended to 

help senior local government officials prepare for 

and improve their ability to manage and respond 

to mass casualty terrorism incidents involving the 

use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Each 

course has the same five objectives and each uses a 

different scenario to enable participants to accomplish them. The objectives are stated below.

At the completion of the training, local government 

officials should be able to:

• exercise greater leadership in preparing for 

and managing response to WMD mass casualty 

terrorism incidents through a better understanding 

of their jurisdiction’s response capabilities;

• analyze the appropriateness of plans, policies, 

procedures, and other preparedness elements 

currently in place to respond to and recover from 

a mass casualty terrorist incident;

• determine the adequacy and the level of training of 

jurisdictional disaster and emergency management 

staff;

• determine the adequacy of the jurisdiction’s 

resources (e.g., personnel, materials, and personal 

protective and other equipment) for response and 

recovery from a mass casualty incident; and

• identify the coordination requirements among 

local, State, and Federal governments for response 

to WMD terrorist incidents.

There are no Student Manuals; the facilitator must 

tailor the course for the specific community.

G310.1 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear Scenario

G310.2 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological Scenario

G310.3 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical–Sarin 

Scenario

G310.4 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical–Vx 

Scenario

G310.5 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological–Anthrax 

Scenario

G310.6 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Suicide Bomber 

Scenario

Selection Criteria: The following is a list of recommended participants, but it is not all-inclusive. 

Core Recommended Audience: Chief elected/

appointed officials; fire chiefs; sheriffs; police 

chiefs; directors, emergency services; directors, 

public works; directors, public health and safety; 

public information officers, chief financial officers, legal counsel, chief medical examiner/coroners; and communications directors. Other Possible 

Participants: transportation authority (port authority, airport authority, and/or area transportation 

authority, etc.*); evacuation coordinators;* mass 

care coordinators;* resource managers; chiefs, animal care and control agency; warning coordinators; 

coordinator of volunteer organizations; directors, emergency medical service (EMS); directors, 

hazardous materials team (HMT);* State and/or 

Federal representatives, as appropriate;* area mil-
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itary representative;* National Guard representatives; Department of Energy (DOE) representatives; 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) representatives;* Centers for Disease Control (CDC) representatives; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

representatives; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) representatives; and representatives of neighboring jurisdictions.

* The target audience with an asterisk must be invited (if they are 

available).

Prerequisites:

Required:The course is designed with the following 

assumptions about participation:

1. The city or county conducting the course 

has an emergency operations plan (EOP) and 

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).

2. The participants know and understand their 

roles and responsibilities, as defined by their 

EOP; are trained in their areas of expertise; and 

know their jurisdiction.

Recommended: None.

Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning 

(G311)

This 41⁄2-day course is for emergency management personnel responsible for hazardous materials 

planning and coordination. It covers emergencies 

including transportation, use, storage, and disposal 

of hazardous materials and episodic releases of airtoxic chemicals from fixed-site facilities. Emphasis is 

placed on interagency cooperation and the identification of available technical assistance. Topics include 

local, State, and Federal mechanisms to assist in planning and response, tactical requirements, hazardous 

materials characteristics, and regulatory compliance. 

This course is co-sponsored by the EPA, the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, and FEMA.

Selection Criteria: Open to all officials responsible for 

public policy and strategic planning and response

Radiological Instructors

States select a cadre of instructors who become qualified to teach radiological monitors and radiological 

response teams. These instructors could be key local 

staff, such as fire department instructors, emergency 

managers, radiological officers, State radiation control agency representatives, and others. Radiological 

instructors obtain qualification by successfully completing the following program of nonresident and 

Resident study:

IS-3, Radiological Emergency Management;

G320, Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response;

IS-301, Radiological Emergency Response; 

IS-302, Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation 

Training (MERRTT);

IS-330, Refresher Course for Radiological Response;

B301, Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO); 

and

B425, Radiological Series Train-the-Trainer (TTT).

Fundamentals Course for Radiological 

Response (G320)

This 3-day performance-based (hands-on) course 

for State and local radiological response team members covers the concepts of radiation protection, 

radiation detection instruments, radiological monitoring techniques, radiological hazards and protective actions, teambuilding, and basic procedures 

to support planning/response for emergency and 

recovery activities in the event of a radiological incident. The course covers all types of radiological hazards from fixed facility to transportation to WMD. 

This course is designed so that modules may be conducted separately and adapted to specific audience 

needs and requirements.

Selection Criteria: State and local government radiological response teams and newly assigned hazardous materials response team members.
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Prerequisites:

Required: IS-3, Radiological Emergency Management.

Recommended: None.

Hospital Emergency Department 

Management of Hazardous Materials 

Accidents (HMA) (G346)

This 1-day course introduces medical personnel 

to the procedures for handling radiation and other 

hazardous materials accident victims in the hospital environment. The goal is to enable participants 

to provide prompt and appropriate care for hazardous materials/radiological accident victims while 

minimizing exposure and preventing the spread of 

contamination. Part 1 concentrates on radiation accidents whereas part 2 covers other hazardous materials incidents.

Selection Criteria: Physicians, nurses, and others who 

provide emergency medical services in hospitals. 

Prerequisites:

Required: Successful completion of IS-346, Orientation 

to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel.

Recommended: None.

Who’s in Charge Here?: Exercising Leadership in an Emergency or Disaster (G351)

The purpose of this 6-hour course is to prepare local 

elected government officials to lead and direct their 

jurisdiction in implementing comprehensive emergency management systems.

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be 

able to:

• exercise greater leadership in an emergency 

through a better understanding of their roles and 

responsibilities;

• develop emergency management policies and 

procedures for emergency management activities 

and implement necessary policies and procedures 

to respond to and recover from a disaster;

• initiate appropriate emergency management 

actions during a disaster;

• negotiate through the intergovernmental response 

system to obtain the required resources and 

assistance in an emergency;

• maximize gains for disaster recovery assistance 

through appropriate contacts and knowledge of 

available resources;

• understand the partnership among Federal, State, 

and local governments;

• establish relationships and partnerships with other 

agencies and organizations (i.e., profit, not-forprofit, and business and industry) for effective 

emergency management response and recovery 

outcomes; and

• take actions to ensure citizen satisfaction during a 

disaster and build credibility before a disaster.

Selection Criteria: Local elected officials (i.e., mayors, 

etc.).

Emergency Response to Criminal and 

Terrorist Incidents (G357)

The primary goals of this course include increasing 

safety by describing hazards that may exist at crime 

scenes, enhancing evidence preservation and rescue efforts and fostering cooperative working relationships among all responders through role and 

responsibility clarification. The course uses a combination of instructor-led discussions and video presentations and concludes with an exercise.

Selection Criteria: The audience for this 6- to 8-hour 

course consists of persons who will respond to a 

criminal or terrorist event. This course is a joint 

training effort that includes firefighters, emergency 

medical services, law enforcement, public works, 

and others with emergency management responsibility from a local community. It is recommended 

that this course be taught to groups from the same 

jurisdiction for maximum benefit.
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Evacuation and Re-entry Planning Course 

(G358)

This 12-hour course is designed to provide participants with knowledge and skills needed to design 

and implement an evacuation and re-entry plan for 

their jurisdictions. It uses a community’s vulnerability analysis and evacuation plan. It also addresses 

evacuation behavior and recommends methods to 

make evacuation and re-entry more efficient.

This course does not address the decision to evacuate or re-enter.

Selection Criteria: The persons responsible for planning, implementing, and carrying out evacuations 

within a jurisdiction must attend this course as a 

team. This includes, but is not limited to, local and 

State government emergency program managers, 

emergency planners, and response personnel.

Workshop: Partnerships for Creating and 

Maintaining Spotter Groups (G365.3)

This 5-hour workshop emphasizes the valuable service that spotter groups provide to protect lives during hazardous weather and flooding. This activity is 

intended to promote the creation and enhancement 

of spotter groups across the country. It includes a 

wide variety of tools and approaches to help make 

spotter groups a key part of effective community 

warning systems. This workshop should be delivered jointly by emergency management and National 

Weather Service staff.

Selection Criteria: State and local emergency managers 

and National Weather Service staff.

Mass Fatalities Incident Response (G386)

This course prepares local and State response personnel and other responsible agencies and professionals 

to handle mass fatalities effectively and to work with 

the survivors in an emergency or disaster.

This course covers incident management, mass 

fatalities, planning before and operations during an 

incident, establishing the morgue, family assistance 

support operations, and assistance from the Federal 

government. The course concludes with a tabletop 

exercise.

Selection Criteria: The course is designed for a wide 

audience, encompassing the range of personnel with 

a role to play in mass fatality incidents. Coroners, 

medical examiners, funeral directors, heads of first 

response agencies (fire, police, EMS, etc.) planners, 

and emergency management coordinators will benefit from this course.

Advanced Incident Command System (ICS), 

Command and General Staff—Complex 

Incidents, ICS-400 (G400)

This course provides training on and resources for 

personnel who require advanced application of the 

ICS. This course expands upon information covered 

in ICS-100 through ICS-300 courses. These earlier 

courses are prerequisites for ICS-400.

Selection Criteria: The target audience for this course 

is senior personnel who are expected to perform 

in a management capacity in an Area Command or 

Multiagency Coordination Entity.

Prerequisites:

Required: ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-700, and 

ICS-800.

Recommended: Command or General Staff experience.

Course Objectives

The course goals are as follows:

• explain how major incidents engender special 

management challenges;

• describe the circumstances in which an Area 

Command is established; and

• describe the circumstances in which multiagency 

coordination systems are established.

Course Length: 14 hours 

This course is currently available from your State Training 

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Homeland Security Planning for Local 

Governments (G408)

This course teaches participants to evaluate, revise, or 

develop a homeland security appendix to their jurisdiction’s existing EOP. The course addresses such key 

issues as vulnerability analysis and command and 

control for homeland security events. In keeping 

with recommendations of the Gilmore Commission, 

this course builds on existing emergency response 

systems as articulated by the local EOP. 

Participants must bring a current copy of their EOP and a 

map of their jurisdiction to the training.

This course supplements EMI’s Emergency Planning 

Workshop.

Selection Criteria: Ideally, Local Emergency Planning 

Teams that include one person from emergency 

management, public works, law enforcement, fire 

service, and public health/medical service.

NOTE: While this course targets local governments, State personnel involved with assisting local planners are encouraged to apply.

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants should have a working 

knowledge of emergency planning (as articulated in FEMA’s Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations 

Planning), the ICS, and/or EOC operations.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 3 days

CEU’s: 3.2

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program 

Manager Course (G549)

This course is designed for public sector staff with 

responsibility for managing their agency/office 

COOP effort. Others integral to the COOP planning and program management may also take the 

course.

The course objectives include defining COOP; 

explaining the benefits of a viable COOP program 

and plan; and identifying processes, resources, and 

tasks necessary to implement and manage a successful COOP program.

Selection Criteria: Public sector staff with responsibility for managing their agency/office COOP effort. 

Others integral to the COOP planning and program 

management also may take the course.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-547, Introduction to Continuity of 

Operations (COOP).

Course Length: 2 days

CEU’s: 1.2
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Professional Development

In most communities, the strength of the emergency 

management system is related directly to the skills 

of the local emergency management professionals. 

Protection of lives and property begins on the local 

level where the emergency impact is felt immediately. 

Prompt, effective response and speedy recovery is the 

result of planning done over the years. The creation of 

a viable emergency management system, one that can 

tap needed resources from both public and private 

agencies, can be credited to those individuals who 

took leadership roles in their communities.

Course initiatives for instilling management and stateof-the-art skills for the training cadre and for developing additional expanded professional capabilities are 

now available. This cadre is at the core of training and 

a professional, competent emergency management 

workforce. The Master Trainer Program is designed to 

develop this cadre of training professionals capable 

of performing all training functions from analyzing 

training needs to the design, development, delivery, 

and evaluation of training activities with the goal of 

achieving excellence through training.

Resident Courses

MASTER TRAINER PROGRAM

In the Master Trainer Program (MTP), each participant will be designing and developing training specific to the needs of his or her organization. 

After the Performance and Needs Analysis course, participants should conduct a needs assessment to identify a valid training need. Based on an identified 

need, a task analysis must be completed and used 

in the Instructional Design course to develop a Plan of 

Instruction that will be used in the Course Development 

course to develop training materials like Instructor 

Guides and Student Manuals. These materials will be 

used in the Instructional Delivery course to present a unit 

or a segment thereof. In Evaluation of Training, participants will design an evaluation instrument for some 

of the units in their course materials.

Individuals interested in applying for the MTP 

must attend the Management and Supervision of Training

course first. This course is a prerequisite for all 

the other courses in the MTP. In order to apply for 

the Practicum, an individual must have completed 

Management and Supervision of Training, and Performance and 

Needs Analysis, and be accepted into the MTP.

The practicum is the culminating activity of the MTP. 

A Master Trainer candidate will be required to submit a proposal. Upon approval, a staff advisor will 

be assigned to the candidate as a mentor and provide necessary support. The practicum requirement 

should be completed within 1 year of successful 

completion of all other Master Trainer requirements. 

Those who complete the entire program will be presented an EMI certificate stating they have completed 

the MTP.

Completion of the NFA’s Fire Service Course Design course 

may be substituted for EMI’s Instructional Design course. 

No other course substitutions will be permitted.

The MTP consists of eight resident courses and a 

practicum that have been designed to develop or 

improve skills of State emergency management 

training officers, FEMA training staff, tribal training 

officers, and other State/local and Federal personnel 

with training responsibilities for emergency service 

organizations. Upon completion of the MTP, these 

professionals will possess the skills and abilities to 

analyze performance shortfalls and design, develop, 

deliver, and evaluate performance-based training for 

adult learners.

The MTP curriculum consists of the following 

courses:

E601 Management and Supervision of Training (description 

on page 156);

E602 Performance and Needs Analysis (description on 

page 157);

E603 Instructional Design (description on page 157);

E604 Course Development (description on page 157);
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E605 Instructional Delivery (description on page 158);

K606 Evaluation of Training (description on page 158); 

and

E609 Master Trainer Practicum (description on page

159).

To Apply

Applications for admission to the MTP will be 

accepted only after completion of E601. Applications 

will be reviewed on an individual basis as they are 

received and require the following items:

• A letter from the applicant requesting admission to 

the program. The letter should specify applicant’s 

qualifications, commitment to complete the entire 

program, and expectation of the program.

• A General Admission Application Form (FEMA

Form 75-5). Item #9a should state “EMI Master 

Trainer Program.” Indicate in item #10 completion of 

the Management and Supervision of Training course.

• The questionnaire, which is provided to all persons 

who complete the Management and Supervision of Training

course, completed with information about a 

training need the applicant has identified in his/

her area of responsibility.

• A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s 

immediate supervisor indicating the organization’s 

commitment to allow the applicant to complete 

the entire program.

• A college transcript or a copy of the diploma to 

support the completion of at least an associate’s 

degree.

All materials should be packaged and sent directly to:

Master Trainer Program

Emergency Management Institute

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998

EMI will send a copy of the application to the 

appropriate State Training Officer for Emergency 

Management to obtain his/her approval. Without 

this approval, the applicant cannot be accepted into 

the program.

Individuals who are not accepted for the MTP may 

apply for the individual courses within the program. 

Enrollment will be on a space-available basis, first 

come, first served.

Management and Supervision of Training 

(E601)

This course is designed to enable participants to 

develop, plan, manage, and evaluate a training program effectively. Key topics include conducting a 

performance and needs analysis, designing and 

developing courses and selecting training sites, 

arranging logistics, promoting teamwork during 

training, minimizing liability, and evaluating a training program.

This course is the initial activity in the MTP. As such, 

It provides a surface look at the functions of performance analysis course design, course development, 

course delivery, and course evaluation. It is appropriate for those training managers whose training 

responsibility is a collateral responsibility or who 

are new to the position.

Selection Criteria: This course is designed for those 

who have overall responsibility for developing, planning, managing, and evaluating training programs. 

FEMA regional training managers, State emergency 

management training officers, and other State-level 

organizational training managers are appropriate 

candidates for this course. Managers of local training 

organizations will be accepted, provided they demonstrate that the system they manage is of a complexity commensurate with that of the State emergency 

management organization, which includes all functions identified above.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Applicants must have the responsibility 

for developing, planning, managing, and evaluating a training program.

Recommended: None.

Precourse Work: Participants will be required to do 

some precourse reading.
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Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Human Resource Management or 

Adult Education

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4

Performance and Needs Analysis (E602)

This course will enable the participant to conduct 

a performance and needs analysis. An analysis plan 

is developed based on a problem that individuals 

bring to the course. The plan is the basis for conducting a performance and needs analysis. The 

results will determine an appropriate intervention 

to the problem(s).

Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training 

Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers, 

and other key emergency management trainers.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601 first.

Recommended: Participants also should do research 

on a real problem from their department, agency, 

or organization.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Education, Public Administration, or 

Emergency Management

Course Length: 4 days 

CEU’s: 3.0

Instructional Design (E603)

This course will enable the participant to develop a 

plan of instruction (POI). The POI is used to develop 

supporting training materials. Participants work with 

the performance and needs analysis results completed after the E602 course. 

During the course, participants will use the task 

analysis to organize their training and work on a 

POI. Activities include analyzing tasks, content, and 

the audience, writing objectives, planning for participant and course evaluation, and selecting instructional strategies and methods.

Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training 

Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers, 

and other key trainers with emergency management 

responsibilities.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601 and 

E602.

Recommended: None.

Precourse Work: Since participants will be designing 

training based on a performance and needs analysis, they are required to submit a list of tasks that 

students should be able to perform at the end of the 

training. Reading assignments also are part of precourse work.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Education, Public Administration, or 

Emergency Management

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.0

Course Development (E604)

This course will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to develop course 

materials for a content-specific course of instruction, which can be delivered effectively by other 

instructors. 

Participants will complete parts of a Student Manual 

and Instructor Guide, plus some visuals, a job aid, 

and an activity guide.
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Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training 

Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers, 

and other trainers with emergency management 

responsibilities.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601, E602, 

and E603 first. 

Recommended: None.

Precourse Work: Participants will be required to complete and submit the POI they completed during 

Instructional Design (E603).

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Education, Public Administration, or 

Emergency Management

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.0

Instructional Delivery (E605)

This course will provide the participant with the 

knowledge, skills, and tools to become a more effective instructor. The course includes in-class reading assignments, group exercises, and individual 

presentations. Since the emphasis of this course is 

on delivery, participants will be required to deliver 

THREE presentations using a variety of training 

techniques.

Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training 

Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers, 

and other trainers with emergency management 

responsibilities. Another focus will be on other personnel who conduct training for their agency. This 

could include other Federal, State, and local agencies or groups.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601, E602, 

E603, and E604 first. 

Recommended: None.

Precourse Work: Participants must be prepared to deliver a 

presentation using the content of the unit or lesson of instruction that was developed in the Course Development 

course or that they are developing for their Master 

Trainer Practicum, or another unit of instruction 

from something else they have developed. The participant must come to class with a complete unit 

including the Instructor Guide, Student Manual, and 

visuals.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Education, Adult Learning (Training), 

Public Administration, Emergency 

 Management, or Human Resource 

Development

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Evaluation of Training (K606)

This Web-based course will provide the participant with the knowledge, skills, and tools to evaluate training effectively. Using instructional materials 

designed and developed in previous Master Trainer 

courses, participants will develop some evaluation 

items for the training they are developing.

This is only available as self-paced training using the 

World Wide Web (WWW). When participants complete E604, Course Development, they are eligible for 

K606. The K606 course manager will discuss the 

course requirements and enrollment procedures 

when speaking before various Master Trainer Program 

courses, especially E604. Participants should contact 

the course manager for K606 to enroll in the course.

A limited number of participants can be enrolled in 

K606 at one time. Participants have up to 14 weeks 

to complete the course. Participants will submit four 

written assignments for instructor evaluation and 

will be able to communicate electronically with the 

instructor and other participants.

A standard certificate will be issued upon successful 

completion of the course.
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Selection Criteria: The primary focus is State Training 

Officers, FEMA staff, State Exercise Training Officers, 

and other trainers with emergency management 

responsibilities.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601, E602, 

E603, and E604 first. 

Recommended: None.

ACE Recommendation:

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD

Curriculum: Education, Adult Education and Training, 

or Human Resources Management

Course Length: 4 to 14 weeks on the Web

CEU’s: 3.1

Master Trainer Practicum (E609)

The Master Trainer Practicum is the culminating activity of the MTP. It is not a course, but it 

involves an individual project in which the participant is responsible for conducting a performance 

and needs analysis aimed at enhancing some area of 

emergency management. Under the supervision of 

a mentor, the participant then will design, develop, 

deliver, and evaluate a training activity to meet those 

needs.

Selection Criteria: The Master Trainer Practicum is 

available only to those individuals who have been 

accepted and enrolled in the MTP and completed 

E602, Performance and Needs Analysis.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Participants must complete E601 and 

E602 before submitting a practicum proposal for 

approval. Upon approval of the proposal, the participant will be notified and assigned a mentor. 

Together the mentor and participant will prepare a 

review plan for completion of the practicum.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: (Not a course)

CEU’s: 0

Annual Training and Exercises Conference

(E237)

This conference is by “invitation only,” and is conducted annually. The intended audience for this 

conference is State Training Officers, State Exercise 

Training Officers, and FEMA Regional Training 

Managers. The purpose of the conference is to address 

training issues and share information concerning 

FEMA and State training initiatives. Best practices of 

both the Federal government and the States are a priority of the conference.

Selection Criteria: Open to State Training Officers 

(STO), State Exercise Training Officers (ETO), and 

FEMA Regional Training Managers (RTM). Officials 

from Office for Domestic Preparedness, CDC, and 

Health Resources and Services Administration may 

receive an invitation.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 0

Advanced Public Information Officers (E388)

This advanced course builds on the foundations 

established in Basic Public Information Officers (G290) by 

focusing on Public Information Officer (PIO) responsibilities in large-scale emergency situations. This is 

accomplished through a series of lectures and simulation exercises. Topics include legal issues, risk 

communication, interpersonal skills, effective communication in emergencies, media relations, and use 

of the joint information system.

Selection Criteria: Full- and part-time public information personnel who have completed the Basic Public 

Information Officers course (G290). This requirement 

can be waived for those individuals who have extensive experience in public information activities. 

Waiver requests must be submitted and approved in 

writing before an application will be accepted.

Prerequisites: 

Required: Basic Public Information Officers (G290) (or 

preapproved EMI waiver).

Recommended: None.
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Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1

Fundamentals of Healthcare Emergency 

Management (B965)

This new 4-day course, taught at the Noble Training 

Center (NTC), is designed for personnel who are 

responsible for development, implementation, maintenance, and administration of emergency management plans for hospitals, clinics, community health 

centers, and other healthcare organizations. The 

course provides an overview of healthcare-oriented 

emergency management planning processes and 

stresses the need to coordinate these plans with local 

and regional emergency operations plans. Course 

topics include standards and regulations, hazard 

vulnerability analysis, incident command, training and exercises, facility infrastructure, resource 

management, personal protective equipment, surge 

planning, ethics, risk communications, continuity 

of operations, disaster recovery, financial planning 

and reimbursement, and evacuation planning.

This course serves as a foundation for additional 

healthcare emergency management courses including Healthcare Leadership and Administrative Decision Making 

in Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents

course (B960), Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) 

for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (L/

B461), IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)

(L/B970), and the Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner 

Program (HCMEPP).

Selection Criteria: Personnel responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, training, 

and exercise of healthcare institutional and/or corporate emergency operations plans. Participants 

also may include senior executives who have ultimate legal and fiduciary responsibility for emergency planning and operations, and State and local 

emergency management staff responsible for development, implementation, and coordination of community emergency response plans that include a 

health/medical interface.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-100, Introduction to the Incident 

Command System (ICS), and IS-200, Incident Command 

System (ICS) for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: TBD

Advanced Public Information Officers Course: 

Health and Hospital Emergencies (B966)

This course is the modified version of EMI’s popular 

Advanced Public Information Officers (E388) course to meet 

the needs of a health-related emergency. The goal of 

this course is to prepare these PIO’s to make significant, positive contributions to their community’s 

response to health-related emergencies by providing credible information to the public. The concept 

of this course is for the participants to apply their 

knowledge and skills to an emergency situation. This 

is accomplished through instruction and a series of 

practical exercises. Course topics include legal issues, 

risk communication, interpersonal skills, conflict 

resolution, communicating during an emergency, 

media relations, use of the Joint Information Center 

(JIC), and stress management.

Selection Criteria: Public Information Officers (PIO’s) 

from State and local public health departments, hospitals, emergency medical services, emergency management agencies, other public health-related services, 

and traditional emergency response agencies.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 3.1
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Nonresident Courses

Nonresident courses are offered by State training offices. To find out more about these courses, 

please contact your State office (phone numbers and 

addresses are listed in this catalog on page 209).

In most communities, the strength of the emergency 

management system is related directly to the skills 

of the local emergency management professionals. 

Protection of lives and property begins on the local 

level where the emergency impact is felt immediately. 

Prompt, effective response and speedy recovery is the 

result of planning done over years. The creation of a 

viable emergency management system, one that can 

tap needed resources from both public and private 

agencies, can be credited to those individuals who 

took leadership roles in their communities.

FEMA’s Professional Development curriculum 

addresses skills and abilities required by the emergency management professional in today’s complex 

environment. Whether dealing with natural hazards, 

technological hazards, or national security hazards, 

the emergency manager must be prepared to exercise a leadership role that extends far beyond his or 

her own department. 

The field of emergency management is emerging 

into higher visibility in communities throughout 

the Nation as they are victimized by disasters that 

are increasingly severe and more numerous. With 

this come greater responsibilities for the emergency 

managers, and likewise for the trainers who guide 

them in developing the skills to deal with disasters.

Managing People in Disasters: A Local 

Perspective (G249)

This 3-day course is aimed at preparing people to 

step in to manage and supervise in chaotic and stressful crisis situations. The package of skills offered in 

this course should enable an emergency manager to 

shift from managing a normal office environment 

to supervising an expanded staff in rapidly changing conditions. Major topics include communicating, community relationships, leadership, managing 

staff, teams, and managing the work.

Selection Criteria: Anyone who performs emergency 

management work. This course applies many of the 

basic skills of the Professional Development Series 

within a disaster context, and thus offers the possibility of being given as a Capstone experience or 

offered as refresher modules at conferences and 

other functions.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-240, Leadership and Influence, IS-241, 

Decision Making and Problem Solving, and IS-242, Effective 

Communication.

Instructional Delivery Skills (G265) (formerly 

G261, Instructional Presentation Skills) 

The purpose of this 31⁄2-day course is to prepare the 

participant to assist with State-delivered training. 

It covers preparation, presentation, and evaluation 

skills. In addition, participants will be able to incorporate the needs of training participants into their 

training delivery. At the conclusion of this course, 

participants should be able to:

• analyze the audience characteristics, given a 

particular training activity;

• review course materials to determine how the 

needs of the training participants affect their 

presentation;

• prepare to use instructional techniques, methods, 

and media effectively;

• prepare and manage the learning environment; 

and

• demonstrate effective instructional delivery 

techniques given a specific audience and materials.

Selection Criteria: Members of State and local emergency management teams. Recommended for members of State and local emergency management teams 

who assist in the teaching of FEMA- or State-developed classroom training.
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Prerequisites:

Required: Must have responsibility for teaching a 

portion of a FEMA- or State-developed course.

Recommended: None.

Public Policy in Emergency Management (G280)

This 1-day course is designed to heighten awareness of public policy issues inherent in emergency 

management. Discussions and exercises cover public 

policy analysis, executive roles, hazard evaluation, 

establishing public policy, and media relations.

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed officials of 

State and local governments who have policy responsibilities, such as mayors, city council members, 

county executives, district attorneys, legal counsel, county supervisors, attorneys general, adjutants 

general, public safety directors, budget officers, and 

those with similar responsibilities.

Basic Public Information Officers (PIO) (G290)

This 21⁄2-day course is intended for the new or less 

experienced PIO. Its emphasis is on the basic skills 

and knowledge needed for emergency management 

public information activities. Topics include the role 

of the PIO in emergency management, conducting awareness campaigns, news release writing, and 

television interviews.

Selection Criteria: Emergency management personnel, including fire and law enforcement who have 

either full- or part-time responsibilities for public 

information in their communities or departments. 

Individuals with considerable experience in public information may want to consider applying for 

a waiver to attend the Advanced Public Information Officers

(E388) course at EMI. See page 159 of this catalog 

for details.

Advanced Professional Series

Participants who complete the 5 required courses 

and any 5 of 16 elective courses are eligible to 

receive the Advanced Professional Series Certificate 

of Completion.

Required Courses

G191 Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center

(ICS/EOC) Interface (description on page 147)

G250.7 Local Situation (RAPID) Assessment Workshop (description on page 167)

G270.4 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role (description on page 167)

G275 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and 

Operations (description on page 149)

G318 Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments 

(description on page 137)

Elective Courses

Any of the last three listed not taken as a required course, and

G108 Community Mass Care Management (description on 

page 166)

G110 Emergency Management Operations Course (EMOC) for 

Local Governments (description on page 185)

G137 Exercise Program Manager/Management (description on 

page 186)

G197 Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations (formerly G250.3—Disaster-Related Needs of Seniors and 

Persons with Disabilities) (description on page 166)

G202 Debris Management (description on page 166)

G271 Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness (description 

on page 148)

G272 Warning Coordination (description on page 148)

G276 Resource Management (description on page 149)

G288 Donations Management Workshop (description on page 

167)

G290 Basic Public Information Officers (description on page 162)

G358 Evacuation and Re-entry Planning Course (description on 

page 153)

G361 Flood Fight Operations (description on page 168)

G362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools (description 

on page 138)

G386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response (description on page 

153)

G400 Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) Command and 

General Staff—Complex Incidents (description on page 

153) 

G408 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments (formerly Terrorism Planning Course) (description on 

page 154)
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Disaster Operations and 

Recovery

EMI’s Disaster Operations and Recovery curriculum 

provides training and education for Federal, State, 

tribal, and local personnel involved in response and 

recovery activities.

The curriculum emphasizes the functions involved 

in response and recovery that can be applied to all 

hazards.

Recent disasters illustrate the need to have disaster 

response and recovery plans and to provide training for disaster workers on their roles, responsibilities, functions, and procedures in disasters. The 

Disaster Operations and Recovery Curriculum provides such training and education for workers at the 

Federal, State, tribal, and local levels of government 

and allied organizations.

Resident Courses

Debris Management (E202)

Revised in Fiscal Year 2001, this course provides an 

overview of issues and recommended actions necessary to plan for, respond to, and recover from a 

major debris-generating event with emphasis on 

State, tribal, and local responsibilities. Developed 

from a predisaster planning perspective, the course 

includes debris staff organizations, compliance with 

laws and regulations, contracting procedures, debris 

management site selection, volume reduction methods, recycling, special debris situations, and supplementary assistance.

Selection Criteria: Tribal, local, and State emergency 

management personnel, including public works and 

waste management staffs, who are responsible for 

planning and/or implementing debris removal and 

disposal actions.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4

State Coordinating Officer (E208)

This course provides key State staff with updated 

information on the disaster assistance process and 

disaster assistance programs. The focus is on management issues the State Coordinating Officer (SCO) 

may face in relationship with Federal, State, local, 

and tribal partners in the Joint Field Office (JFO) 

and EOC.

Selection Criteria: State staff who have disaster management responsibilities such as Individual Assistance 

Officers, Public Assistance Officers, State Hazard 

Mitigation Officers, State Public Information Officers, 

State Coordinating Officers, and others who have a 

disaster management assignment.

Prerequisite: 

Required: IS-208, State Disaster Management, completed 

through the Independent Study Program.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.9

Recovery from Disaster: The Local 

Government Role (E210)

This resident course is designed for local disaster 

recovery teams consisting of emergency managers, 

city/county administrators, public works directors, 

building inspectors, and community planners. The 

course focuses on the roles and responsibilities of 

each team member, and provides guidance on developing a local disaster recovery plan. Best practices 

in disaster recovery are summarized in a CD-ROM

toolkit included in course materials. Participants are 

given the opportunity to develop an outline of their 

own recovery plan during the course.

Selection Criteria: Local government emergency managers, building officials, community planners, city 

or county administrators, and public works directors. State disaster recovery personnel who work 

directly with local governments in disasters are eligible to attend the course. 

Course Length: 4 days

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State Community Relations (E282)

This course provides knowledge and skills to individuals who are responsible for establishing, maintaining, and managing a State and local community 

relations capability in partnership with FEMA.

Selection Criteria: State personnel who are responsible 

for the development and management of a State and 

local community relations capability. These individuals 

may be managers from emergency management or an 

agency such as human resources or social services.

States are encouraged to bring a copy of existing documents such as a community relations annex to emergency operations plan, operating procedures, etc.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 3.1

State Donations Management Course (E288)

This course is intended to provide State personnel, 

assigned as State donations coordinators, with the 

capability to develop and coordinate a State program 

to manage unsolicited donated goods and unaffiliated volunteer services effectively during a largescale disaster.

Selection Criteria: Priority will be given to States that 

send a team of two participants; the State donations 

coordinator and a leading member of a volunteer 

agency (such as the Voluntary Organizations Active 

in Disaster (VOAD) chair). Each FEMA region also is 

invited to send a human services staff member.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-288, The Role of Voluntary Agencies in 

Emergency Management.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Basic Crisis Counseling Grant Program 

Course (E354)

This course is intended to prepare the State departments of mental health to respond to a presidentially 

declared disaster. The main focus of the course is 

completion of the grant application for funding. The 

course provides training on disaster mental health 

concepts and organizational aspects of disasters and 

promotes predisaster planning that will expedite the 

grant application process. Enrollment is limited to 

one person per State. 

NOTE: This course does not provide instruction on crisis 

counseling or stress management techniques.

Selection Criteria: This is an invitation-only course. In 

order to attend this course, you must be an employee 

of a State department of mental health responsible 

for overseeing a crisis counseling program grant in 

response to a presidentially declared disaster with little or no experience, or a FEMA Regional DAE or PFT

who works with the crisis counseling program. 

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4

State Public Assistance Operations (E376)

To provide State, local, and tribal staffs with an overview of FEMA’s public sssistance program, process, 

and policies. Course topics include introduction to 

program laws, regulations and policies, public assistance process, grants management, eligibility, hazard 

mitigation in the public assistance program, compliance with other Federal laws and regulations, project 

formulation, and National Emergency Management 

Information System (NEMIS).

Selection Criteria: State, tribal, and local government 

personnel responsible for administering public 

assistance grants.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4
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Compact (EMAC) Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 

(E430)

This Train-the-Trainer is designed to prepare State 

emergency management EMAC staffs and coordinators identified as instructors in the delivery of the 

new EMAC field course and related duties and tasks. 

In addition, participants will prepare for and practice 

delivering sections of the EMAC field course during 

the TTT. Participants already should have knowledge 

of the fundamentals of adult training and have experience in instructing adult learners.

Selection Criteria: State emergency management EMAC

instructors and coordinators.

Prerequisites: 

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants should read the EMAC

field course Read-Ahead Module prior to attending the 

class and currently located at www.emcweb.org.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4

Public Assistance Grant Administration for 

States (E478)

To provide State/grantee public assistance and grant 

administration staff with an indepth look at the 

preaward, postaward, and closeout activities associated with the public assistance program. Participants 

will learn to apply Federal regulations, assist with 

project identification, ensure financial reporting 

requirements are met, and outline documentation 

requirements.

Selection Criteria: State/Grantee staff administering 

the public assistance program or those involved in 

public assistance grant administration.

Course Length: 4 days

CEU’s: 2.4
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Nonresident Courses

Nonresident courses are offered by State training offices. To find out more about these courses, 

please contact your State office (phone numbers and 

addresses are listed in this catalog on page 209).

Disaster operations and recovery are phases of 

emergency management that require a team effort 

at all levels of government and the private sector. 

Professionals involved in disaster operations and 

recovery include elected and appointed officials, city 

and county administrators, emergency managers, 

public works directors, building officials, community planners, emergency services personnel, and 

other allied professionals.

Training and education in disaster operations is a 

critical first step towards ensuring successful disaster 

operations. The Disaster Operations and Recovery 

Curriculum is designed to equip Federal, State, local, 

and tribal professionals with the knowledge, skills, 

and abilities required to perform their jobs. These 

professionals are encouraged to avail themselves of 

the courses offered in the curriculum.

Community Mass Care Management (G108)

This 2-day course is intended to equip emergency 

management staff and volunteer agency personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform as effective mass care coordinators in a broad 

range of disaster situations. The course covers how 

to assess and size up mass care needs; how to plan 

for mass care; recruitment, training, and exercises 

for mass care personnel; and actions to take in shortterm and long-term mass care operations (response 

and recovery).

Selection Criteria: State, tribal, and local government 

emergency management and volunteer agency personnel who provide mass care assistance.

Emergency Planning and Special Needs 

Populations (G197)

This 21⁄2-day course is intended to provide those 

with responsibilities for providing emergency planning or care of seniors, people with disabilities, and/

or special needs groups with the skills and knowledge they will need to prepare for, respond to, and 

recover from emergency situations.

Selection Criteria: The target audience for this course 

includes emergency managers, senior first-response 

personnel, special needs coordinators, human services organization personnel, facility planners, community-based organizational personnel, advocacy 

group personnel, elected officials, public health 

personnel, and Voluntary Organizations Active in 

Disaster (VOAD) personnel.

Debris Management (G202)

This field course is designed for State and local personnel at all levels as well as public works directors, 

their staffs, and waste management personnel. The 

course provides an overview of issues and recommended actions necessary to plan for, respond to, 

and recover from debris-generating events.

Selection Criteria: State, local, and tribal personnel.

NOTE: All course files are accessible to the State Training Officer 

via the FEMA Web site.

Public Assistance Program Applicant 

Workshop (G203)

This 1-day field course is an overview of the roles 

and responsibilities of potential applicants who participate in FEMA’s public assistance program. The 

target audience includes local government/tribal 

personnel, public works directors, emergency management coordinators, and other local government/

tribal personnel with disaster assignments involving 

the community infrastructure.

*During the early stages of disaster recovery, this course can be 

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Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) 

(G250)

This special workshop deals with specific emergency 

management activities and problems. It is intended 

to cover nonadministrative, innovative, or situational 

emergency management training subjects that normally confront local directors. It does not replace 

any current course or segments of courses. The following workshop modules are available for use in 

conducting WEM workshops.

Workshop: Local Situation (RAPID) 

Assessment (G250.7)

Communities can use the Resource Guide and 

Facilitator’s Guide when developing the plan and 

procedures for rapidly and efficiently collecting 

disaster intelligence immediately following a disaster. This intelligence is used to prioritize response 

activities, allocate available resources, and specifically request resources from other sources to save 

and sustain lives.

Selection Criteria:Any community working to improve 

its disaster intelligence collection procedures.

Expedient Flood Training (G270.3)

This 45-minute orientation module is designed to 

train volunteers in flood-fighting techniques using 

sandbags and other materials.

Selection Criteria: Local government emergency managers and emergency responders.

Recovery From Disaster: The Local 

Government Role (G270.4)

This workshop is a condensed version of the 4-day 

EMI resident course.

The WEM is designed for one-half to 2-day delivery, 

depending on local need, and covers the roles and 

responsibilities of local recovery team members. 

Selection Criteria: Local government emergency managers, city and county administrators, community 

planners, building inspectors, and public works 

directors.

NOTE: All course files are accessible to the State Training Officer 

via the FEMA Web site.

Managing Through a Disaster for Supervisors 

(G270.5)

This 11⁄2-day workshop provides local government 

managers and supervisors with an improved ability to supervise disaster workers and to plan for and 

cope with problems working through and recovering from disasters.

Selection Criteria: Local government managers and 

supervisors.

Working Through a Disaster for Front-Line 

Employees (G270.6)

This 1-day workshop provides front-line local government employees with an improved ability to plan 

for and cope with the problems of working through 

and recovering from disasters.

Selection Criteria: Local government emergency managers and response and recovery personnel.

Donations Management Workshop (G288)

This 8 to 12 hour workshop addresses the planning 

considerations and operational requirements for an 

effective donations management system at the State 

and/or local level. A special emphasis is put on the 

importance of collaborative partnership between 

State/local government and voluntary agencies as 

the key to success in donations management.

Selection Criteria: Local government officials or State 

and local leaders of key voluntary organizations 

(i.e., those affiliated with the State VOAD), who have 

responsibility for planning, coordinating, implementing, and/or operating the donations management function at the State and local level.
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Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must have some responsibility to oversee, coordinate, and/or assist with the 

State and local donations function during largescale disasters.

Recommended: IS-288, The Role of Voluntary Agencies in 

Emergency Management.

Flood Fight Operations (G361)

This 21⁄2-day course is for emergency managers, 

public works officials, levee district representatives, 

and others responsible for planning, preparing, and 

managing the response to a flood. Using a combination of lectures, discussions, activities, and exercises, 

the course will take participants through the complete process from well before the flood to clean-up 

afterwards. Officials from every community at risk 

of flooding should take this training.

While this training emphasizes how to conduct a 

flood fight, it provides information to help communities decide if a flood fight is possible and worth 

the effort and cost. Diagrams with materials lists 

and equipment and labor requirements to construct 

various types of temporary flood protection can be 

used to help determine if there is enough time and 

resources to protect the community. If the whole 

community cannot be protected, then officials must 

decide where to concentrate their efforts to protect 

some areas and/or evacuate and relocate what they 

can. If a flood fight is undertaken, it should be done 

the right way or the effort will be wasted.

Instructors should be experienced in flood fighting. It is recommended that the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers be part of the instructional team to discuss the methods and techniques it will use in your 

region and to explain what assistance it may be able 

to provide.

NOTE: Some States may decide to add the 45-minute 

Expedient Flood Training (G270.3) to offerings of this 

course and also may do a field activity to build a sandbag wall. If 

participants will be asked to fill and place sandbags, they should be 

told to bring appropriate clothing.

Selection Criteria: Federal, State, tribal, and local officials responsible for planning, preparing, and managing response to floods.
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Integrated Emergency 

Management

This curriculum addresses emergency response 

activities for the total community—from the chief 

elected official to professional staff, both paid and 

volunteer, within the emergency response organizations. One set of courses in the curriculum is 

the Integrated Emergency Management Courses 

(IEMC). The IEMC stresses the integration of functions, resources, organizations, and individuals in 

all phases of emergency management. This course 

is offered in numerous versions to meet current 

needs and may be offered either for officials from 

several communities (generic course) or for a specific community. Current IEMC’s include: IEMC/All 

Hazards: Preparedness and Response; the IEMC/All Hazards: 

Recovery and Mitigation; IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and 

Response; IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation; IEMC/

Earthquake: Preparedness and Response; IEMC/Earthquake: 

Recovery and Mitigation; IEMC/Homeland Security; IEMC/Food 

and Agriculture Terrorism; and IEMC/State, IEMC/Hazardous 

Materials: Preparedness and Response; IEMC/Metropolitan Medical 

Response System (MMRS).

IEMC’s immerse participants in the practical application of functions associated with disaster response 

management. Each course includes orientation presentations to specific response functions as well as a 

simulated emergency situation that participants must 

cope with in a high-stress disaster environment.

The IEMC’s described in this section can be conducted for a specific community; however, the number of courses conducted annually in this fashion is 

limited. A request for a community-specific IEMC

should be made at least 18 months before the date 

desired (see procedures in this section). Since a 

community-specific IEMC represents a substantial 

commitment of EMI resources to a single jurisdiction, a serious commitment also is required on the 

part of the participating community. Requests for 

IEMC community-specific offerings must be made 

by the chief elected or appointed community official, endorsed by the respective State emergency 

management agency, and approved by the appropriate FEMA regional office.

While every effort is made to accommodate individual applications for the IEMC courses, State offices 

of emergency management are the focal point for 

recruiting the participant positions for the generic 

courses, under the guidance of the FEMA regional 

offices. Each offering requires one chief elected 

official, one police chief, one fire chief, etc., to fill 

real-life positions used in the IEMC.

The IEMC NATIONAL OPEN ENROLLMENT 

SYSTEM will provide two open enrollment periods for Resident IEMC programs at EMI. All positions will be open to all potential participants from 

all areas (regions) of the country.

First National Open Enrollment Period: May 1–

June 30. Applications will be submitted for all positions for Resident IEMC’s scheduled for the first 

and second quarters of the following fiscal year.

Second National Open Enrollment Period: 

November 1–December 31. Applications will be 

submitted for all positions for Resident IEMC’s 

scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of the 

following fiscal year.

After each National Open Enrollment Period, applications will be reviewed and selected participants 

will be accepted into the class they applied for and 

be notified. Participants who do not meet the qualifications or are not selected also will be notified.

After each National Open Enrollment Period is 

closed, any remaining vacancies will be posted on 

the IEMC Web site for a period of 60 days. These 

vacancies will be filled on a first-come, first-served 

basis. After 60 days, the courses will be closed. All 

remaining vacancies will be filled by IEMC staff 

members.

Eligibility requirements to attend Resident course 

offerings will remain the same. All applications 

must be submitted through the appropriate State 

Emergency Management Agency and FEMA Region 

to the NETC and must contain the respective signatures for endorsement.

Information concerning the IEMC National Open 

Enrollment System can be accessed at: http://training.

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INTEGRATED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

COURSE (IEMC) SELECTION CRITERIA

Except for IEMC’s reserved for “community-specific” 

courses, all participants are recruited for the following positions via the National Open Enrollment 

System.

Elected and appointed city, county, and tribal officials. These include mayor, county executive, legal 

counsel, city manager, city council, finance director, personnel/human resources manager, public 

information officer, economic development manager, city/county mitigation officer, city/county 

emergency management director and staff, fire marshal, airport manager, housing coordinator, and 

director of transportation. Also included as eligible participants are State/area coordinators, State 

mitigation officers, National Guard representatives, 

and Federal/military personnel. Additionally, upperand midmanagement personnel, including supervisory, operational, and communications/dispatch 

staff from fire service, law enforcement, public 

works, and emergency medical services, are a part 

of the target audience. The Red Cross and Salvation 

Army (VOAD’s) and school and university systems 

also should be represented, along with business and 

industry including Chamber of Commerce, building associations, hotel and restaurant organizations, 

and engineers.

IEMC COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC APPLICATION 

PROCEDURES 

Each year various communities throughout the 

United States express an interest in FEMA/EMI conducting an IEMC for their community emergency 

management officials and responders. Communityspecific IEMC’s require a major commitment from 

both the community and EMI, as well as from the 

FEMA regional office and State office of emergency 

management involved.

Because the demand for community-specific IEMC’s 

exceeds the resources to deliver, application criteria 

and a formal selection process have been established. 

Both the selection process and information that will 

be reviewed to determine acceptance of a request are 

outlined below.

Steps in the Application/Selection Process

• The chief elected official of the jurisdiction submits 

a letter of request, addressing the specified criteria 

(see next section), to his/her respective State office 

of emergency management.

• If the State office of emergency management 

supports the request, it should attach a letter of 

endorsement outlining how acceptance of this 

request will meet State emergency management 

objectives. NOTE: At this stage in the request, the 

State office may elect not to forward the request 

but, instead, work with the community (especially 

if the community is under 100,000 in population) 

to conduct the G110, Emergency Management 

Operations Course (EMOC) for Local Governments for the 

community.

• If approved by the State office, the request should be 

forwarded to the appropriate FEMA regional office 

for review. The FEMA regional office, if it supports 

the application, should include an endorsement 

for each community it recommends. If more than 

one jurisdiction is submitted, the Region should 

prioritize its recommendations.

• Applications should be received at EMI from 

the Regions no later than January 15 each year. 

Between January 15 and February 15, EMI staff and 

FEMA program office representatives (as deemed 

appropriate based on information provided in the 

requests) will review the applications and rank 

them based on regional priority and information 

provided in the requests. Recommendations will 

be forwarded to the Superintendent of EMI for 

final selection no later than March 1.

• By March 31, communities that have been accepted 

will be notified, as will communities that were not 

accepted. Appropriate FEMA regional offices and 

State emergency management offices also will be 

notified.

• Communities that were not accepted and that 

want to be reconsidered for the following year 

must re-apply. Applications will not automatically 

be considered for the following fiscal year.
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SPECIFIC CRITERIA

Communities must include the following with their 

letter of application:

• Population of jurisdiction.

• A brief description of the government structure 

(include organization chart if possible); clarify 

whether the request is for a single county, city, 

tribal community, or a combination.

• A narrative that includes the status of emergency 

management in the community, including past 

disaster history.

• Emergency management training and exercise 

history.

• Specific hazards facing the jurisdiction and/or 

specific hazards requested to be addressed in the 

IEMC.

• Any major national events planned for the 

jurisdiction, such as major sporting events, 

conventions, etc.

• The community emergency management 

objective(s) that will be accomplished through 

the IEMC.
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Resident Courses

IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and 

Response (E900)

This IEMC is a premier course that addresses preparedness and response in emergency situations 

resulting from severe weather-related hazards. This 

exercise-based course is conducted for two types of 

audiences. The participants in the “generic” audience IEMC represent various communities throughout the country. The “specific” audience IEMC is 

made up of participants all from one community. 

The IEMC places public officials and other key community leaders in a disaster simulation. The course 

methodologies of classroom instruction, planning 

sessions, and exercises allow for structured decisionmaking in a learning environment that is, nonetheless, realistic. A key outcome of this IEMC is that 

additional planning needs are identified, providing 

the opportunity to enhance overall preparedness. 

The exercise scenario for IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness 

and Response focuses on severe weather and related 

flooding.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants are encouraged to enroll 

in both IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response and 

the IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation in consecutive, back-to-back, offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

 Management

NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E900, E905, or E910.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation 

(E901)

This exercise-based course emphasizing recovery 

and mitigation is new in the IEMC curriculum. 

It is similar to the IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and 

Response course in its format but emphasizes recovery 

and mitigation activities. This course is conducted 

for two types of audiences. The participants in the 

“generic” audience offering represent various communities throughout the country. This IEMC also 

may be offered to communities that have previously 

participated in a “specific” community IEMC. The 

IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation places public 

officials and other key community leaders in a simulation that begins after a disaster has affected a 

community. The course methodologies of classroom 

instruction, planning sessions, and exercises allow 

for structured decisionmaking in a learning environment that is, nonetheless, realistic. A key outcome of this IEMC is to provide participants with 

the ability to carry out their respective functions 

related to disaster recovery, in both the short-term 

and the long-term. The exercise scenario focuses on 

recovery from severe weather and related flooding. 

Mitigation activities to prevent or reduce the future 

impact of a similar disaster also are identified during 

the mitigation exercise.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: E900, IEMC: All Hazards Preparedness and 

Response. Participants are encouraged to enroll in 

both IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response and 

IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation in consecutive, back-to-back, offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

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NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E901, E906, or E911.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and 

Response (E905)

This IEMC addresses preparedness and response in 

emergency situations resulting from a hurricane. This 

exercise-based course is conducted for two types of 

audiences. The participants in the “generic” audience IEMC represent various communities throughout the country. The “specific” audience IEMC is 

made up of participants all from one community. 

The IEMC places public officials and other key community leaders in a disaster simulation. The course 

methodologies of classroom instruction, planning 

sessions, and exercises allow for structured decisionmaking in an educational, yet realistic, environment. A key outcome of this IEMC is that additional 

planning needs are identified, providing the opportunity to enhance overall preparedness. The exercise scenario for IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response

focuses on evacuation issues prior to the simulated 

hurricane making landfall and response activities 

after landfall.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants are encouraged to enroll 

in both IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response and 

IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation in consecutive, 

back-to-back offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E900, E905, or E910.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation 

(E906)

This IEMC with emphasis on recovery and mitigation issues is another addition to the IEMC curriculum. This exercise-based course is similar to 

IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response in its format, 

but emphasis is placed on recovery and mitigation 

activities following a hurricane. This course is conducted for two types of audiences. The participants 

in the “generic” audience represent various communities from throughout the country. This IEMC

also may be offered to communities that have previously participated in a “specific” community IEMC. 

The IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation places public officials and other key community leaders in a 

simulation that begins after a disaster has affected a 

community. The course methodologies of classroom 

instruction, planning sessions, and exercises allow 

for structured decisionmaking in a learning environment that is realistic. A key outcome of this IEMC

is to provide participants with the ability to carry 

out their respective functions related to disaster 

recovery, both in the short-term and long-term. The 

exercise scenario focuses on a community recovery 

from a hurricane. Mitigation activities to prevent 

or reduce the future impact of a hurricane also are 

identified through course exercises.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: E905, IEMC: Hurricane Preparedness and 

Response. Participants are encouraged to enroll in 

both IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response and 

IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation, in consecutive, back-to-back offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E901, E906, or E911.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5
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IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and 

Response (E910)

This IEMC/Earthquake course addresses preparedness and response in emergency situations resulting from an earthquake. This exercise-based course 

is conducted for two types of audiences. The participants in the “generic” audience IEMC represent various communities from throughout the country. The 

“specific” audience IEMC is made up of participants 

all from one community. The IEMC places public 

officials and other key community leaders in a disaster simulation. The course methodologies of classroom instruction, planning sessions, and exercises, 

allow for structured decisionmaking in a learning 

environment that is realistic. A key outcome of this 

IEMC is that additional planning needs are identified, providing the opportunity to enhance overall 

preparedness. The exercise scenario for the IEMC/

Earthquake: Preparedness and Response focuses on response 

to an earthquake. Additional planning needs to prepare for an earthquake response also are identified.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: Participants are encouraged to enroll 

in both IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response and 

IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation in consecutive, back-to-back offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E900, E905, or E910.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation 

(E911)

This is another new IEMC, which emphasizes recovery and mitigation issues. This exercise-based course 

is similar to the IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response

in its format but emphasizes recovery and mitigation activities following a major earthquake. This 

course is conducted for two types of audiences. The 

participants in the “generic” audience IEMC represent various communities from throughout the 

country. This IEMC also may be offered to communities that have previously participated in a “specific” community IEMC. The IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery 

and Mitigation course places public officials and other 

key community leaders in a simulation that begins 

after a disaster has affected a community. The course 

methodologies of classroom instruction, planning 

sessions, and exercises allow for structured decision 

making in an educational, yet realistic, environment. 

A key outcome of this IEMC is to provide participants with the ability to carry out their respective 

functions related to disaster recovery, both in the 

short-term and long-term. The exercise scenario 

focuses on a community recovery from an earthquake disaster. Mitigation activities to prevent or 

reduce the future impact of an earthquake also are 

identified through course exercises.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: E910, IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and 

Response. Participants are encouraged to enroll in 

both IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response and 

IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation in consecutive, back-to-back offerings.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

NOTE: Credit can be awarded for only one course in the series of 

the IEMC courses: E901, E906, or E911.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5
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IEMC/Homeland Security (E915)

This IEMC focuses on preparing for and responding 

to the consequences of a terrorist act. This exercisebased course is conducted for two types of audiences. The participants in the “generic” audience 

IEMC represent various communities from throughout the country. The “specific” audience IEMC is 

made up of participants all from one community. 

The IEMC places public officials and other key community leaders in a disaster simulation. The course 

methodologies of classroom instruction, planning 

sessions, and exercises allow for structured decisionmaking in a realistic learning environment. In the 

IEMC/Homeland Security, special attention is placed 

on the response among agencies when the disaster 

area also is a crime scene.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/Food and Agriculture Terrorism (E916)

This IEMC focuses on preparing for, determining 

scope of, and recovering from terrorist acts on the 

Nation’s food and agriculture systems.

Participants will be introduced to situational threat 

assessment, ICS/NIMS, crime scene issues, decontamination, disposal and restoration of food systems, 

quarantine/recall concerns, resource management, 

economic impacts, EOC protocols, as well as societal 

concerns, case study analysis, and roles and responsibilities as outlined in Homeland Security Presidential 

Decision Directive 9.

As with other IEMC’s, officials from Federal, State, 

and local public health and agriculture agencies, 

emergency services disciplines, elected/appointed 

officials, and private industry will have an opportunity to participate in exercises simulating terrorist 

acts upon food and agriculture infrastructure.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-100, Introduction to the Incident 

Command System.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/Hazardous Materials: Preparedness 

and Response (E920)

This IEMC focuses on preparing for and responding to a major hazardous materials incident. This 

exercise-based course is conducted for a “generic” 

audience. The participants in the “generic” audience IEMC represent various communities from 

throughout the country. The IEMC places public officials and other key community leaders in a disaster 

simulation. The course methodologies of classroom 

instruction, planning sessions, and exercises allow 

for structured decisionmaking in a learning environment that is nonetheless realistic.

ACE Recommendation: 

Credit Hours: 2 hours

Level: UD or LD

Curriculum: Public Administration, Emergency 

Management

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

IEMC/State: Response and Recovery 

(E/L925)

An exercise-based course combining classroom 

presentation, planning session, response exercise, 

and recovery exercise designed to simulate a major 

emergency involving many State resources.
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Selection Criteria: Includes staff of State emergency 

management, police/patrol, department of agriculture, department of natural resources, department 

of health, department of transportation, social services, private/public utilities, media, and volunteer 

organizations.

NOTE: Requests for this specialized IEMC should be originated 

by the State director of emergency management, endorsed by the 

Governor, and forwarded through the appropriate FEMA regional 

office to the Superintendent, Emergency Management Institute.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Integrated Emergency Management 

Courses For Specific Communities 

(E930, E931, and E932)

These IEMC’s place emphasis on community 

response and short-term recovery issues. They are 

tailored to fit the community and are based on a 

selected hazard type. The course methodologies of 

classroom instruction, planning sessions, and exercises allow for structured decisionmaking in a learning, yet realistic, environment. A key outcome of 

this IEMC is to provide participants with the ability to carry out their respective functions related to 

disaster response and assist with making the transition from response activities to short-term recovery. 

These actions allow the community to “position” 

itself better for long-term recovery.

The following types of community-specific programs are available to Federal, State, local, and tribal 

communities:

• IEMC/All Hazards: Response and Recovery;

• IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response;

• IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation;

• IEMC/Earthquake: Response and Recovery;

• IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response;

• IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation;

• IEMC/Hurricane: Response and Recovery;

• IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response;

• IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation;

• IEMC/Hazardous Materials Preparedness and Response;

• IEMC/Homeland Security;

• IEMC/Special Events (For local and State emergency 

management);

• IEMC/State Government (For State emergency 

management agencies);

• IEMC/Regional Response Coordination Center (RRCC) (For 

FEMA regional offices); and

• IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed city, county, 

and tribal officials. These include mayor, county 

executive, legal counsel, city manager, city and 

tribal council, finance director, personnel/human 

resources manager, public information officer, economic development manager, city/county mitigation officer, city/county emergency management 

director and staff, fire marshal, airport manager, and 

director of transportation. Additionally, upper- and 

midmanagement personnel, including supervisory, 

operational, and communications/dispatch staff 

from fire service, law enforcement, public works, 

and emergency medical services, are a part of the 

target audience. The Red Cross and the Salvation 

Army (VOAD’s) and school and university systems 

also should attend.*

*A community desiring to participate in these courses should 

submit an application following the procedures outlined in 

this catalog on page 170.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Healthcare Leadership and Administrative 

Decision Making in Response to Weapons of 

Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents Course 

(B960)

This 4-day exercise-based training course delivered at the NTC in Anniston, Alabama, provides a 

realistic setting in which expert instructors assist 

healthcare professionals to develop the appropriate 

decisions in response to a WMD event. Participants 

will learn by doing through the use of functionally 

realistic and technically correct scenario-based exercises. Exercises will be supported by challenging and 
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dynamic discussions and background presentations 

that are current, with constantly evolving standards, 

protocols, and procedures.

The target audience for this course includes the following healthcare professionals:

Hospital Executive Group

Function: Senior executive(s) who has/have ultimate 

legal and fiduciary overall responsibilities for the 

institution. 

Examples:

• hospital Chief Executive Officer;

• hospital Chief Operating Officer;

• hospital Executive Vice President;

• hospital Vice President;

• hospital Chief Medical Officer;

• hospital Chief Financial Officer;

• hospital Nurse Executive; and/or

• hospital Emergency Preparedness Coordinator.

Patient Services Group

Function: Senior patient care services leadership (nonphysician) responsible for organizing and delivering patient care services and resources; maintains 

patient tracking system; assures the treatment of inpatients and manages the in-patient care areas; controls discharge procedures.

Examples:

• chief nursing officer;

• nurse manager/supervisor for patient care;

• nurse house supervisor; and/or

• Assistant Vice-President, Nursing.

Emergency Department Group

Function: Person responsible for overall clinical and 

administrative management of the emergency 

department resources.

Examples:

• Emergency Department Manager;

• Emergency Department Administrator;

• Emergency Department Physician; and/or

• Emergency Department Nurse.

Physical Plant Operations Group

Function: Person responsible for the physical plant 

and its environment.

Examples:

• plant chief officer (preferred);

• Security Chief; and/or

• Safety Officer.

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Group

Function: Person responsible for authorizing policy 

and/or participates in the formation of policy that 

determines the response of EMS resources to multiple casualty incidents. This person would serve as 

the EMS operations officer directing EMS response 

during an incident. If a person with these responsibilities is not available, then a person who directs the 

operations of the EMS communications component 

of a community public safety response system (9-1-1 

system) may be substituted.

Examples:

• Emergency Medical Services Administrator; and/or

• EMS 9-1-1 Administrator/Communication Chief

Public Health Group

Function: Person responsible for authorizing policy 

and/or participates in the formation of policy that 

determines the public health response to a WMD 

incident.

Examples:

• Public Health Director (city/county/State);

• Public Health Officer (city/county/State); and/or

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Preference for acceptance will be given to those 

healthcare systems that can provide one individual 

from each of the above groups for any given course 

offering. The course is designed to train teams of 

individuals from a single healthcare system.

Training Costs for HCL Program

For the Healthcare Leadership course, FEMA will 

provide the following to eligible applicants accepted 

in each course at no cost:

• The training, which is approved for 30 nursing 

continuing medical education (CME) units and 

21.25 physician CME units.

• Lodging in one of the NTC dormitories.

• Round trip bus transportation from the Atlanta 

airport to/from the NTC.

Course participants will be responsible for:

• Transportation costs from place of origin to/from 

the Atlanta Airport or POV travel.

• Food costs while attending the course at NTC

(meal ticket purchase is approximately $140.00). 

Participants are required to purchase a meal 

ticket.

• Cost of obtaining individual CME’s.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 30 nursing, 21.25 physicians, other medical 

CEU’s provided

IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response 

System (MMRS) (B/L970)

MMRS jurisdictions throughout the United States 

face unique challenges as they plan and prepare 

for an integrated response to medical emergencies 

resulting from a terrorist use of weapons of mass 

destruction and from other hazards. MMRS requirements center around the following emergency management needs:

• development/coordination of response systems;

• development of appropriate MMRS plans;

• acquisition of required pharmaceuticals;

• acquisition of required equipment;

• integration of system organization, plans, 

pharmaceuticals, and equipment to achieve 

operational capability for the MMRS; and

• planning and resource management coordination 

with neighboring jurisdictions and State 

government organizations including enhanced 

mutual aid.

This IEMC is designed to exercise the individual and 

organizational skills required in responding to and 

recovering from a mass casualty terrorism-related 

disaster. Functional areas addressed by the course 

include policymaking, decisionmaking, communications, coordination of resources, management of personnel, and implementation of procedures—that is, 

the crisis response system needed for effective emergency response. Since the course participants represent the entire MMRS crisis response community, a 

highly authentic and useful experience is possible.

NOTE: Requests for this specialized IEMC should be originated 

by the primary chief elected official of the requesting MMRS jurisdiction, endorsed by State EMA, and forwarded through the appropriate FEMA regional office to the EMI Superintendent.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

The Comprehensive Exercise Curriculum 

(CEC) And Master Exercise Practitioner 

Program (MEPP)

The CEC provides a comprehensive array of classroom 

and hands-on experiences designed to improve the 

individual’s ability to manage exercise programs and 

administer emergency management exercises. The 

overall curriculum of Independent Study courses, 

field or nonresident courses, and resident courses 

(conducted at EMI, NTC, or field locations), is performance-based. Instructional methodologies are 

focused on the development of core competencies 

required to design and develop, conduct, and evaluate jurisdiction or organization-specific (community) emergency management exercises.
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EMI created the certificate title MEPP in 1999 as a 

nonresident program to recognize those individuals who have completed prescribed training and 

demonstrated, through hands-on application, a high 

level of professionalism and capability in the arena 

of emergency management exercises. The MEPP 

mission is to improve the capabilities of emergency 

management personnel involved in all aspects of 

emergency management exercises. Through the 

improvement of the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) of involved personnel, both the quantity and quality of exercises conducted at the local, 

tribal, State, and Federal levels of government can be 

improved.

The first EMI resident MEPP series, the Emergency 

Management Master Exercise Practitioner Program 

(EMMEPP), was developed in 2004 and focused on 

the exercise needs of the emergency management 

environment.

For Fiscal Year 2007, EMI will offer a new MEPP series 

focused on the emergency health and medical community. This new MEPP series for healthcare audiences will be conducted at the NTC in Anniston, 

Alabama. The Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner 

Program (HCMEPP) will consist of three 1-week resident courses designed to provide healthcare providers 

the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design, develop, 

conduct, and evaluate the wide range of exercises and 

related activities used in the health and medical community. The exercise-based training will culminate in 

the design, development, conduct, and evaluation of 

a community-wide exercise requiring response and 

recovery activities in the emergency health and medical disciplines.

Selection Criteria: EMMEPP eligibility is open to local, 

tribal, State, Territorial, Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), and other Federal agency emergency 

management/emergency services personnel whose 

responsibilities involve emergency management 

exercises. This includes exercise training officers, 

emergency managers, emergency services personnel from fire, emergency medical, hospitals, public/

environmental health, coroners, law enforcement, 

corrections officials, public works/utilities, community services/volunteer agencies, and private entities 

who participate in emergency services/emergency 

management exercise development, control/simulation, and evaluation teams and/or who manage 

exercise programs.

Prerequisites:

Required: Applicants must complete the following 

Independent Study courses: IS‐120, An Orientation to 

Community Disaster Exercises, and IS-139, Exercise Design. 

These courses can be downloaded from http://

training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp.

Multiple training locations: National Emergency 

Training Center (NETC) EMI in Emmitsburg, 

Maryland, and/or Noble Training Center (NTC) 

in Anniston, Alabama.

Recommended: None.

CEU’s: 2.5 each course, total of 7.5 CEU’s.

Application Process

Applicants must complete and submit an application package that contains a General Admission 

Application Form (FEMA Form 75-5).

Item #9a should list “FEMA EMMEPP Series #5 or 

#6.” NOTE: Item #10 must list the completion of IS-120 and 

IS-139 courses.

1. A letter from the applicant requesting admission 

to the program. The letter should address the 

applicant’s qualifications, expectations, and 

commitment to complete the entire program. 

2. A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s 

immediate supervisor indicating the organization’s commitment to allow the applicant to 

complete the entire program.

Application Mailing Address

All materials should be sent directly to:

FEMA Emergency Management Master Exercise

 Practitioner Program (EMMEPP)

Emergency Management Institute

Attention: NETC Admissions Office

16825 South Seton Avenue 

Emmitsburg, MD 21727-8998
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If the applicant is accepted as an MEPP candidate, 

the individual will be enrolled in the MEPP series. 

Applicants are not permitted to enroll in other MEPP 

series. Each MEPP series consists of three resident 

courses typically at EMI on the campus of the NETC

in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and/or NTC in Anniston, 

Alabama. Please note that a MEPP series may have 

courses scheduled at both EMI and NTC. Courses 

conducted at EMI in Emmitsburg will have an “E” 

code in front of the number; courses conducted at 

NTC will have a “B” code in front of the course 

number. These three courses must be completed in 

the following order:

1. E or B 132, Exercise Design and Evaluation course

2. E or B 133, Exercise Program Management and Control 

Simulation course

3. E or B 136 Exercise Development course

If you need more information on the MEPP, contact Lowell Ezersky, 

MEPP Manager at lowell.ezersky@dhs.gov, or call (800) 238-

3358 or (301) 447-1355.

Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner 

Program (HCMEPP) Series 

The EMI will offer the MEPP for healthcare candidates from across the Nation at the NTC in Anniston, 

Alabama. The new MEPP series, the HCMEPP, will 

consist of three 1-week resident courses designed to 

provide health care providers the knowledge, skills, 

and abilities to design, develop, conduct, and evaluate the wide range of exercises used in the health 

and medical community.

Selection Criteria: Eligibility for enrollment in the 

HCMEPP is limited to individuals from healthcare 

audiences with local, tribal, State, territorial, DHS, 

and other Federal agency healthcare organizations.

1. A letter from the applicant requesting admission 

to the program. The letter should address the 

applicant’s qualifications, expectations, and 

commitment to complete the entire program. 

2. A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s 

immediate supervisor indicating the organization’s commitment to allow the applicant to 

complete the entire program.

You should mail your completed application package to:

FEMA Healthcare Master Exercise

 Practitioner Program (HCMEPP)

Emergency Management Institute

Attention: NETC Admissions Office

16825 South Seton Avenue 

Emmitsburg, MD 21727-8998

If you need more information on the HCMEPP, contact Lowell 

Ezersky, MEPP Manager at lowell.ezersky@dhs.gov, or call (800) 

238-3358 or (301) 447-1355.

Exercise Design and Evaluation (E/B132)

This course is designed for emergency management 

and/or healthcare exercise staff to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to develop, 

conduct, evaluate, and follow up basic activities and 

exercises, including exercise orientations, drills, and 

tabletop exercises.

The content addresses the fundamental requirements 

of an overall exercise program and its components. 

A special emphasis is placed on the evaluation process and the development of sound evaluation tools 

to assist evaluation staff. Participants are challenged 

to develop, conduct, and evaluate these activities 

during the conduct of the course through the use of 

proficiency demonstrations.

Selection Criteria: This is the first required course for 

EMI Resident MEPP Candidates. Participants must be 

MEPP Candidates.

Prerequisites:

Required: The participant must have completed IS120, An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises and 

IS-139, Exercise Design, and must have been selected 

as an MEPP candidate.

Recommended: None.
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Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Exercise Program Management and Control 

Simulation (E/B133)

The course builds on the principles and concepts 

taught in E132, Exercise Design and Evaluation. Participants 

will be challenged to acquire the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to implement, maintain, 

and evaluate an overall exercise program. An emphasis is placed on advanced exercise skills necessary 

to develop, conduct, evaluate, and follow up functional and full-scale exercises. A special emphasis is 

placed on complex exercise control/simulation and 

evaluation methods and techniques. Participants are 

challenged to develop, conduct, and evaluate these 

activities during the conduct of the course through 

the use of proficiency demonstrations.

Selection Criteria: This is the second course required 

for EMI Resident MEPP Candidates. Participants 

must be MEPP Candidates.

Prerequisites:

Required: The participant must have completed (E/

B132), Exercise Design and Evaluation.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Exercise Development (E/B136)

This course builds on the principles and concepts 

taught in E132, Exercise Design and Evaluation and the 

E133, Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation

courses. Participants will be challenged to acquire 

indepth knowledge and skills related to the exercise development process, including exercise management, control, simulation, and evaluation. An 

emphasis is placed on the construction of sound 

exercise planning documents and a team approach 

to major accomplishments in the exercise process, 

including exercise development, conduct, and evaluation. Participants are challenged to acquire and 

apply complex exercise control/simulation and 

evaluation methods and techniques. Participants 

functioning in a team environment will develop, 

conduct, and evaluate complex functional exercises 

during the conduct of the course.

Selection Criteria: This is the third course required for 

EMI resident MEPP candidates. 

Prerequisites:

Required: E/B132, Exercise Design and Evaluation and E/

B133, Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation, 

or nonresident MEPP candidate.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 2.5

Hospital Emergency Response Training 

(HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) 

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) (L/B461)

This course is designed to provide guidance to hospitals, EMS, health care facilities, and citizens who 

may become involved in a mass casualty incident as 

a result of a hazardous material incident (HMI) or 

WMD event. Unlike many courses of this nature, the 

HERT/MCI expands on the Incident Management 

System (IMS) within the hospital during an emergency response, addresses Chemical Protective 

Clothing and Equipment (CPC&E) requirements, 

and presents guidance for the design, development, 

and training of the HERT. This course prepares the 

HERT to conduct a safe and effective emergency 

response during a mass casualty incident (MCI). This 

is not a haz mat course, although participants must 

be physically and psychologically fit to wear CPC&E 

or a Level C ensemble during the training.

Selection Criteria: This is a train-the-trainer course 

to be conducted by EMI at the NTC in Anniston, 

Alabama. This is a 41⁄2-day course focusing on the 

hospital’s role outside of the emergency department. 

Doctors, nurses, physicians, administrators, secu-
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rity personnel, and other hospital staff who could 

make up their HERT should attend this course. The 

course will provide hospitals and health care facilities with all the information and skills they need to 

go back to their facilities and develop and train their 

own HERT’s. The HERT/MCI could be presented as a 

stand-alone program with tabletop scenarios, equipment demonstration, and a simulated response in a 

21⁄2- to 3-day format as the L462 course.

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must have completed EMI’s 

IS-195, Basic ICS course, (HEICS or an equivalent Basic ICS course), and IS-346, An Orientation to 

Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel, before applying for acceptance into this program. Any haz mat 

or WMD training at the Awareness or Operations 

levels under 29 CFR 1910.120 (q)(I)&(II) or the 

Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP) can be 

used as a substitute for the IS-346, Hazard Materials

(HazMat) prerequisites for the course.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 41⁄2 days

CEU’s: 3.1

NOTE: This course is designed to provide hospitals and health 

care facilities with the information, training materials, and skills 

they will need to return to their facilities to develop and train 

their own HERT’s as outlined in the “CDC Recommendations for 

Civilian Communities Near Chemical Weapons Depots: Guidelines 

for Medical Preparedness,” Federal Register 60, June 27, 1995, 

OSHA 3152 “Hospitals and Community Emergency Response—

What You need to Know,” dated 1997, “OSHA Best Practices 

for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims for Mass Casualty 

Incidents Involving the Release of Hazardous Substances,” dated 

January 2005, and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive/

HSPD-8, Subject: National Preparedness, paragraph (2)(d), dated 

December 17, 2003. For information: 

http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/ntc/B461. asp or 

email linda.pressley@dhs.gov

Hospital Emergency Response Training 

(HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) 24-

Hour Course (L/B462)

This course is designed to provide guidance to hospitals, EMS, healthcare facilities, and citizens who 

may become involved in a mass casualty incident 

as a result of an HMI or WMD event. Unlike many 

courses of this nature, the HERT/MCI expands on the 

IMS within the hospital, addresses CPC&E requirements, presents guidance for the design, development, and training of the hospital’s emergency 

response and decontamination teams. This course 

prepares these teams to conduct safe and effective 

emergency response activities during an MCI. This 

is not a haz mat course, although participants must 

be physically and psychologically fit to wear CPC&E 

or a Level C ensemble during the training.

Selection Criteria: This course is conducted by EMI at 

the NTC in Anniston, Alabama, or offsite at designated hospitals and HCF’s. This is a 21⁄2- to 3-day 

course focusing on the hospital’s role outside of 

the emergency department. Doctors, nurses, physicians, security personnel, and other hospital staff 

who could make up their HERT should attend this 

course. 

Prerequisites:

Required: Participants must have completed EMI’s 

IS-195, Basic ICS course, (HEICS or an equivalent 

Basic ICS course), IS-100, Introduction to ICS, and IS346, An Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical 

Personnel, before applying for acceptance into this 

program. Any haz mat or WMD training at the 

Awareness or Operations levels under 29 CFR

1910.120 (q)(I)&(II) or the ODP, can be used as a 

substitute for the IS-346, Hazard Materials (HazMat) 

prerequisites for the course.

Recommended: None.

Course Length: 21⁄2 to 3 days

CEU’s: 2.1
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NOTE: This course is designed to provide hospitals and health 

care facilities with the information, training materials, and skills 

they will need to return to their facilities to develop and train 

their own HERT’s as outlined in the “CDC Recommendations for 

Civilian Communities Near Chemical Weapons Depots: Guidelines 

for Medical Preparedness,” Federal Register 60, June 27, 1995, 

OSHA 3152 “Hospitals and Community Emergency Response—

What You need to Know,” dated 1997, “OSHA Best Practices 

for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims for Mass Casualty 

Incidents Involving the Release of Hazardous Substances,” dated 

January 2005, and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive/

HSPD-8, Subject: National Preparedness, paragraph (2)(d), dated 

December 17, 2003. For information: http://www.training.

fema.gov/emiweb/ntc/B461.asp or email ronald.freeman@

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Nonresident Courses

Nonresident courses are offered by the State training offices. To find out more about these courses, 

please contact your State office (phone numbers and 

addresses are listed in this catalog on page 209).

The Integrated Emergency Management Curriculum 

also includes courses (offered by State emergency 

management agencies) that are designed to improve 

the overall exercise capabilities of local, tribal, State, 

and Federal organizations. Five courses that feature job aids complete an overall Comprehensive 

Exercise Curriculum (CEC). These courses will provide all of the building blocks necessary to achieve 

a performance-based curriculum in simulation and 

exercise.

The Exercise Program Manager/Management course was 

designed to provide higher level program management skills in developing performance-based exercise systems. An Exercise Control/Simulation course will 

enable participants to establish effective exercise 

control and simulation teams. The Exercise Controller/

Simulator and Exercise Evaluator Workshops in Emergency 

Management (WEM’s) are designed as utility training 

packages to train staff to perform these critical tasks 

in the conduct of emergency management exercises. 

When coupled with FEMA’s Comprehensive Exercise 

Program as coordinated by State offices of emergency management, the learning and performancebased experience in this curriculum can establish 

the foundation for an excellent community- and 

system-wide emergency response system.

The EMI developed the Master Exercise Practitioner 

(MEP) Program in FY 1999 to recognize those individuals who successfully complete all the training 

courses in the CEC. G138, Exercise Practicum, is available for those individuals who wish to earn the title 

Master Exercise Practitioner. The practicum is a selfdirected and negotiated series of 11 proficiency 

demonstrations in which the MEP candidate will be 

challenged to apply the knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired through participation in CEC courses 

to emergency management exercises.

State emergency management agencies serve as 

sponsors for MEP candidates. When the MEP candidate has successfully completed G138, Exercise 

Practicum, the sponsor may request through the 

respective FEMA region that EMI award the Master 

Exercise Practitioner title to recognize the high level 

of achievement in this specialized field.

Nonresident Master Exercise 

Practitioner Program

The overall goal of the nonresident MEP program is 

to establish a level of professional achievement and 

recognition for persons charged with administering 

and conducting emergency management exercise 

programs and activities.

The award of the MEP title is a means of recognizing 

individuals who have completed the field CEC and 

have demonstrated, through hands-on application 

of knowledge and skills in proficiency demonstrations, a high level of professionalism and capability 

in the arena of emergency management exercises.

Individuals who wish to earn the nonresident 

MEP title must enroll in the G138, Exercise Practicum

as administered by State emergency management 

agencies and FEMA Regions in order to complete the 

specific exercise proficiency demonstrations.

The CEC is comprised of the following:

IS-120 An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises

(Independent Study) (description on page 

193)

IS-139 Exercise Design (description on page 193)

G130 Exercise Evaluation (description on page 

185)

G135 Exercise Control/Simulation (description on 

page 185)

E136 Exercise Development (EMI resident) (description on page 181)

G137 Exercise Program Manager/Management (description on page 186)
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G138 Exercise Practicum for the Master Exercise Practitioner

(for MEP candidates only) (description on 

page 186)

G250.8 Exercise Controller/Simulator WEM (description 

on page 186)

G250.9 Exercise Evaluator WEM (description on page 

187)

Emergency Management Operations Course

(EMOC) for Local Governments (G110)

The EMOC is designed for local communities or 

tribal governments that may not be able to participate in FEMA’s resident Integrated Emergency Management

courses. The EMOC is an exercise-based program 

with planning sessions that begin weeks prior to the 

actual course, and it includes classroom sessions and 

exercises. The flexible format of the EMOC allows 

it to be conducted in a 21⁄2-day or 3-day format. 

The purpose of the EMOC is to improve operational 

capabilities as they relate to managing emergencies 

in the local community. The course places emphasis 

on the EOC as a focal point for managing a simulated emergency.

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed city and 

county officials. These include mayor, city manager, 

city council, county commissioner, county manager, 

and other key positions, such as emergency management director and PIO. Also included as eligible participants are upper- and midmanagement personnel, 

including supervisory, operational, and communications staff from the fire service, law enforcement, 

public works, and EMS. Volunteer groups also should 

participate.

Exercise Evaluation (G130)

This 2-day course provides knowledge and develops skills that will enable those attending to manage exercise evaluation activities before, during, and 

after an emergency management exercise.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, and local 

emergency management and emergency services 

staff who have the responsibility of managing exercise evaluation activities associated with the overall 

emergency management functions or emergency service disciplines, such as fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services, public works, and community 

service/volunteer agencies and organizations.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended:The participant must have substantial 

knowledge of emergency operations within his/

her organization and the assigned responsibility 

to manage the evaluation function or serve as an 

evaluation team leader as part of the community’s 

exercise program.

Exercise Control/Simulation (G135)

This 2-day course is designed for experienced emergency exercise staff to perform tasks as chief exercise 

controllers or control team leaders for emergency 

management exercises. Participants are challenged 

to examine exercise concepts and objectives, develop 

exercise control plans, and perform an examination 

of the tasks necessary to perform effective exercise 

control and simulation for tabletop, functional, and 

full-scale exercises.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other Federal 

agency staff, and local emergency management/

emergency services staff who have the responsibility 

of functioning as chief exercise controller or exercise control team leader in their respective organization’s/jurisdiction’s comprehensive exercise 

program activities.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended:The participant must have substantial 

knowledge of emergency management operations 

and exercises within his/her organization and the 

assigned responsibility to function as chief exercise controller or control team leader/member. 

EMI recommends participants complete IS-120, 

An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises and G139, 

Exercise Design courses.
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Exercise Program Manager/Management

(G137)

This 21⁄2-day course provides knowledge, skills, and 

job aids to assist local, State, and Federal personnel in implementing their roles and responsibilities as exercise program managers. Work products 

developed during the course will be useful for the 

participant to develop or upgrade his or her comprehensive exercise program.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other Federal 

agency staff, and local emergency management/

emergency services staff who have the responsibility to initiate and/or maintain their respective organization’s/jurisdiction’s overall exercise program.

Prerequisites:

Required: The participant must have substantial 

knowledge of emergency management operations 

and exercises within his/her organization and the 

assigned responsibility to initiate and/or upgrade 

the overall comprehensive exercise program.

Recommended: EMI recommends that participants 

complete IS-120, An Orientation to Community Disaster 

Exercises, G139, Exercise Design course, and G130, 

Exercise Evaluation course.

Exercise Practicum for the Master Exercise 

Practitioner (G138)

This activity consists of a series of self-directed 

and negotiated proficiency demonstrations of the 

knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired through the 

completion of courses in the CEC. The proficiency 

demonstrations are structured in three major areas of 

concentration: exercise design and control, exercise 

evaluation, and exercise management/program management. Practicum sponsors will monitor the completion of 11 major proficiency demonstrations. In 

this manner, capabilities gained in classroom instruction can be applied to actual emergency management 

exercises as conducted by local, State, and Federal 

agencies.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other Federal 

agency staff, and local/tribal emergency management/emergency services staff who have the 

responsibilities related to the design, development, 

performance, and evaluation of emergency management exercises. Applicants must declare their intention of completing the CEC offerings and earn the 

MEP title.

Prerequisites:

Required: The participant must have completed IS120, An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises and 

G139, Exercise Design, and must be accepted by the 

Practicum sponsor as an MEP candidate.

Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM) 

(G250)

This special workshop deals with specific emergency 

management activities and problems. It is intended 

to cover nonadministrative, innovative, or situational 

emergency management training subjects that may 

normally confront local directors. It does not replace 

any current course or segments of courses. The following workshop modules are available for use in 

conducting WEM workshops.

Exercise Controller/Simulator (G250.8)

This 6-hour workshop is designed for use with specific exercises to prepare individuals to function as 

exercise controllers and/or simulators. Participants, 

given a job aid, will identify tasks, define roles and 

responsibilities, demonstrate proper use of the master scenario event list, and solve potential/actual 

exercise problems and issues related to exercise controller/simulator roles.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other Federal 

agency staff, and local emergency management/

emergency services staff who have responsibility to 

function as exercise controller/simulator in his/her 

respective organization’s/jurisdiction’s comprehensive exercise program activities.
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Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: The participant must have substantial 

knowledge of emergency management operations 

and exercises within his/her organization and the 

assigned responsibility of functioning as a control/simulation team leader or member.

Exercise Evaluator (G250.9)

This 6-hour workshop is designed for use with specific exercises to prepare individuals to function 

as exercise evaluators. Participants, given a job aid, 

will define roles and responsibilities, review evaluation plans and individual assignments, demonstrate 

proper use of evaluation plans and individual points 

of review, data collection techniques, and solve evaluation-related problems and issues.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other Federal 

agency staff, and local emergency management/

emergency services staff who are responsible for 

functioning as exercise evaluators in their respective 

organization’s/jurisdiction’s comprehensive exercise program activities.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: The participant must have substantial 

knowledge of emergency management operations 

and exercises within his/her organization and the 

assigned responsibility to function as an evaluation team leader or member.
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Independent Study

FEMA’s Independent Study Program is delivered 

through the EMI and consists of 57 self-paced 

courses. Each course is supported with specialized 

sets of course materials. These materials include practice exercises, unit reviews, glossaries, subject matter appendices, and a final examination. The average 

course completion time is 10 hours; however, each 

course has its estimated study hours listed with the 

course descriptions that follow. Those who score 75 

percent or better on the final examination are issued 

a certificate of achievement.

Enrollment Options (There are no enrollment fees.)

1. All individual enrollment requests must be 

submitted on the Internet. Go to www.training.

fema.gov/emiweb/is and select a course.

2. Group enrollments may be coordinated for 

groups of five or more participants. 

Study options: There are several options by 

which participants can review and study course 

materials.

• Where indicated, the course may be taken as an 

online Web computer-based training (CBT).

• The courses may also be downloaded from the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.

gov/emiweb/is/).

Group Enrollment Requests: May be submitted 

to the EMI Independent Study office by:

• Phone (301) 447-1200

• Fax to (301) 447-1201

• By United States Postal Service to:

FEMA Independent Study Program

Emergency Management Institute

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998

College credits may be obtained for the majority of 

successfully completed course or group of courses. 

For information regarding applications for academic 

credit and fees, visit the college credit section of the 

IS Web site, or www.emergencymanagementstudy.com.

Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) are granted 

for each course upon successful completion. 

Military retirement and retention points: FEMA

does not award military retirement and retention 

points. However, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard 

reserve personnel not on extended duty may earn 

points upon successful completion if determined 

appropriate by the participant’s unit or branch of 

service. The unit or branch of service also will determine the number of points awarded and acceptable 

courses. Please refer all requests on this matter to 

your unit administrator.

To contact the FEMA Independent Study office:

• Phone: (301) 447-1200

• Fax to (301) 447-1201

• Email at independent.study@dhs.gov

• United States Postal Service

FEMA Independent Study Program

Emergency Management Institute

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727

Emergency Manager (IS-1)

This Independent Study course is for emergency managers and related professionals from Federal, State, 

and local offices in the field of emergency management. This course provides an overview of the field 

of emergency management, the job of the emergency manager, and the four phases of emergency 

management: mitigation, preparedness, response, 

and recovery as they are implemented in a comprehensive emergency management program. The 

course consists of a text, illustrations, diagrams, figures. An accompanying toolkit on CD-ROM contains 

supplementary information as well as aids for performing the emergency management job including 

sample budget, emergency management plans, and 

other materials. This course cannot be downloaded 

from the Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) since it contains a CD-ROM
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toolkit. The exam can be taken on the Independent 

Study Web site.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0

Study Hours: 10.

Radiological Emergency Management (IS-3)

This Independent Study course contains information on a variety of radiological topics, including

• fundamental principles of radiation;

• nuclear threat and protective measures;

• nuclear power plants;

• radiological transportation accidents; and

• other radiological hazards.

This course is a prerequisite for Fundamentals Course 

for Radiological Response (G320). This course is available 

on the virtual campus as a Web (online) delivered 

course. It is located at this Web site: http://training.

fema.gov/emiweb/is/

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

An Introduction to Hazardous Materials (IS-5.A)

This Independent Study course is intended to provide a general introduction to hazardous materials 

that can serve as a foundation for more specific studies in the future. The course has five units, which are 

outlined below. No prior knowledge of the subject 

is required or assumed. At the end of the course, the 

participant should be able to:

• explain the roles of Federal, State, tribal, and local 

governments in reducing hazardous materials risks 

through health and environmental regulations;

• discuss the two major hazardous materials 

identification systems used within the United 

States;

• identify possible terrorists’ targets of opportunities 

in the use of toxic industrial chemicals (TIC) as 

weapons of mass destruction (WMD);

• identify locations where hazardous materials are 

commonly found and how to determine their 

potential health effects;

• describe basic terms that pertain to exposures to 

hazardous materials;

• read and interpret a Materials Safety Data Sheet 

(MSDS);

• explain how hazardous materials enter the body 

and contaminate the environment;

• describe what communities can do to increase their 

emergency preparedness to respond to hazardous 

materials incidents; and 

• identify steps individuals and communities can 

take to protect themselves during a hazardous 

materials release.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance (IS-7)

This Independent Study course provides a basic 

understanding of the roles and responsibilities of 

the local community, State, and the Federal government in providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both the general public and those involved in 

emergency management who need a general introduction to disaster assistance. This course can be 

downloaded from the Independent Study Web site 

(http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be 

completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.
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Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: 

Complying with Executive Order 12699 (IS-8)

This course provides the participant with the background necessary to understand the effects of 

Executive Order (EO) 12699, signed by President 

Bush in 1990. In the wake of the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 1989, this EO requires all Federally 

owned, leased, or financed new buildings to comply with strict earthquake building design set forth 

in the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Plan 

(NEHRP) Recommended Building Provisions. The 

NEHRP has provided a base for all national building 

codes for seismic design.

The course is a nontechnical discussion of earthquakes, building design, and the requirements of 

the EO. It is for local officials including mayors, city 

managers and commissioners, local council persons, building inspectors, zoning officials, building 

designers, and others concerned with this topic. The 

materials for this course cannot be downloaded. 

However, the test can be completed and submitted 

online at the Independent Study Web site (http://

training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/). 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Animals in Disaster: Module A “Awareness 

and Preparedness” (IS-10)

Module A of this two-part course is designed to 

increase the awareness and preparedness of animal 

owners and care providers. It includes sections on 

typical hazards, how these can affect animals, and 

what responsible animal owners can do to prepare 

for or avoid such hazards. This course can be downloaded from the Independent Study Web site (http://

training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Animals in Disaster: Module B “Community 

Planning” (IS-11)

Module B, the second part of the Animals in Disaster 

course, is intended to guide emergency management officials, animal owners, care providers, and 

those in the commercial industry in preparing 

disaster plans. The goal of this module is to provide sufficient information to enable the animal 

care community and emergency management officials to meet and develop meaningful and effective 

plans that improve the care of animals in times of 

disaster. This course can be downloaded from the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.

gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed 

and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Property Acquisition (Buyout) for Local 

Communities (Restricted to FEMA, State, and 

local officials in the Acquisition Buyout 

Program) (IS-12)

Property acquisition is a way to reduce repetitive losses, primarily those resulting from floods. 

Properties that are repeatedly damaged from floods 

may be eligible for purchase, relocation, or elevation 

through a State-managed grant program to local 

communities. Once property is acquired and structures are removed, it then is maintained as open 

space, such as a park, which will suffer little damage 

in future flooding. This course familiarizes State and 

local officials with the property acquisition process 

under FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. 

Using the guidance manual for the acquisition program, this course takes the participant through the 

steps required to successfully apply for and implement a program in his/her own community. Sample 

forms and job aids are provided to assist participants in preparing applications, reports, and other 

requirements to participate and manage the program. The course is for State and local officials who 

will manage or administer property acquisition programs in their own jurisdictions.
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Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Special Events Contingency Planning for 

Public Safety Agencies (IS-15.A)

Almost every community is host at one time or 

another to a special event, whether it is a fair, parade, 

sporting event, or another type of mass gathering. 

This course is intended for representatives of the 

public safety team involved in development of the 

event contingency plan. The Web-based course has 

numerous activities based on a series of planning 

aids. These planning aids include contingency plan 

considerations for law enforcement, fire, emergency 

medical, public health, public works, and emergency management. The test can be completed and 

submitted online at the Independent Study Web site 

(http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/).

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .5.

Study Hours: 5.

Are You Ready? An Indepth Guide to Citizen 

Preparedness (IS-22)

This course has been designed to help the citizens 

of this Nation learn how to protect themselves and 

their families against all types of hazards. It can be 

used as a reference source or as a step-by-step basic 

preparedness manual. The focus of the content is on 

how to develop, practice, and maintain emergency 

plans that reflect what must be done before, during, 

and after a disaster to protect people and their property. Also included is information on how to assemble a disaster supplies kit that contains the food, 

water, and other supplies in sufficient quantity for 

individuals and their families to survive.

There are real benefits to being prepared.

• Being prepared can reduce fear, anxiety, and losses 

that accompany disasters. Communities, families, 

and individuals should know what to do in the event 

of a fire and where to seek shelter during a tornado. 

They should be ready to evacuate their homes and 

take refuge in public shelters and know how to care 

for their basic medical needs.

• People also can reduce the impact of disasters and 

sometimes avoid the danger completely through 

such actions as flood proofing, elevating a home, 

moving a home out of harm’s way, and securing 

items that could shake loose in an earthquake.

By reading and following the instructions in this 

guide, you and your family can respond, “Yes,” 

when asked, “Are you ready?”

This course can be downloaded from the Independent 

Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and 

the end-of-course test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Household Hazardous Materials (IS-55)

The course will introduce you to household hazardous materials and things you can do to protect yourself and your family from injury or death. 

In the first unit, you will learn about basic chemical and physical properties, the ways chemicals enter 

your body, and the effects chemicals have on your 

body. 

In the second and third units, you will learn about 

cleaning products, lead, mercury, gasoline, compressed gases, carbon monoxide, medical supplies, 

chlorine, pesticides, and much more. 

The last two units cover labels, personal protective 

equipment, proper disposal methods, preventive 

measures to take before natural disasters, and less 

toxic alternatives.

Dangers from chemical products depend greatly on 

the individuals using them. Chemicals are safe to 

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correctly. This course is available both online or by 

requesting a CD-ROM from (http://training.fema.gov/

emiweb/is). It will take 1 to 3 hours to complete all 

the units and take the final exam. 

(Technical Requirements: Internet Explorer® 5.5 or 

higher. You may encounter problems when viewed in 

Netscape® browser. Quicktime viewer to view panoramic picture (in CD version only) and Windows®

Media Player to view video clips.)

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Introduction to the Incident Command 

System (IS-100)

This course introduces the ICS and provides the 

foundation for higher level ICS training. This course 

describes the history, features and principles, and 

organizational structure of the ICS. It also explains 

the relationship between ICS and the NIMS.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Introduction to the Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, for Federal Disaster 

Workers (IS-100.FW)

This course introduces the ICS and provides the 

foundation for higher level ICS training. This course 

describes the history, features and principles, and 

organizational structure of the ICS. It also explains 

the relationship between ICS and the NIMS.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Introduction to the Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, for Law Enforcement 

(IS-100.LE)

This course introduces the ICS and provides the 

foundation for higher level ICS training. This course 

describes the history, features and principles, and 

organizational structure of the ICS. It also explains the 

relationship between ICS and the NIMS. This course 

uses the same objectives and content as other ICS-100 

courses while using law enforcement examples.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Introduction to the Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, for Public Works Personnel 

(IS-100.PW)

This course introduces the ICS and provides the 

foundation for higher level ICS training. This course 

describes the history, features and principles, and 

organizational structure of the ICS. It also explains 

the relationship between ICS and the NIMS.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Livestock in Disasters (IS-111)

This Independent Study course is for farmers, extension agents, emergency managers and others who 

have interests in the livestock industry. It describes 

the various hazards that animals can face and how to 

mitigate them, as well as how to respond to an actual 

disaster. The livestock industry is a multibillion dollar business that provides food for the American people as well as those overseas. It is important to ensure 

that our livestock are safe from hazards and will not 

suffer from the effects of hazards. This course can be 

downloaded from the Independent Study Web site 

(http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be 

completed and submitted online.
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Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

An Orientation to Community Disaster 

Exercises (IS-120)

This Independent Study course includes a 1⁄2” VHS

videocassette and a student manual, and provides 

an orientation to the types of exercises used to test 

and evaluate a community’s emergency plan. The 

content illustrates the eight basic steps in exercise 

design and emphasizes the use of a design team to 

ensure the success of a community’s exercise program. Because this course is on video, it cannot be 

downloaded. However, the test can be completed 

and submitted online at the Independent Study Web 

site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/).

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Professional Development Series Certificate 

of Completion

Those who complete all Professional Development 

Series (PDS) courses are eligible to receive a PDS

Certificate of Completion. The courses are, in recommended order of completion: IS-230, IS-235, IS242, IS-241, IS‐240, IS-244, and IS-139.

Exercise Design (IS-139)

Emergency managers, emergency services personnel, and individuals who are part of the emergency 

preparedness and response communities at all levels of government need to be able to use the fundamentals of exercise simulation and design as an 

integrated system of resources and capabilities. This 

course is designed to develop exercising skills in the 

following areas:

• comprehensive exercise program;

• the exercise process;

• exercise design steps;

• tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises;

• exercise evaluation;

• exercise enhancements; and

• designing a functional exercise.

This course is available for download from the IS

Web site.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.5.

Study Hours: 15.

Basic Incident Command System, ICS-200, 

for Federal Disaster Workers (IS-200.FW)

This course is designed to identify the actions that 

support ICS features and principles, describing in 

more detail elements such as establishment and 

transfer of command, management by objectives, 

unified command, ICS management functions, organizational flexibility, unity and change of command, 

span of control, incident action plans, resource 

management, common terminology and clear text, 

integrated communications, and personnel accountability. A disaster scenario threads throughout the 

course to describe the common responsibilities 

associated with incident assignments from a Federal 

disaster response workforce perspective.

This course has been developed to complement the 

ICS-100 course for Federal disaster workers, and to 

take the participant’s education to the ICS-200 level. 

The specific target audience is the FEMA disaster 

response workforce and others involved in disaster 

response in the ICS. 

Prerequisites: IS-100.FW.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.
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Incident Command System for Single 

Resources and Initial Action Incidents

 (IS-200)

This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the 

ICS. IS-200 provides training on and resources for 

personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory 

position within the ICS.

Prerequisites: IS-100.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

State Disaster Management (IS-208)

This course provides fundamental information on 

the disaster assistance process and disaster assistance programs. During a disaster, States must be 

responsive to local jurisdictions and must effectively acquire and distribute Federal resources. 

State disaster management is complex, requiring 

that State staff members have accurate information 

on the Federal programs available and work with 

Federal counterparts in the management of those 

programs. A State Coordinating Officer (SCO) plays 

a critical role in managing the response and recovery operations. Other State staff who have a vital role 

include Operations Officers, Individual Assistance 

(IA) Officers, Public Assistance (PA) Officers, Hazard 

Mitigation Officers (HMO), Community Relations 

Managers, and PIO’s.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Planning Overview (IS-228)

This course includes knowledge about the action 

planning process, documentation requirements, situation analysis techniques, and how to ensure information is properly disseminated to all elements of 

a disaster operation such as would be evidenced in 

an incident command, EOC, or disaster field office 

environment.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Principles of Emergency Management 

(IS-230)

Understanding the fundamental principles and practices of emergency management provides a framework for the future professional growth of every 

emergency manager and responder. This course is 

designed to provide a basic framework for understanding emergency management in the following 

areas:

• overview of the IEMS;

• the emergency management cycle;

• the plan as program centerpiece;

• functions of an emergency management program;

• emergency management program participants; 

and

• applying emergency management principles.

This course is available for download from the 

Independent Study Web site.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Emergency Planning (IS-235)

Being able to use all the basic elements of the planning process gives emergency managers, planners, 

and other stakeholders a basis for working together 

to shape the community’s disaster response to 

all types of hazards and problems. This course is 

designed to provide common experience of a properly structured Emergency Operations Plan in the 

following areas:

• the planning process;

• hazard analysis;

• the basic plan;
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• annexes and appendices; and

• implementing instructions.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Leadership and Influence (IS-240)

Being able to lead others—to motivate them to commit their energies and expertise to achieving the 

shared mission and goals of the emergency management system—is a necessary and vital part of 

the job for every emergency manager, planner, and 

responder. This course is designed to improve your 

leadership and influence skills. It addresses

• leadership from within;

• how to facilitate change; 

• how to build and rebuild trust;

• using personal influence and political savvy; and

• fostering an environment for leadership 

development.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .9.

Study Hours: 9.

Decision Making and Problem Solving (IS-241)

Being able to make decisions and solve problems 

effectively is a necessary and vital part of the job for 

every emergency manager, planner, and responder. 

This course is designed to improve your decisionmaking skills. It addresses 

• the decisionmaking process;

• decision making styles; 

• attributes of an effective decisionmaker; and 

• ethical decisionmaking and problem-solving. 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .8.

Study Hours: 8.

Effective Communication (IS-242)

Being able to communicate effectively is a necessary 

and vital part of the job for every emergency manager, planner, and responder. This course is designed 

to improve your communication skills. It addresses 

• basic communication skills; 

• how to communicate in an emergency; 

• how to identify community-specific communication issues; 

• using technology as a communication tool;

• effective oral communication; and 

• how to prepare an oral presentation. 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .8.

Study Hours: 8.

Developing and Managing Volunteers (IS-244)

This course is for emergency managers and related 

professionals working with all types of volunteers 

and coordinating with voluntary organizations. 

This course will provide proce­dures and tools for 

building and working with voluntary organizations. 

Topics include benefits and challenges of using volunteers; building a volunteer program; writing job 

descriptions; developing volunteers through recruitment, placement, training, supervision and evaluation; coordinating with voluntary agencies and 

community-based organizations; and special issues 

such as spontaneous volunteers, liability, and stress. 

This course is designed for all audiences including 

Federal, State, tribal, local emergency management, 

voluntary agencies, and affiliated organizations. 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.
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Coordinating Environmental and Historic 

Preservation Compliance (IS-253)

This interactive computer-based course is designed to:

• provide the user with the basic background and 

practical knowledge needed to participate in 

FEMA’s environmental and historic preservation 

review process;

• help the user understand how the environmental/

historic preservation review process applies 

to various job responsibilities within FEMA’s 

programs; and

• provide the resources necessary for the user to 

accomplish environmental/historic preservation 

responsibilities.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Anticipating Hazardous Weather and 

Community Risk (Web-based) (IS-271)

This course will help you, the emergency manager, 

to anticipate and prepare for hazardous weather 

more effectively by:

• enhancing the ability to recognize potentially 

hazardous weather and flooding situations and 

how they may affect your community;

• familiarizing you with NWS products so that you 

understand how to use and interpret forecasts; 

and

• encouraging you to develop a partnership with the 

NWS well in advance of a threat. This course has 

four main sections: Weather, Hazards, Forecasting, 

and Warning Partnership.

Enrollment on the Web is accomplished by accessing 

http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

The Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC’s) 

Role in Community Preparedness, Response, 

and Recovery Operations (IS-275)

This course is a prerequisite for G275, Emergency 

Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations. The 

goal of this Independent Study course is to provide 

the reader with an understanding of the vital role an 

EOC plays in the community’s overall preparedness, 

response, and recovery activities.

This course includes a workbook and videotape, The 

Role of the EOC, which the reader may keep for future 

reference. Because this course is on video, it cannot

be downloaded. However, the test can be completed 

and submitted online at the Independent Study Web 

site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/).

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential 

Buildings (IS-279)

This Independent Study course is recommended 

prior to attendance at EMI’s more technical resident 

course of the same title (E279). The course provides 

the users with an overview of retrofitting, the NFIP, 

and minimum requirements of floodplain management as it relates to retrofitting methods, and parameters that influence retrofitting decisions.

This course format is programmed instruction, 

which allows you to work at your own pace. This 

course can be downloaded from the Independent 

Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and 

the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.
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The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency 

Management (IS-288)

This Independent Study course is intended to educate the reader about the vital role that voluntary 

agencies play as key partners in providing disaster relief services throughout the entire emergency 

management cycle (i.e., mitigation, preparedness, 

response, and recovery). This course can be downloaded from the Independent Study Web site (http://

training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Disaster Basics (IS-292)

This course will provide individuals with the basic 

information about Federal disaster programs and 

operations. It will also prepare the FEMA personnel for response to recovery operations whether 

assigned to a Regional Response Coordination 

Center (RRCC), an EOC, JFO, or other FEMA fixed 

facility. FEMA employees may complete the course 

as a prerequisite for other training.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Radiological Emergency Response (IS-301)

This course is a prerequisite to the resident course 

B301, Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO). 

The goal of this Independent Study course is to provide a learning experience in which participants 

demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of 

radiological protection and response principles, 

guidelines, and regulations that will prepare them 

for the operations course (RERO). This course can be 

downloaded from the Independent Study Web site 

(http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the 

test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Modular Emergency Radiological Response 

Transportation Training (MERRTT) (IS-302)

This course is a series of modules for emergency 

responders to learn about response to transportation incidents and accidents that involve radiological materials. This course is a joint sponsorship with 

FEMA and the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE 

is one of the largest shippers of radiological materials. This series of modules can be taken to refresh 

knowledge and skills about emergency response 

for any type of incident involving the shipment of 

radiological materials. Topics range from radiation 

fundamentals to public information and ICS relationships.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Introduction to Community Emergency 

Response Teams (IS-317)

This course prepares the participant to take the performance-based Community Emergency Response Team 

(CERT) training offered in a classroom setting by 

his/her community. Graduates of the CERT program 

are encouraged to complete the Independent Study 

to reinforce principles learned during training.

CERT is part of the President’s Citizen Corps initiative. Local government or its representative sponsors 

to program in the community. The goal is to prepare 

community volunteers for their local hazards. 

To read more about the CERT program, visit the 

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Selection Criteria: This course is available to people 

who want to learn more about the CERT program 

and the skills that are taught during the classroom 

training.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .8.

Study Hours: 8.

Community Hurricane Preparedness 

(Web-based) (IS-324)

This computer-based course is to provide those 

involved in the decisionmaking process for hurricanes with basic information about:

• how hurricanes form;

• the hazards they pose;

• how the NWS forecasts future hurricane behavior; 

and

• what tools and guiding principles can help 

emergency managers prepare their communities.

Visit the Independent Study Web site. 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.

Study Hours: 10.

Refresher Course for Radiological Response 

(IS-330)

This individualized instruction is available on videotape and workbook for the individual to review 

monitoring techniques, protective actions, and radiation information for all types of radiation emergencies. Access to a 1/2-inch VHS video player and 

television is required. The videotape may be kept for 

future refresher training. 

Prerequisites: Successful completion of G320, 

Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response. Participants 

should submit a copy of their certificates along with 

the enrollment application.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Introduction to Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation

 (IS-331)

This Web-based course is designed for Federal evaluators of offsite response exercises in FEMA’s REP 

program. The course is a prerequisite to the L304, 

Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation

course which is delivered in the regions. Course topics include basic REP concepts and terminology, evaluator role and responsibilities, and evaluation areas.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Hazardous Materials Prevention and 

Planning (IS-340)

Hazardous materials pose a continuing and growing emergency risk for local jurisdictions across the 

Nation. 

The IS-340, Hazardous Materials Prevention and Planning

course will provide the assistance and confidence 

needed to plan for and respond to HMI effectively, 

through sound emergency planning and with the 

highest level of safety for response personnel within 

a jurisdiction.

The course consists of nine lessons, excluding the 

Course Introduction. It is interactive and concludes 

with an end-of-course examination. 

Participants enroll when they complete the online 

answer sheet for the final exam.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.
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Orientation to Hazardous Materials for 

Medical Personnel (IS-346)

This self-study guide is designed to prepare medical 

and hospital personnel to analyze hazardous materials 

situations, take the necessary steps to assure medical 

provider safety, and identify appropriate resources 

for decontamination and medical care. This course 

serves as the prerequisite for the field (Nonresident) 

course G346, Hospital Emergency Department Management of 

Hazardous Materials Accidents (HMA). This course can be 

downloaded from the Independent Study Web site 

(http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/) and the test can be 

completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools (IS-362)

This Independent Study course will provide individuals with the basic information and tools needed to 

develop effective plans for the wide array of potential emergencies that schools may face. It addresses 

understanding emergency management, recruiting 

your planning team, assessing your hazards, developing your plan, planning for terrorism, and training and testing your plan.

The audience for this course includes all who are 

responsible for planning and responding to school 

emergencies.

This course can be downloaded from the Independent 

Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/)

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .8.

Study Hours: .8.

Introduction to Residential Coastal 

Construction (IS-386)

This is a very comprehensive, advanced level course. 

This course introduces the learner to basic information about residential coastal construction. Some 

unit topics include coastal environment, regulatory 

requirements and identifying hazards. The target 

audience is engineers, architects, and building code 

officials. Floodplain management, hazard mitigation, planning, and building officials with building science knowledge are also part of the target 

audience. This course can be downloaded from the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/

emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.4.

Study Hours: 14.

Introduction to Mitigation (IS-393)

This Independent Study course provides an overview of the basic mitigation knowledge needed to 

initiate interested parties into the field of mitigation 

and hazards threatening the community; mitigation 

strategies, responsibilities, and resources; and about 

building a program.

Completion of this course is a prerequisite for participation in the Mitigation for Emergency Managers course, 

G393. This course can be downloaded from the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/

emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.
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Mitigation for Homeowners (IS-394)

This course is designed for homeowners and small 

businesses. The course will introduce mitigation and 

assist in identifying the natural hazards that affect 

communities and to which they are most vulnerable; the potential risks that could affect their homes 

during disasters; and determining which mitigation actions they should undertake to reduce the 

risk of potential damage to their families, homes, 

and property.

It provides the homeowner with nontechnical mitigation techniques for the home, both predisaster (preventive) and postdisaster (corrective) that 

will reduce disaster costs and the impacts of natural 

hazards. This course can be downloaded from the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/

emiweb/is/) and the test can be completed and submitted online.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

The Professional in Emergency Management 

(IS-513) (Temporarily Unavailable)

This course is for any professional in emergency 

management or anyone who is looking for a career 

in the profession. It is designed to give a broader professional outlook for versatile emergency managers. 

These professionals will be able to coordinate outside 

the home jurisdiction and apply skills to hazards and 

circumstances in any part of the country. 

There are two parts to this book. One part is an orientation to the national assets coordinated by FEMA

and the Federal role in disaster management. The 

other part is devoted to increasing knowledge of a 

wider range of hazards. We have joined these two 

different topics in one book because they represent 

the broader field of emergency management. 

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness 

(IS-546) 

This 1-hour Web-based course will provide all public sector employees a fundamental understanding 

of continuity of operations, terms, objectives, and 

benefits to your organization. It gives a brief overview of the elements of a viable COOP capability. 

This awareness course provides information on how 

a COOP event might affect you, your organization 

and your family, whether you are a member of your 

organization’s COOP team or not.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .1.

Study Hours: 1.

Introduction to Continuity of Operations 

(COOP) (IS-547) 

This 5-hour Web-based course is designed for a 

broad Federal audience—from senior managers 

to those directly involved in the COOP planning 

effort. The course provides a working knowledge of 

the COOP guidance found in Federal Preparedness 

Circular 65, “Federal Executive Branch Continuity 

of Operations.” The course provides activities to 

enhance your COOP program.

Prerequisites: IS-546, Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

Awareness.

CEU’s: .5.

Study Hours: 5.

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program 

Manager Course (IS-549)

This Web-based course is designed for public sector 

staff with responsibility for managing their agency/

office COOP effort. Others integral to the COOP 

planning and program management also may take 

the course.

The course objectives include defining COOP, 

explaining the benefits of a viable COOP program 

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necessary to implement and manage a successful 

COOP program.

NOTE: This class is equivalent to the classroom-based G549, 

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager 

Course.

Prerequisites:

Required: None.

Recommended: IS-547, Introduction to Continuity of 

Operations (COOP).

CEU’s: 1.2.

Study Hours: 12.

Special Considerations for FEMA Public 

Assistance Projects (IS-600)

Special considerations are issues, other than eligibility, that affect the scope of work and funding 

for FEMA public assistance projects. These issues 

include insurance, hazard mitigation, environmental considerations, and historical considerations. 

Noncompliance with these issues can result in applicant loss of funding, delays in project approval, legal 

action, and negative publicity. Timely identification 

and resolution of special considerations issues can 

prevent these consequences. This Independent Study 

course provides a baseline for identifying special 

considerations issues, guidelines for applicant documentation, and steps for timely resolution. The target audience for this course includes Federal, State, 

tribal, and local disaster workers with assignments 

in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. Two videotapes accompany this workbook. Because this course 

is on video, it cannot be downloaded. However, the 

test can be completed and submitted online at the 

Independent Study Web site (http://training.fema.gov/

emiweb/is/).

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

Introduction to the Public Assistance 

Process (IS-630)

This Independent Study program is a CD-ROM, computer-based training program. It includes four units 

of instruction covering such topics as an overview, 

eligibility, kick-off meeting, project formulation, 

and small project validation. The materials include 

a section on “How to take this course”—an interactive summary activity, and a resource center which 

includes public assistance policy publications, forms, 

glossary, link to FEMA’s Web site, and end-of-course 

examination. The course is designed for all audiences 

including Federal, State, tribal, and local emergency 

management staffs with responsibilities in FEMA’s 

Public Assistance Program. It is highly recommended 

for nonpublic assistance personnel who need a basic 

understanding of the process. Course materials are 

not available for downloading due to imbedded 

video, but enrollment is available via the FEMA Web 

site (http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/).

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .2.

Study Hours: 2.

Public Assistance Operations I (IS-631)

This is a CD-ROM computer-based training course. 

It replaces the resident course, E381, Public Assistance 

Operations I. The units of instruction cover such topics as 

initial operations, governing documents, eligibility, 

special considerations, project formulation (worksheet and validation), and a summary. The course 

also includes a resource center that includes public assistance policy publications, forms, glossary, a 

link to FEMA’s Web site, and an end-of-course exam. 

This course is designed for all audiences including 

Federal, State, tribal, local emergency management, 

and contractor staffs with responsibilities in FEMA’s 

Public Assistance Program. Course materials are not

available for downloading due to imbedded video 

but enrollment is available via the FEMA Web site at: 

www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/emicourses/

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Prerequisites: IS-630, Introduction to the Public Assistance 

Process.

CEU’s: .7.

Study Hours: 7.

Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA’s 

Public Assistance Program (IS-632)

This course is a CD-ROM computer-based training 

course. The course is designed into two major topic 

areas—General Debris Removal Operations and 

Critical Issues in Debris Operations. There is also 

a resource center which includes public assistance 

documents, test resources (exam), sample forms, 

key content, and a link to the FEMA Web site.

This course is designed for all audiences including 

Federal, State, tribal, local emergency management, 

and contractor staffs with debris removal responsibilities in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. It is 

recommended for all staff required to take an introductory course in debris operations. Course materials 

are not available for downloading due to imbedded 

video, but enrollment is available via the FEMA Web 

site at www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/emicourses/

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .5.

Study Hours: 5.

Building Partnerships with Tribal 

Governments (IS-650)

Effective partnerships form and evolve because the 

individual partners have an understanding, appreciation, and respect for one another that they acquire 

through education and life experiences. This course 

is designed to provide the basic knowledge needed 

to build effective partnerships with tribal governments and to work in concert with them to protect 

native people and their property against all types of 

hazards.

Throughout this course, tribal representatives speak 

about their history, their culture, their way of life, 

and what people need to know to develop good 

relationships with them. What they say will provide 

insight into a people who have endured great suffering and challenges but remain proud and committed to taking care of one another, their land, and 

their traditions.

There are lessons devoted to specific program challenges in working with tribal people to provide monetary and technical assistance through the Individual 

Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation 

Programs. For example, getting the word out about 

how and where to apply for disaster assistance to 

native people who live in remote areas and are not 

served by traditional print and mass media networks. The program challenges reflect actual experiences of native people and FEMA representatives 

working together before, during, and after disasters 

to deliver assistance.

Throughout the course, there are opportunities 

to test understandings by applying what has been 

learned to answer questions and to make decisions 

in response to real-life disaster scenarios.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: 1.0.

Study Hours: 10.

National Incident Management System 

(NIMS), An Introduction (IS-700)

This Awareness-level course introduces the NIMS

and describes the purpose, principles, key components, and benefits of NIMS. It includes “Planning 

Activity” tools that help the user to measure how 

compliant his/her organization is with NIMS.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

Study Hours: 3.

Access: Register and complete the course online on 

the NETC Virtual Campus. Access this course through 

the NETC Virtual Campus, located at http://training.

fema.gov/emiweb. Click on “NETC Virtual Campus” 

(under Courses on the left side of the screen) and 
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enter your name and password if you registered for 

other courses or click on “New Student” (fill in your 

information) to obtain a Login and Password to the 

Virtual Campus.

A printed version of this course and a facilitator’s 

guide are available for organizations wanting to 

deliver this in a classroom setting.

National Incident Management System 

(NIMS) Resource Management (IS-703)

This interactive computer-based course provides the 

principles, tools, processes, and systems used in the 

NIMS that incident managers need for timely and 

effective resource management during an incident. 

Primary tasks addressed in this course are

• establishing systems for describing, inventorying, 

requesting, and tracking resources;

• activating these systems prior to and during an 

incident;

• dispatching resources prior to and during an 

incident; and

• deactivating or recalling resources during or after 

incidents.

The course shows that resources, including personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and supplies, 

are managed through NIMS by advance planning, 

resource identification and ordering, categorizing 

resources, use of agreements, acquisition management, management information systems, and protocols for ordering, mobilization, and dispatching. 

This course will supersede G-276, Resource Management. 

For purposes of the Advanced Professional Series, 

those who have completed G-276 still may claim 

credit for it as an elective, or IS-703 will count 

toward that elective.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: To be determined.

Study Hours: To be determined.

The National Response Plan (NRP), An 

Introduction (IS-800)

The NRP specifies how the resources of the Federal 

government will work in concert with State, local, 

and tribal governments and the private sector to 

respond to Incidents of National Significance. The 

NRP is predicated on the NIMS and this course complements EMI course IS-700 National Incident Management 

System. The NRP and NIMS provide a nationwide template for working together to prevent or respond to 

threats and incidents regardless of cause, size, or 

complexity. The purpose of the course is to introduce the NRP and enable participants to:

• describe the purpose of the NRP;

• locate information within the NRP;

• describe the roles and responsibilities of entities as 

specified in the NRP; 

• identify the organizational structure used for NRP 

coordination; 

• describe the field-level organizations and teams 

activated under the NRP; and 

• identify the incident management activities 

addressed by the NRP.

The course is designed for the DHS, other Federal 

department/agency staff responsible for implementing the NRP as well as State, local, and private 

sector emergency management professionals.

Prerequisites: None.

CEU’s: .3.

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FEMA Regional Offices

There are 10 FEMA regional offices. Each office is headed by a regional director who reports to the Undersecretary 

of Emergency Preparedness and Response and is responsible for FEMA programs in the region.

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Region I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

99 High Street, 6th Floor Rhode Island, Vermont

Boston, Massachusetts 02110 

(617) 956-7506

(617) 956-7550 (Training Office)

FSN: 551-9550

Fax: (617) 956-7519 or 956-7538

Email: richard.quinlan@dhs.gov

Region II New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

26 Federal Plaza, Room 1307

New York, New York 10278-0002

(212) 680-3609

(212) 225-7018 (Training Office)

Fax: (212) 680-3681

Email: russell.fox@dhs.gov

Region III Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, 

One Independence Mall Building Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

615 Chestnut Street, 6th Floor 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-4404

(215) 931-5500 

(215) 931-5569 (Training Office) 

FSN: 553-5569

Fax: (215) 931-5714

Email: janice.barlow@dhs.gov

Region IV Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, 

3003 Chamblee Tucker Road North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Atlanta, Georgia 30341 

(770) 220-5200

(770) 220-5218 (Training Office)

FSN: 554-5218

Fax: (770) 220-5275

Email: gayle.alston@dhs.gov

Region V Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, 

536 South Clark Street, 6th Floor Wisconsin

Chicago, Illinois 60605 

(312) 408-5500 

(312) 408-5377 (Training Office) 

FSN: 555-5377

Fax: (312) 408-5222

Email: sharon.wolf@dhs.gov
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Region VI Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Federal Regional Center

800 North Loop 288 

Denton, Texas 76201-3698 

(940) 898-5399 

(940) 898-5457 (Training Office) 

FSN: 536-5399

Fax: (940) 898-5213

Email: reba.kestler@dhs.gov

Region VII Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

2323 Grand Boulevard, Suite 900

Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2670 

(816) 283-7061

(816) 283-7093 (Training Office) 

FSN: 537-7093

Fax: (816) 283-7093

Email: james.nelson@dhs.gov

Region VIII Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Federal Regional Center Utah, Wyoming

Building 710, Box 25267 

Denver, Colorado 80225-0267 

(303) 235-4800

(303) 235-4929 (Training Office) 

FSN: 538-4929 

Fax: (303) 235-4857

Email: anne.griffin@dhs.gov

Region IX Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, 

111 Broadway, Suite 1200 American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern

Oakland, CA 94607-4052 Mariana Islands

(510) 627-7100 

(510) 627-7106 (Training Office)

FSN: 539-7106

Fax: (510) 627-7126 or 627-7117

Email: wayne.schmaling@dhs.gov

Region X Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Federal Regional Center 

130 228th Street SW

Bothell, Washington 98021-9796 

(425) 487-4600 

(425) 487-4603 (Training Office) or

(425) 487-4684

FSN: 530-4603 

Fax: (425) 487-4777

Email: kathy.burke@dhs.gov

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Region I

Richard J. Quinlan. B.A., English/Communications. 

Experience: 16 years of experience in the emergency management field. Served as Regional Hazardous Materials 

Program Coordinator from June 1987 to June 1993. 

Detailed to the Office of the Regional Director in 1995 

to coordinate the Special Olympics World Games in 

New Haven, Connecticut. State Liaison Officer for 

the State of Vermont for the last 14 years and have 

worked in 17 presidentially declared disasters. Exercise 

Response 1998 coordinator for all Region I staff and 

all six New England States. Created and developed 

Regional Training Lab to enhance computer skills for 

Region I staff. Regional Training Manager for Regional 

and State staff. Cadre Manager for the Regional Disaster 

Field Training Organization (DFTO).

Region II

Russell Fox. B.A., Political Science/International 

Relations. Completed 2 years of graduate work 

toward Ph.D. in Political Science/Middle East 

Politics. Experience: More than 11 years designing, 

implementing, and managing training events/conferences and projects on a global basis. Includes 3 

years’ experience at FEMA working in Mitigation and 

Preparedness Divisions working on post-9/11 mitigation projects, technological hazards assignments, 

and establishing the Citizen Corps/CERT training 

program for Region II. Six years’ experience at Peace 

Corps HQ as special projects manager, disaster/security coordinator, and training/conference specialist. 

Led international recovery and relief assessments 

to Guinea, Papua New Guinea, and Jamaica; participated in nine State Department Crisis Task Force 

Teams; and facilitated the implementation of the 

Pacific Initiative, a regional economic development 

programming and training strategy. Served 2 years 

as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa.

Region III

Janice Barlow. B.S., Biology, M.A., Zoology, 

M.Ed., Instructional Systems: Training Design and 

Development (in progress). Experience: More than 15 

years in the design, development, and management 

of training and performance improvement systems. 

Regional Training Staff

Training solutions have included Classroom Training, 

Computer-Based Training, Web-Based Training, and 

Intelligent Tutoring Systems; has supported the U.S. 

Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and USDA Forest 

Service in the implementation and evaluation of 

training programs, knowledge management, and 

performance improvement solutions. Experience 

also includes 10 years as an Ordnance Officer in 

the U.S. Army with assignments as an instructor and 

Curriculum Manager for the U.S. Army Ordnance 

Center and School, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, 

Maryland.

Region IV

Gayle Alston. B.S., Education M.L.S. Library Science. 

Experience: 4 years as public school librarian, 6 years 

as Library and Records Manager at the EPA Atlanta 

Regional Office where responsibilities included computer training; 8 years Health Education Specialist at 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 

with responsibilities in delivering adult education 

programs and overseeing cooperative agreements in 

environmental health education.

Region V

Sharon Wolf. B.S. Secondary Education and Social 

Studies, M.S. Educational Psychology. Experience: 10 

years advising, counseling, and teaching at Alverno 

College and the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee 

School of Education. Seventeen years in the Response 

and Recovery Division of FEMA Region V, Human 

Services and Operations and Planning Branches. 

Responsibilities included Individual Assistance and 

Operations/Planning program management and 

training of State staff, other Federal agency staff and 

disaster assistance employees. Regional Training 

Manager since 1997.

Region VI

Reba L. Kestler. Has 26 years of Federal service, 21 of 

those years with FEMA Region VI. Currently serving 

as the Regional Training Manager and Tribal Liaison. 

She has served as a COG Planning Specialist, Regional 

Equal Rights Advisor, EMPG Program Manager, and 

the region’s Grants Coordinator and continues as 
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program manager for the SARA Title III and EOC

construction grants. As the Grants Coordinator, she 

has worked extensively with the State offices of emergency management on many aspects of their FEMA

grants including training and exercises. She has been 

closely involved in the regional training processes by 

facilitating workshops, developing training, and the 

implementation of grant guidance. FEMA disaster 

duties have included serving as a FEMA State Liaison 

in the State EOC’s. She also participates in CSEPP 

exercises as an evaluator. She has an extensive career 

of successes in the coordination and implementation of programs and activities that support joint 

State and Federal operations.

Region VII

Jim Nelson. B.S., Government; M.S., Educational 

Leadership; M.A., Business. Experience: 24 years as 

active-duty military with the U.S. Army in the field 

of operations, plans, training, and exercises; training 

and exercise officer for operational organizations of 

varying sizes that deployed worldwide; Department 

of the Army systems integrator; developed and 

implemented fielding plans incorporating personnel, training, and exercising with new aviation hardware systems; director of professional development 

training program for Army executive leadership; 6 

years’ experience as emergency services director for 

American Red Cross; managed disaster response, 

planning and mitigation, training and exercises for 

large metropolitan area; member of the American 

Red Cross national disaster response team; deployed 

to Federal declared disasters involving floods, hurricanes, and terrorists. FEMA Region VII Regional 

Training Manager for 3 years.

Region VIII

Anne Griffin. B.A., French Language and Literature; 

M.S., Education (Teaching English as a Second 

Language). Responsible for Regional Training and 

Education Programs; administration and conduct of 

the major training and exercise programs of the State 

and tribal governments in the region; program evaluation. Experience: developer and manager of training and education curriculum for the U.S. Air Force 

School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM); instructor and developer of English as a Second Language 

curriculum for the Defense Language Institute 

English Language Center (DLIELC); 13 years teaching English as a Second Language at university and 

adult education levels in the United States and Italy.

Region IX

Wayne E. Schmaling. B.S., American History and 

Business Administration from the State University 

of New York. Regional Training Manager since 1995. 

Experience: 24 years of operations and training with the 

Department of Defense in worldwide assignments. 

Four years’ university-level instructional experience 

at Niagara University, New York. Regional Manager 

of the Disaster Field Training Organization and 

National Defense Executive Reserve Cadres. Thirteen 

years of disaster experience with FEMA at such 

disasters as the Northridge, California, earthquake 

of 1994. Administrative Branch Chief for disaster 

assignments in the RRCC and at Joint Field Offices for 

declared disasters. Co-chair of the Regional Awards 

Review Team. Alternate Regional Safety Officer.

Region X

Kathy J. Burke. B.A., Health and Physical Education; 

M.A., Counseling; C.A.S., Education Counseling. 

Experience: Civil servant for 20 years. Began Federal 

career on active duty with the U.S. Air Force, leading to several job opportunities on military bases 

working in the field of education and counseling. 

Worked as an education counselor, and as a family 

support counselor with the U.S. Air Force Statewide 

and overseas for 10 years. Regional Training Manager 

for FEMA Region X for the past 12 years. Manages 

employee development for full-time and intermittent employees; manages the regional DFTO Cadre. 

Worked on many projects to design and deliver 

training activities within the agency and in coordination with other Federal agencies or academic 

institutions. Member of the American Society for 

Training Development (ASTD), SALT, International 

Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), and 

the Seattle Federal Executive Board (SFEB) Learning 

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Region I

Connecticut

Training Officer

Connecticut Department of Emergency

 Management and Homeland Security

25 Sigourney Street

Hartford, Connecticut 06106

(860) 256-0849

Fax: (860) 247-0664

Email: paul.benyeda@po.state.ct.us

www.ct.gov/oem/

Maine

Training Officer 

Maine Emergency Management Agency 

72 State House Station 

Augusta, Maine 04333-0072

(207) 624-4400

Fax: (207) 287-3179

Email: michael.f.grant@maine.gov

www.state.me.us/mema/

Massachusetts

Training Officer 

Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency 

400 Worcester Road 

Framingham, Massachusetts 01702-5399

(508) 820-2018

Fax: (508) 820-2030

Email: phil.stocking@state.ma.us

www.state.ma.us/mema

New Hampshire

Training Officer 

New Hampshire Bureau of Emergency

 Management 

33 Hazen Drive 

Concord, New Hampshire 03301

(603) 271-2661; (603) 271-2231

Fax: (603) 225-7341

Email: rnieder@safety.state.nh.us

www.nhoem.state.nh.us/

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Rhode Island

Training Officer

Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

645 New London Avenue

Cranston, Rhode Island 02920-3097

(401) 946-9996

Fax: (401) 944-1891

Email: michelle.sansouci@ri.ngb.army.mil

www.riema.ri.gov

Vermont

Training Officer

Vermont Emergency Management Division 

Department of Public Safety 

103 South Main Street 

Waterbury, Vermont 05671-2101

(802) 244-8721; (800) 347-0488

TTY: (888) 545-7598

Fax: (802) 241-5556

Email: rschell@dps.state.vt.us

www.dps.state.vt.us/vem

Region II

New Jersey

Training Officer 

New Jersey State Police/Office of Emergency

 Management 

P.O. Box 7068 

West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-0068 

(609) 584-5000 (ext. 5009)

Fax: (609) 584-1528

Email: lppkeent@gw.njsp.org

www.state.nj.us/njoem/index.html

New York

State Training Officer 

New York State Emergency Management Office 

1220 Washington Avenue

Building 22, Suite 101

Albany, New York 12226-2251 

(518) 292-2351

Fax: (518) 457-9963

Email: william.campbell@semo.state.ny.us

www.nysemo.state.ny.us/
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Puerto Rico

Training Officer

Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency

P.O. Box 9066537

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00906-6597

(787) 724-0124

Fax: (787) 725-4244

Email: fmarquez@aemead.gobierno.pr

Virgin Islands

State Training Officer

Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency

 Management Agency (VITEMA)

102 Estate Hermon Hill

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00820 

(340) 773-2244

Fax: (340) 778-8980

Email: haroldb@viaccess.net

www.usvi.org/vitema

FEMA Caribbean

P.O. Box 70105

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8105

(787) 296-3514

Fax: (787) 296-3642

Email: jose.bravo@dhs.gov

Region III

Delaware

Training Officer

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

165 Brick Store Landing Road 

Smyrna, Delaware 19977-9628

(302) 659-2233

Fax: (302) 659-6855

Email: mark.claveloux@state.de.us

www.state.de.us/dema

District of Columbia

Training Officer 

DC Emergency Management Agency

2000 14th Street NW, 8th Floor 

Washington, DC 20009 

(202) 727-6161; (202) 673-2101 (ext. 1162)

Fax: (202) 673-2290

Email: chris.voss@dc.gov

http://dcema.dc.gov

Maryland

Training Officer

Maryland Emergency Management Agency 

Camp Fretterd Military Reservation

5401 Rue Saint Lo Drive

Reisterstown, Maryland 21136-4541

(410) 517-3600; (410) 517-3648

(877) MEMA-USA

Fax: (410) 517-3610

Email: evalentine@mema.state.md.us

www.mema.state.md.us/

Pennsylvania

Training Officer

Bureau of Operations and Training

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

2605 Interstate Drive

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9364

(717) 651-2141; (717) 651-2001

Fax: (717) 651-2021; (717) 346-3105

Email: pweeks@state.pa.us

www.pema.state.pa.us/

Virginia

Training Officer 

Department of Emergency Management 

10501 Trade Court

Richmond, Virginia 23236-3713

(804) 897-6559; (804) 897-6500

Fax: (804) 897-6556

Email: sam.hoffman@vdem.virginia.gov

www.vdem.state.va.us/

West Virginia

Training Officer

West Virginia Division of Homeland Security

 and Emergency Management

Building 1, Room EB-80

1900 Kanawha Boulevard East

Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0360

(304) 558-5380

Fax: (304) 344-4538

Email: 

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Alabama

Training Officer 

Alabama Emergency Management Agency 

5898 County Road 41

P.O. Drawer 2160

Clanton, Alabama 35046-2160

(205) 280-2312

Fax: (205) 280-2444

Email: lindae@ema.alabama.gov

http://ema.alabama.gov

Florida

Training Officer 

Florida Division of Emergency Management 

2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100 

(850) 413-0261

Fax: (850) 488-6250

Email: rupert.dennis@dca.state.fl.us

www.floridadisaster.org

Georgia

Training Officer

Office of Homeland Security

Georgia Emergency Management Agency 

GPSTC

1000 Indian Springs Drive

Forsyth, Georgia 31029

(478) 993-4612

Fax: (478) 993-4260

Email: gmoore@gema.state.ga.us

www2.state.ga.us/GEMA/

Kentucky

Training Supervisor 

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

90 Airport Road

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

(502) 607-5728

Fax: (502) 607-5710

Email: jill.roberts@ky.ngb.army.mil

http://kyem.ky.gov

Mississippi

Training Officer

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency 

P.O. Box 4501 

Jackson, Mississippi 39296-4501 

(601) 366-3412 

Fax: (601) 987-9938

(601) 352-8314

Email: mcarter@mema.ms.org

www.msema.org/index.htm

North Carolina

Training Officer 

North Carolina Division of Emergency 

 Management 

4713 Mail Service Center 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4713 

(919) 715-7437; (919) 733-2500

Fax: (919) 733-6327

Email: sgalbraith@ncem.org

www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/

South Carolina

Training Officer

South Carolina Emergency Management

 Division

2779 Fish hatchery Road 

West Columbia, South Carolina 29172

(803) 737-8500

Fax: (803) 737-8570

Email: sbatson@emd.state.sc.us

www.scemd.org

Tennessee

Training Officer

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

3041 Sidco Drive 

Nashville, Tennessee 37204-1502 

(615) 741-2924

Fax: (615) 741-4173

Email: dpryor@tnema.org

www.tnema.org/
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Region V

Illinois

Training Officer 

Illinois Emergency Management Agency 

2200 South Dirksen Parkway

Springfield, Illinois 62703

(217) 557-4791

Fax: (217) 557-1978

Email: gfelchner@illinois.gov (in 2006)

www.state.il.us/iema/

Indiana

Training Officer

Indiana Department of Homeland Security

ICGS

302 West Washington Street, Room E208

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2760

(317) 232-3984; (317) 232-3980

Fax: (317) 234-0736

Email: hstegerman@dhs.in.gov

www.in.gov/sema

Michigan

Training Officer 

Michigan State Police 

Emergency Management Division

4000 Collins Road

Lansing, Michigan 48910

(517) 333-5034

Fax: (517) 333-4987

Email: kirtg@michigan.gov

www.michigan.gov

Minnesota

Training Officer

Minnesota Division of Homeland Security and

 Emergency Management

444 Cedar Street, Suite 223

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-6223

(651) 296-0472 

Fax: (651) 296-0459

Email: suzanne.donnell@state.mn.us

www.hsem.state.mn.us/

Ohio

Training Officer 

Ohio Emergency Management Agency 

2855 West Dublin-Granville Road 

Columbus, Ohio 43235-2712

(614) 799-3824

Fax: (614) 799-3831

Email: dkhartman@dps.state.oh.us

http://ema.ohio.gov

Wisconsin

Training Officer 

Wisconsin Emergency Management

2400 Wright Street

P.O. Box 7865

Madison, Wisconsin 53708

(608) 242-3213

Fax: (608) 242-3248

Email: jerry.haberl@dma.state.wi.us

http://emergencymanagement.wi.gov/

Region VI

Arkansas

Training Officer 

Arkansas Department of Emergency 

 Management

P.O. Box 758 

Conway, Arkansas 72033

(501) 730-9750

Fax: (501) 730-9754

Email: robert.johns@adem.state.ar.us

www.adem.state.ar.us/

Louisiana

Training Officer 

Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and

 Emergency Preparedness

7667 Independence Boulevard

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 

(225) 925-7500

Fax: (225) 925-7501

Email: msmith@ohsep.louisiana.gov

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New Mexico

State Training Coordinator

New Mexico Department of Public Safety 

4491 Cerrillos Road

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504

(505) 827-9251

Fax: (505) 827-3449

Email: sharris@dps.state.nm.us

www.dps.nm.org/training/index.htm

Oklahoma

Training Officer 

Oklahoma Department of Emergency

 Management 

P.O. Box 53365

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-3365

(405) 521-2481 

Fax: (405) 521-4053

Email: dale.magnin@dem.state.ok.us

www.odcem.state.ok.us/

Texas

Training Officer 

Division of Emergency Management 

Texas Department of Public Safety 

5805 North Lamar Boulevard

P.O. Box 4087

Austin, Texas 78773-0001

(512) 424-2195

Fax: (512) 424-5647 

Email: harold.martin@txdps.state.tx.us

www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/

Region VII

Iowa

Training Officer 

Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency

 Management Division 

Hoover State Office Building, Level A

1305 East Walnut

Des Moines, Iowa 50319 

(515) 281-3231 

Fax: (515) 281-7539

Email: connie.gilbert@hlsem.state.ia.us

www.iowahomelandsecurity.org

Kansas

Training Officer 

Adjutant General’s Department 

Kansas Division of Emergency Management

2800 Southwest Topeka Boulevard 

Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287 

(785) 274-1413

Fax: (785) 274-1426

Email: aallen@agtop.state.ks.us

www.accesskansas.org/kdem/

Missouri

Training Officer 

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency 

P.O. Box 116 

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0116

(573) 526-9120

Fax: (573) 634-7966

Email: jim.charrier@sema.dps.mo.gov

www.sema.dps.mo.gov/semapage.htm

Nebraska

Training Officer 

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 

1300 Military Road 

Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-1090

(402) 471-7349

Fax: (402) 471-7433

Email: henry.tamasi@nema.ne.gov

www.nebema.org/

Region VIII

Colorado

Training Officer

Colorado Division of Emergency Management 

9195 East Mineral Avenue, Suite 200

Centennial, Colorado 80112-3549

(720) 852-6617

Fax: (720) 852-6750

Email: robyn.knappe@state.co.us

www.dola.state.co.us/oem/oemindex.htm
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Montana

Training Officer 

State of Montana Disaster and Emergency

 Services 

P.O. Box 4789 

Fort Harrison, Montana 59636-4789

(406) 841-3968; (406) 841-3911

Fax: (406) 841-3965

Email: fnaeher@mt.gov

www.state.mt.us/dma/des/default.asp

North Dakota

Training Officer 

North Dakota Department of Emergency

 Services

P.O. Box 5511 

Fraine Barracks Lane, Building 35

Bismarck, North Dakota 58506-5511 

(701) 328-8100

Fax: (701) 328-8181

Email: kjarolim@state.nd.us

www.nd.gov/des

South Dakota

Training Officer 

Office of Emergency Management 

Department of Public Safety

118 West Capitol Avenue

Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070

(605) 773-3236; (605) 773-3231

Fax: (605) 773-3580

Email: dennis.anderson@state.sd.us

www.oem.sd.gov

Utah

Training Officer

Utah Division of Emergency Services and

 Homeland Security

Room 1110, State Capital Office Building

P.O. Box 141710

Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 -1710

(801) 538-3400/3758

Fax: (801) 538-3770

Email: tedwoolley@utah.gov

www.des.utah.gov/

Wyoming

Training Officer

Wyoming Division of Homeland Security 

122 West 25th Street

Herschler Building, 1st Floor East

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

(307) 777-4900

Fax: (307) 635-6017

Email: klee@state.wy.us

http://wyohomelandsecurity.state.wy.us/

Region IX

Arizona

Director, Education and Training 

Arizona Division of Emergency Management 

5636 East McDowell Road 

Phoenix, Arizona 85008 

(602) 231-6317

Fax: (602) 231-6206

Email: della.marco@azdema.gov

www.dem.state.az.us/

California

The California Specialized Training Institute

Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

P.O. Box 8123 

San Luis Obispo, California 93403-8123 

(805) 549-3536

Fax: (805) 549-3348

Email: robert_lewis@oes.ca.gov

www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf

Hawaii

Hawaii State Civil Defense

Attn: Training Officer

3949 Diamond Head Road 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96816-4495 

(808) 733-4300; (808) 733-4301

Fax: (808) 733-4287

Email: wchung@scd.hawaii.gov; hscd@scd.hawaii.org

www.scd.state.hi.us/
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Nevada

Nevada Division of Emergency Management

ATTN: Training Officer 

2525 South Carson Street 

Carson City, Nevada 89711

(775) 687-7361

Fax: (775) 687-6788

Email: ldegristina@dps.state.nv.us

http://dem.state.nv.us/PT&E.htm

American Samoa

Executive Director

Territorial Emergency Management

 Coordinating Office (TEMCO) 

American Samoa Government

P.O. Box 1086

Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 

(684) 699-6482; (684) 633-1111

Fax: (684) 699-6414

Email: tvtemco@samoatelco.com

Guam

Director of Department of Military

 Affairs and Adjutant General of the Guam

 National Guard

Office of Civil Defense

Government of Guam

Building 221-B Chalan Palasyo

Agana Heights, Guam 96910 

(671) 475-9600

Fax: (671) 477-3727

Email: www.guamhs.org

Northern Mariana Islands

Director

Emergency Management Office

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

P.O. Box 10007

Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 

(670) 322-9528; (670) 322-9529

Fax: (670) 322-1748

Email: emodir@cnmiemo.org

Republic of the Marshall Island (MH)

Director

National Disaster Management Office

Office of the Chief Secretary

P.O. Box 15

Majuro, MH 96960-0015

(692) 625-5181

Fax: (692) 625-6896

Email: ccapelle@majuro.peacesat.hawaii.educ

Federated States of Micronesia (FM)

National Disaster Control Officer

Federated States of Micronesia

P.O. Box PS-53

Palikir, Pohnpei 96941

(691) 320-8815

Fax: (691) 320-2785

Region X

Alaska

Training Officer

Alaska Division of Homeland Security and

 Emergency Management

P.O. Box 5750 

Ft. Richardson, Alaska 99505-5750 

(907) 428-7084; (907) 428-7065

Fax: (907) 428-7009

Email: greg_gould@ak-prepared.com

roy_bainbridge@ak-prepared.com

www.ak-prepared.com/

Idaho

Training Officer

Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security

4040 Guard Street, Building #600

Boise, Idaho 83705-5004

(208) 422-3040 

Fax: (208) 422-3044

Email: djackson@bhs.idaho.gov

www.bhs.idaho.gov
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Oregon

Training Officer 

Oregon Emergency Management Division

PO Box 14370

Salem, Oregon 97309-5062

(503) 378-2911

Fax: (503) 373-7833

Email: kjcraigm@oem.state.or.us

www.oregon.gov/OOHS/OEM/index.shtml

Washington

Training Coordinator

State of Washington Military Department

 Emergency Management Division

Building 20, Mailstop TA-20

Camp Murray, Washington 98430-5122

(253) 512-7048 

Fax: (253) 512-7206

Email: r.garrand@emd.wa.gov

Exercise Training Officer

State of Washington Emergency Management

 Division 

Building 20, Mailstop TA-20

Camp Murray, Washington 98430-5122

(253) 512-7045

Fax: (253) 512-7206

Email: g.jenson@emd.wa.gov

www.emd.wa.gov/
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On March 31, 2005, DHS issued the Interim 

National Preparedness Goal (the Goal) 

that established a vision for National 

Preparedness including National Priorities as outlined in Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 

(HSPD-8). The Target Capabilities List (TCL) identifies 37 capabilities integral to nationwide all-hazards 

preparedness, including acts of terrorism.

The Goal encompasses the full spectrum of activities necessary to address the entire range of threats 

and hazards. In addition to a number of common 

activities that support preparedness (e.g., planning, 

interoperable communications, risk management, 

and citizen preparedness and participation), four 

mission areas help create a framework for developing the subset of national capabilities that will 

be supported by DHS preparedness grant program 

funding. The four mission areas are prevent, protect, 

respond, and recover. 

As stated in NIMS, mitigation activities are important elements of preparedness and provide a critical foundation across the spectrum from prevention 

through recovery. The mission areas are discussed in 

further detail below. 

Prevent: Actions to avoid an incident or to intervene to stop an incident from occurring. Prevention 

involves intelligence and deterrence operations; 

heightened inspections; improved surveillance and 

security operations; investigations; education and 

training; enhanced nuclear and radiological detection capabilities; public health and agricultural surveillance and testing processes; immunizations, 

isolation, or quarantine; and certain law enforcement operations. Public announcements, infrastructure improvements and citizen vigilance also 

are important, especially when considering an allhazards approach. 

Protect: Actions to reduce the vulnerability of critical infrastructure or key resources in order to deter, 

mitigate, or neutralize terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. Protection also includes 

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continuity of government and operations planning; 

evacuation planning, awareness elevation and understanding of threats and vulnerabilities to related critical facilities, systems, and functions; promotion of 

effective sector-specific protection practices and 

methodologies; and expansion of voluntary security-related information sharing between government and private entities.

Respond: Activities that address the short-term, 

direct effects of an incident. Response includes 

immediate actions to save lives, protect property, 

and meet basic human needs. As indicated by the 

situation, response activities include applying intelligence and other information to lessen the effects 

or consequences of an incident; increasing security 

and law enforcement operations; continuing investigations into the nature and source of the threat; 

continuing ongoing public health and agricultural 

surveillance and testing processes; providing immunizations; enforcing isolation or quarantine; and 

allowing appropriate citizen response. A prepared 

community also will possess sufficient capability for 

emergency feeding and sheltering of displaced personnel. 

Recover: The development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans; the 

reconstitution of government operations and services; individual, private-sector, nongovernmental, 

and public-assistance programs to provide housing and to promote restoration; long-term care and 

treatment of affected persons; additional measures 

for social, political, environmental, and economic 

restoration; evaluation of the incident to identify 

lessons learned; postincident reporting; and development of initiatives to mitigate the effects of future 

incidents.

Common: Activities that support preparedness 

(e.g., planning, interoperable communications, 

risk management, and citizen preparedness and 

participation).
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The following table matches EMI’s courses with the mission areas developed to support the National 

Preparedness Goal. 

Course 

Code Course Title

Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

Respond

Target Audience

E/B132 Exercise Design and 

Evaluation X X

PH, Environmental Health, Health Care Providers, Pre-Hospital 

Emergency Medical Services, EM, VOAD, Public Information Officers, Fire, PW, Private Industry

E/B133

Exercise Program Management and Control 

Simulation

X X

PH, Environmental Health, Health Care Providers, Pre-Hospital 

Emergency Medical Services, EM, VOAD, Public Information Officers, Fire, PW, Private Industry

E/B136 Exercise Development X X

PH, Environmental Health, Health Care Providers, Pre-Hospital 

Emergency Medical Services, EM, VOAD, Public Information Officers, Fire, PW, Private Industry

E155 Building Design for 

Homeland Security X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officers

E170

Advanced HAZUS 

Multi-Hazard (MH) for 

Hurricane

X X EM, GIS Specialists, State and Local Planners

E172 Advanced HAZUS MultiHazard (MH) for Flood X X EM, GIS Specialists, State and Local Planners

E174

Advanced HAZUS 

Multi-Hazard (MH) for 

Earthquake

X X EM, GIS Specialists, State and Local Planners

E179

Application of HAZUS 

Multi-Hazard (MH) for 

Disaster Operations

X X FEMA Mitigation Staff, State Building Science Officials, GIS professionals

E190 Introduction to ArcGIS 

for HAZUS-MH Users X X EM, GIS Specialists

E194 Advanced Floodplain 

Management Concepts X Floodplain Managers

E202 Debris Management X State, Local, and Tribal EM

E208 State Coordinating 

Officer X State and Federal Disaster Responders

E210

Recovery from Disaster: 

The Local Government 

Role

X State, Local, and Tribal EM

E234 Digital Hazard Data X EM

E237 Annual Training and 

Exercises Conference X FEMA RTM’s, State Emergency Management Training Officers, State Emergency Management Exercise Officers
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Code Course Title

Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

Respond

Target Audience

E270

Managing Floodplain 

Development through 

the NFIP TTT

X Floodplain Managers

E273

Managing Floodplain 

Development Through 

the National Flood 

Insurance Program 

(NFIP)

X Floodplain Managers

E276 Benefit-Cost Analysis: 

Entry-Level Training X FEMA, State, and Local Hazard Mitigation Officials

E278

National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System 

(NFIP/CRS)

X Floodplain Managers

E279

Retrofitting FloodProne Residential 

Buildings

X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

E282 State Community 

Relations X X State EM

E288 State Donations Management Course X State and Federal Donations Managers, VOAD

E296

HAZUS Multi-Hazard/

DMA 2000 Risk AssessmentX X EM

B301

Radiological Emergency Response 

Operations (RERO)

X

LE, Fire, EMS, PH, EM, Sanitarians, Health Physicists, Hygienists, Radiologic Officers, Federal, State, Local, and Private officials who are responsible for responding to radiological incidents

B302

Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO)

X

LE, Fire, EMS, PH, EM, Sanitarians, Health Physicists, Hygienists, Radiologic Officers, Federal, State, Local, and Private officials who are responsible for responding to radiological incidents

L304

Radiological Emergency Preparedness 

(REP) Exercise 

Evaluation

X X EM, Federal, State, Tribal, and Local REP Staff

E313 Basic HAZUS MultiHazard (MH) X X EM

E317

Comprehensive Data 

Management for 

HAZUS Multi-Hazard 

(MH)

X X EM
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Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

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Target Audience

E340

Radiological Emergency Preparedness 

(REP) Planning

X X EM, new Federal, State, Local and Tribal REP Planners, and Emergency 

Managers for fixed nuclear facilities

E341

Radiological Accident 

Assessment Concepts 

(RAAC)

X Federal, State, Local, and utility technical radiological accident assessment 

staff

E344 Mitigation for Tribal 

Officials X X Tribal and EM officials

E354

Crisis Counseling Grant Program 

Course (Basic)

X State Emergency Management

E362

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools TTT

X Education, Police, Fire, EM, EMS, PH

E376 State Public Assistance Operations X EM

E386 Residential Coastal 

Construction X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

E388 Advanced Public 

Information Officers X Public Information Officers, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

E407

Homeland Security 

Planning for Local 

Governments TTT

X Planners from LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

B425 Radiological Series 

TTT X General Public , Federal, State, Tribal and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

E430 EMAC TTT X State Emergency Management

E449

Incident Command 

System (ICS) Curricula TTTX Chief elected and appointed officials

L/B461

Hospital Emergency 

Response Training 

(HERT) for Mass 

Casualty Incidents 

(MCI) TTT 

X X Hospital Staff, PH, Healthcare 
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Prevent

Protect

Recover

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Target Audience

L/B462

Hospital Emergency 

Response Training 

(HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) 

24-Hour Course

X X Hospital Staff, PH, Healthcare

E464

Disaster-Resistant 

Jobs’ Strategies for 

Community Emergency and Economic Risk 

(CEER) Management

X X X X Economic Development Officials, EM, Local Government Leaders, Small or 

Medium-sized Business Owners

E478

Public Assistance 

Grant Administration 

for States

X EM

E/L/B548

Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

Program Managers 

TTT Course

X Federal, State, Local, and Tribal COOP Managers who teach G549

E/L/B550 COOP Planning X COOP Planners

E580

Emergency Management Framework for 

Tribal Governments

X X X X

Fire, LE, EMS, PW, PH, EM, Government Officials, Public Information 

Officers, Animal Care/Control, Mass Care Providers, Educators, Resource 

Managers, Financial Officials, VOAD

E581

Emergency Management Operations for 

Tribal Governments

X X X X

Fire, LE, EMS, PW, PH, EM, Government Officials, Public Information 

Officers, Animal Care/Control, Mass Care Providers, Educators, Resource 

Managers, Financial Officials, VOAD

E601 Management and Supervision of Training X EM Trainers

E602 Performance and 

Needs Analysis X EM Trainers

E603 Instructional Design X EM Trainers

E604 Course Development X EM Trainers
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Code Course Title

Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

Respond

Target Audience

E605 Instructional Delivery X EM Trainers

E609 Master Trainer 

Practicum X EM Trainers

E900

IEMC/All Hazards: 

Preparedness and 

Response

X X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E901

IEMC/All Hazards: 

Recovery and MitigationX X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E905

IEMC/Hurricane: 

Preparedness and 

Response

X X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E906 IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation X X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E910

IEMC/Earthquake: 

Preparedness and 

Response

X X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E911

IEMC/Earthquake: 

Recovery and MitigationX X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E915 IEMC/Homeland 

Security X X Elected Officials, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, PIO

E916 IEMC/Food and Agriculture Terrorism X State Agriculture Agents, EMS, PW, Fire, EM, PIO, LE, Elected Officials, 

USDA, FDA, Agriculture Industry Representatives

E920

IEMC/Hazardous Materials: Preparedness 

and Response

X X Elected Officials, HazMat specialists, VOAD, LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

E925/

L925

IEMC/State: Response and Recovery X X X State Elected and Appointed Officials, EM, Department Heads, EOC Staff, 

PIO

E930

IEMC/Community 

Specific/All Hazards: 

Response and Recovery

X X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, Elected Officials, VOAD, PIO

E931

IEMC/Community 

Specific/Hurricane: 

Response and Recovery

X X X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, VOAD, Elected Officials, EM, PIO

E932

IEMC/Community 

Specific/Earthquake: 

Response and Recovery

X X X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, VOAD, Elected Officials, EM, PIO
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Code Course Title

Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

Respond

Target Audience

B960 Healthcare Leadership Course X EMS, Emergency Physicians, Nursing Administrators, Hospital Administrators, PH, Hospital Facilities Personnel

B965

Fundamentals of 

Healthcare Emergency ManagementX X Healthcare Providers, EM, EMS, PH

B966

Advanced Public 

Information Officers 

Course: Health and 

Hospital Emergencies

X Public Information Officers in Emergency Management and related fields in 

LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH

L/B970

IEMC/Metropolitan 

Medical Response 

System (MMRS)

X X PH, Hospital Staff, EMS, Mental Health, LE, Fire, EM, PW, PIO

K606 Evaluation of Training X EM Trainers

G108 Community Mass 

Care Management X EM

G110

Emergency Management Operations 

Course (EMOC) for 

Local Governments

X X EM, EMS, Fire, LE, PW, EOC Staff, VOAD, PIO

G130 Exercise Evaluation X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

G135 Exercise Control/

Simulation X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private Industry

G137

Exercise Program 

Manager/

Management

X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

G138

Exercise Practicum for 

the Master Exercise 

Practitioner

X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

G191

Incident Command 

System/Emergency 

Operations Center 

(ICS/EOC) Interface

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

G194

Incident Command 

System (ICS) for 

Public Officials’ Conference

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

G197

Emergency Planning 

and Special Needs 

Populations

X EM, Special Needs Agencies, PH, Hospital Personnel, EMS, Evacuation 

Planners

G202 Debris Management X State, Local, and Tribal EM
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Common

Prevent

Protect

Recover

Respond

Target Audience

G203

Public Assistance 

Program Applicant 

Workshop

X EM

G225

Seismic Retrofit 

Training for Building 

Contractors and

Inspectors

X Building Inspectors

G246 Disaster-Resistant 

Jobs Training X EM Planners, Business Industry, Local EM

G249

Managing People in 

Disasters: A Local 

Perspective

X EM

G250.6 WEM: Amateur Radio 

Resources X X EM, Amateur Radio Emergency Services

G250.7 WEM: Local Situation 

(RAPID) Assessment X State, Tribal, and Local EM, Fire, LE, PW, PH

G250.8 WEM: Exercise Controller/Simulator X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

G250.9 WEM: Exercise Evaluator X X EM, Public Information Officer, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

G250.12

Senior Officials’ Workshop: Preparedness 

and Response for 

Terrorist Incidents

X Chief elected and appointed officials, Department Heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G265 Instructional Delivery 

Skills X State and Local Emergency Management Trainers

G270.3

WEM (Response and 

Recovery): Expedient 

Flood Training

X EM, Community Volunteers, Fire

G270.4

WEM (Response and 

Recovery): Recovery 

from Disaster: The Local Government Role

X State, Local, and Tribal EM

G270.5

WEM (Response and 

Recovery): Managing 

Through a Disaster for 

Supervisors

X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

G270.6

WEM (Response and 

Recovery): Working 

Through a Disaster for 

Front-Line Employees

X State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM
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G271

Hazardous Weather 

and Flood PreparednessX X EM, PW, National Weather Service, Elected Officials, Fire

G272 Warning Coordination X X EM

G275

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 

Management and 

Operations

X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

G276 Resource Management X FEMA, State, and Local Hazard Mitigation Officials

G277 Residential Coastal 

Construction X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

G278 Benefit-Cost Analysis: 

Entry-Level Training X FEMA State, Local, Hazard Mitigation Officials

G279

Retrofitting FloodProne Residential 

Buildings

X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

G280 Public Policy in Emergency Management X Elected and Appointed Officials of State and Local Governments who have 

Policy Responsibilities

G285

Benefit-Cost Analysis 

Using the LimitedData Module: Intermediate Training

X FEMA, State, Local Hazard Mitigation Officials

G288 Donations Management Workshop X State Emergency Management

G290 Basic Public Information Officers X Public Information Officers in EM and related field of LE, Fire, EMS, PW, 

PH, EM

G300

Intermediate Incident 

Command System 

(ICS) for Expanding 

Incidents, ICS-300

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

G301

Introduction to Hazard 

Materials PreparednessX LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

G310.1

Weapons of Mass 

Destruction: Nuclear 

Scenario

X Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G310.2

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological 

Scenario

X Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities
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G310.3

Weapons of Mass 

Destruction: Chemical-Sarin ScenarioX Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G310.4

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Vx 

Scenario

X Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G310.5

Weapons of Mass 

Destruction: Biological-Anthrax ScenarioX Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G310.6

Weapons of Mass 

Destruction: Suicide 

Bomber Scenario

X Chief elected and appointed officials; department heads and others with 

leadership responsibilities

G311 Hazardous Materials 

Contingency Planning X LE, Fire EMS, PW, PH, EM

G318

Mitigation Planning 

Workshop for Local 

Governments

X Local EM Officials

G320

Fundamentals Course 

for Radiological 

Response

X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EM, PW, PH, EM

G346

Hospital Emergency 

Department Management of Hazardous 

Materials Accidents 

(HMA)

X EMS and Medical/Hospital Staff

G351

Who’s in Charge 

Here?: Exercising Leadership in 

an Emergency or 

Disaster

X EM

G357

Emergency Response 

to Criminal and Terrorist IncidentsX LE, EMS, EM, Fire, HazMat

G358

Evacuation and

Re-entry Planning 

Course

X EM, Planners, Persons responsible for evacuations

G361 Flood Fight Operations X X X EM, PW, Elected Officials

G362

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools

X Education, LE, Fire, EM

G363

Hurricane Readiness 

for Coastal CommunitiesX X EM, Fire, LE
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G365.3

WEM: Partnerships 

for Creating and 

Maintaining Spotter 

Groups

X X X EM, National Weather Service, Community Volunteers

G386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response X EM

G393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers X X EM, Mitigation Planners, Tribal, State, and Local Officials

G398.1

Earthquake Mitigation and Recovery 

Exercise 

X X PW, Urban Planners, Local Legislators

G398.2 Flood Mitigation and 

Recovery Exercise X X PW, Urban Planners, Local Legislators

G398.3

Hurricane Mitigation and Recovery 

Exercise 

X X PW, Urban Planners, Local Legislators

G400

Advanced Incident 

Command System 

(ICS) Command and 

General Staff—Complex Incidents, 

ICS-400

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

G408

Homeland Security 

Planning for Local 

Governments

X Planners from LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

G434 Earthquake Safety 

Program for Schools X Teachers, School Administrators

G436

Earthquakes: A 

Teacher’s Package 

for K–6

X Teachers

G439

Seismic Sleuths: A 

Teacher’s Package 

on Earthquakes for 

Grades 7–12

X Teachers

G549

Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

Program Manager 

Course

X Public sector staff who manager COOP activities for their agency or office

IS-1 Emergency Manager X X X EM

IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management X General Public, Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, 

EM

IS-5.A An Introduction to 

Hazardous Materials X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM , General Public

IS-7 A Citizen’s Guide to 

Disaster Assistance X General Public
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IS-8

Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: 

Complying with EO 

12699

X Building Officials, Planners, Local Government Leaders

IS-10

Animals in Disaster: 

Module A, “Awareness 

and Preparedness”

X X General Public, Animal Welfare Officials, Local EM

IS-11

Animals in Disaster: 

Module B, “Community Planning”X X X X General Public, Animal Welfare Officials, Local EM

IS-12

Property Acquisition 

(Buyout) for Local 

Communities

X State and Local Mitigation Officials

IS-15.A

Special Events 

Contingency Planning 

for Public Safety 

Agencies

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

IS-22

Are You Ready? An 

Indepth Guide to Citizen PreparednessX X X X General Public

IS-55 Household Hazardous 

Materials X X General Public

IS-100

Introduction to the 

Incident Command 

System

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

IS-100.

FW

Introduction to the 

Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, 

for Federal Disaster 

Workers

X Federal Disaster Workers

IS-100.

LE

Introduction to the 

Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, for 

Law Enforcement

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

IS-100.

PW

Introduction to the 

Incident Command 

System, ICS-100, for 

Public Works

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

IS-111 Livestock in Disasters X X X X Animal Owners, EM, Agriculture Officials

IS-120

An Orientation to 

Community Disaster 

Exercises

X X EM, Public Information Officers, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

IS-139 Exercise Design X X EM, Public Information Officers, Fire, EMS, PH, LE, PW, VOAD, Private 

Industry

IS-200

Incident Command 

System for Single 

Resources and Initial 

Action Incidents

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH , EM

IS-200.

FW

Basic Incident 

Command System, 

ICS-200, for Federal 

Disaster Workers

X Federal Disaster Workers
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IS-208 State Disaster Management X Federal, State, and Tribal EM

IS-228 Planning Overview X Federal, State, and Local EM

IS-230 Principles of Emergency Management X EM

IS-235 Emergency Planning X EM

IS-240 Leadership and Influence X EM

IS-241 Decision Making and 

Problem Solving X EM

IS-242 Effective Communication X EM

IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers X EM

IS-253

Coordinating Environmental and Historic 

Preservation Compliance

X EM

IS-271

Anticipating Hazardous Weather and 

Community Risk

X X General Public, EM

IS-275

The EOC’s Role in 

Community Preparedness, Response, and 

Recovery Operations

X EM

IS-279

Retrofitting FloodProne Residential 

Buildings

X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

IS-288

Role of Voluntary 

Agencies in Emergency ManagementX State and Federal volunteer agency liaisons

IS-292 Disaster Basics X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response X X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

IS-302

Modular Emergency 

Radiological Response Transportation 

Training (MERRTT)

X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM
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IS-317

Introduction to Community Emergency 

Response Teams

X X X Community volunteers 

IS-324 Community Hurricane 

Preparedness X EM, Fire, LE, PW

IS-330

Refresher Course 

for Radiological 

Response

X Federal, State, Tribal, and Local LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

IS-331

Introduction to Radiological Emergency 

Preparedness (REP) 

Exercise Evaluation

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, NGO

IS-340

Hazardous Materials Prevention and 

Planning

X X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM

IS-346

Orientation to Hazardous Materials for 

Medical Personnel

X Fire, EMS, PH, and Medical/Hospital Staff

IS-362

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for 

Schools

X Education

IS-386

Introduction to 

Residential Coastal 

Construction

X Engineers, Architects, Building Science Officials

IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation X EM, Tribal, State, and Local Officials, VOAD, Business Industry

IS-394 Mitigation for Homeowners X General Public

IS-513

The Professional in 

Emergency ManagementX EM

IS-546

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, Appointed or Elected Officials

IS-547

Introduction to Continuity of Operations 

(COOP)

X LE, Fire, EMS, PW, PH, EM, Agency Managers, COOP Planners

IS-549

Continuity of Operations (COOP) 

Program Manager 

Course

X Public Sector Staff who manage their agency’s COOP activities

IS-600

Special Considerations for FEMA 

Public Assistance 

Projects

X EM

IS-630

Introduction to the 

Public Assistance 

Process

X EM

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IS-631 Public Assistance 

Operations I X EM

IS-632

Introduction to Debris 

Operations in FEMA’s 

Public Assistance 

Program 

X EM

IS-650

Building Partnerships 

with Tribal GovernmentsX X Disaster Workers who interface with tribal people during times of disaster

IS-700 NIMS, An Introduction X All persons with response or recovery responsibilities

IS-703 NIMS Resource Management X State and Local individuals responsible for effectively developing and maintaining a resource management system within the EOC or ICS.

IS-800

The National Response Plan (NRP), 

An Introduction

X Local, State, and Federal First Responders, EM Planners, and Managers
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Acronyms

ACE American Council on Education

AEBM Advanced Engineering Building Model

APS Advanced Professional Series

ARIO Advanced Radiological Incident 

Operations

BC Benefit-Cost

CBT Computer-Based Training

CDC Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention

CEC Comprehensive Exercise Curriculum or 

Continuing Education Credit

CEER Community Emergency and 

Economic Risk

CEM Comprehensive Emergency 

Management and Certified Emergency 

Manager

CERT Community Emergency Response Team

CEU Continuing Education Unit

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

COG Continuity of Government

COOP Continuity of Operations

CPC&E Chemical Protective Clothing and 

Equipment

CME Continuing Medical Education

CRS Community Rating System

CSEPP Chemical Stockpile Emergency 

Preparedness Program

DAE Disaster Assistance Employee

DFTO Disaster Field Training Operation

DH Disaster Housing

DHS Department of Homeland Security

DOE Department of Energy

ED Emergency Department

EENET Emergency Education NETwork

EM Emergency Management

EMI Emergency Management Institute

EMPG Emergency Management Performance 

Grants

EMMEPP Emergency Management Master 

Exercise Practitioner Program

EMOC Emergency Management Operations 

Course

EMS Emergency Medical Services

EMT Emergency Management Training

EO Executive Order

EOC Emergency Operations Center

EOP Emergency Operations Plan

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

EST Eastern Standard Time or Emergency 

Support Team

ETO Exercise Training Officer

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCO Federal Coordinating Officer

FCRR Fundamentals Course for Radiological 

Response

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIT Flood Information Tool

FPC Federal Preparedness Circular or Federal 

Power Commission

G Graduate Program or Code for nonresident/field courses

GIS Geographic Information System

HAZUS Hazards United States

HCMEPP Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner 

Program

HEICS Hospital Emergency Incident 

 Command System

HERT Hospital Emergency Response Team

HES Hurricane Evacuation Study

HIMS Hospital Incident Management System

HMA Hazardous Materials Accidents

HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
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HMI Hazardous Materials Incident

HMO Hazard Mitigation Officers

HMT Hazardous Materials Team

IA Individual Assistance

IAEM International Association of Emergency 

 Managers

ICS Incident Command System

ICS/EOC Incident Command System/Emergency 

Operations Center

IEMC Integrated Emergency Management 

Course

IEMS Integrated Emergency Management 

System

IMS Incident Management System

IS Independent Study

JFO Joint Field Office

JIC Joint Information Center

KSA Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

LD Lower Division or Limited Data

LRC Learning Resource Center

MCI Mass Casualty Incident

MEP Master Exercise Practitioner

MERRTT Modular Emergency Response 

Radiological Transportation Training

MH Multi-Hazard

MMRS Metropolitan Medical Response System

MSDS Materials Safety Data Sheet

MTP Master Trainer Program

NEHRP National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 

Program

NEMIS National Emergency Management 

Information System

NETC National Emergency Training Center

NFA National Fire Academy

NFIP National Flood Insurance Program

NIMS National Incident Management System

NRP National Response Plan

NTC Noble Training Center

NTIS National Technical Information Service

NUREG Nuclear Regulatory Guide

NWS National Weather Service

OGT Office of Grants and Training

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration

PA Public Assistance

PDA Preliminary Damage Assessment

PDS Professional Development Series

PIO Public Information Officer

POV Privately Owned Vehicle

RAA Radiological Accident Assessment

RAAC Radiological Accident Assessment 

Concepts

REP Radiological Emergency Preparedness

RERO Radiological Emergency Response 

Operations

ROC Regional Operations Center

RRCC Regional Response Coordination Center

RTM Regional Training Manager

SARA Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act

SCO State Coordinating Officer

SOP Standard Operating Procedures

STO State Training Officer

TIC Toxic Industrial Chemicals

TTT Train-the-Trainer

UD Upper Division

URL Uniform Resource Locator

USCG U.S. Coast Guard

USFA United States Fire Administration

VOAD Voluntary Organizations Active in 

Disaster

WEM Workshop: Emergency Management

WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction

WWW World Wide Web
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Course 

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Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E194. . . . . . . . 130

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Hurricane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E170. . . . . . . . 128

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Flood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E172. . . . . . . . 128

Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E174. . . . . . . . 129

Advanced Public Information Officers Course: Health and Hospital Emergencies. . . . . B966. . . . . . . . 160

Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B302. . . . . . . . 141

Annual Training and Exercises Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E237. . . . . . . . 159

Application of HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Disaster Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E179. . . . . . . . 129

Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E313. . . . . . . . 133

Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E276. . . . . . . . 131

Building Design for Homeland Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E155. . . . . . . . 128

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/L/B550. . . . 144

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Managers 

 Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/L/B548. . . . 144

Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E317. . . . . . . . 133

Crisis Counseling Grant Program Course, Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E354. . . . . . . . 164

Debris Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E202. . . . . . . . 163

Digital Hazard Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E234. . . . . . . . 130

Disaster-Resistant Jobs’ Strategies for Community Emergency and Economic

 Risk (CEER) Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E464. . . . . . . . 135

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . E430. . . . . . . . 165

Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E580. . . . . . . . 144

Emergency Management Operations for Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E581. . . . . . . . 145

Exercise Design and Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/B132. . . . . . 180

Exercise Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/B136. . . . . . 181

Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/B133. . . . . . 181

Fundamentals of Healthcare Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B965. . . . . . . . 160

HAZUS Multi-Hazard/DMA 2000 Risk Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E296. . . . . . . . 132

Healthcare Leadership and Administrative Decision Making in Response to

 Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B960. . . . . . . . 176

Healthcare Master Exercise Practitioner Program (HCMEPP) Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . E407. . . . . . . . 182

Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty 

 Incidents (MCI) 24-Hour Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/B462. . . . . . 182

Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty 

 Incidents (MCI) Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L/B461. . . . . . 181

IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E900. . . . . . . . 172

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IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E901. . . . . . . . 172

IEMC/Community Specific/All Hazards: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E930. . . . . . . . 176

IEMC/Community Specific/Earthquake: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E932. . . . . . . . 176

IEMC/Community Specific/Hurricane: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E931. . . . . . . . 176

IEMC/Food and Agriculture Terrorism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E916. . . . . . . . 175

IEMC/Homeland Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E915. . . . . . . . 175

IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E910. . . . . . . . 174

IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E911. . . . . . . . 174

IEMC/Hazardous Materials: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E920. . . . . . . . 175

IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E905. . . . . . . . 173

IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E906. . . . . . . . 173

IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B/L970. . . . . . 178

IEMC/State: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E/L925. . . . . . 175

Incident Command System (ICS) Curricula Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E449. . . . . . . . 143

Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E190. . . . . . . . 130

Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood

 Insurance Program (NFIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E273. . . . . . . . 131

Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood

 Insurance Program (NFIP) Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E270. . . . . . . . 131

Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Master Trainer Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Course Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E604. . . . . . . . 157

Evaluation of Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K606. . . . . . . . 158

Instructional Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E605. . . . . . . . 158

Instructional Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E603. . . . . . . . 157

Management and Supervision of Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E601. . . . . . . . 156

Master Trainer Practicum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E609. . . . . . . . 159

Performance and Needs Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E602. . . . . . . . 157

Mitigation for Tribal Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E344. . . . . . . . 134

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . E362. . . . . . . . 134

National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System (NFIP/CRS). . . . . . . . . E278. . . . . . . . 132

Public Assistance Grant Administration for States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E478. . . . . . . . 165

Public Information Officers (PIO), Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E388. . . . . . . . 159

Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts (RAAC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E341. . . . . . . . 142

Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L304. . . . . . . . 142

Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E340. . . . . . . . 142

Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B301. . . . . . . . 141

Radiological Series Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B425. . . . . . . . 143

Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E210. . . . . . . . 163

Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E386. . . . . . . . 135

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E279. . . . . . . . 132

State Community Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E282. . . . . . . . 164

State Coordinating Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E208. . . . . . . . 163

State Donations Management Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E288. . . . . . . . 164

State Public Assistance Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E376. . . . . . . . 164

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Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) Command and General Staff—

 Complex Incidents, ICS-400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G400. . . . . . . . 153

Advanced Professional Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G278. . . . . . . . 137

Benefit-Cost Analysis Using the Limited-Data Module: Intermediate Training. . . . . . . . G285. . . . . . . . 137

Community Mass Care Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G108. . . . . . . . 166

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G549. . . . . . . . 154

Debris Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G202. . . . . . . . 166

Disaster-Resistant Jobs Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G246. . . . . . . . 136

Donations Management Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G288. . . . . . . . 167

Earthquake Safety Program for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G434. . . . . . . . 139

Earthquakes: ATeacher’s Package for K–6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G436. . . . . . . . 139

Emergency Management Operations Course (EMOC) for Local Governments. . . . . . . . G110. . . . . . . . 185

Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G275. . . . . . . . 149

Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G197. . . . . . . . 166

Emergency Response to Criminal and Terrorist Incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G357. . . . . . . . 152

Evacuation and Re-entry Planning Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G358. . . . . . . . 153

Exercise Control/Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G135. . . . . . . . 185

Exercise Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G130. . . . . . . . 185

Exercise Practicum for the Master Exercise Practitioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G138. . . . . . . . 186

Exercise Program Manager/Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G137. . . . . . . . 186

Field-Delivered Cooperative Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Flood Fight Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G361. . . . . . . . 168

Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G320. . . . . . . . 151

Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G311. . . . . . . . 151

Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G271. . . . . . . . 148

Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G408. . . . . . . . 154

Hospital Emergency Department Management of Hazardous Materials

 Accidents (HMA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G346. . . . . . . . 152

Hurricane Readiness for Coastal Communities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G363. . . . . . . . 138

Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center (ICS/EOC) Interface. . . . . . G191. . . . . . . . 147

Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G300. . . . . . . . 149

Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS), ICS-100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Incident Command System (ICS) for Public Officials’ Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G194. . . . . . . . 147

Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and Initial Action 

 Incidents, ICS-200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Instructional Delivery Skills (formerly G261, Instructional Presentation Skills). . . . . . . G265. . . . . . . . 161

Introduction to Hazardous Materials Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G301. . . . . . . . 150

Managing People in Disasters: A Local Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G249. . . . . . . . 161

Mass Fatalities Incident Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G386. . . . . . . . 153

Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP) Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Mitigation and Recovery Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G398. . . . . . . . 138
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Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G398.1. . . . . . 138

Flood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G398.2. . . . . . 138

Hurricane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G398.3. . . . . . 138

Mitigation for Emergency Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G393. . . . . . . . 138

Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G318. . . . . . . . 137

Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G362. . . . . . . . 138

Public Assistance Program Applicant Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G203. . . . . . . . 166

Public Information Officers (PIO), Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G290. . . . . . . . 162

Public Policy in Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G280. . . . . . . . 162

Radiological Instructors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G277. . . . . . . . 136

Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G276. . . . . . . . 149

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G279. . . . . . . . 137

Seismic Retrofit Training for Building Contractors and Inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G225. . . . . . . . 136

Seismic Sleuths: ATeacher’s Package on Earthquakes for Grades 7–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . G439. . . . . . . . 139

Warning Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G272. . . . . . . . 148

Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310. . . . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological-Anthrax Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.5. . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Sarin Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.3. . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Vx Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.4. . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.1. . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.2. . . . . . 150

Weapons of Mass Destruction: Suicide Bomber Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G310.6. . . . . . 150

Who’s in Charge Here?: Exercising Leadership in an Emergency or Disaster . . . . . . . . . G351. . . . . . . . 152

Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250. . . . . . . . 148

Senior Officials’ Workshop: Preparedness and Response for Terrorist

 Incidents (involving nuclear, biological, and chemical agents). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250.12. . . . . 148

Workshop: Amateur Radio Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250.6. . . . . . 148

Workshop: Exercise Controller/Simulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250.8. . . . . . 186

Workshop: Exercise Evaluator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250.9. . . . . . 187

Workshop: Local Situation (RAPID) Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G250.7. . . . . . 167

Expedient Flood Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G270.3. . . . . . 167

Managing Through a Disaster for Supervisors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G270.5. . . . . . 167

Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G270.4. . . . . . 167

Working Through a Disaster for Front-Line Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G270.6. . . . . . 167

Workshop: Partnerships for Creating and Maintaining Spotter Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . G365.3. . . . . . 153

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Animals in Disaster: Module A, “Awareness and Preparedness”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-10. . . . . . . . 190

Animals in Disaster: Module B, “Community Planning”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-11. . . . . . . . 190

Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-271. . . . . . . 196

Are You Ready? An Indepth Guide to Citizen Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-22. . . . . . . . 191

Basic Incident Command System, ICS-200, for Federal Disaster Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . IS-200.FW. . . . 193

Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying with Executive

 Order 12699. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-8. . . . . . . . . 190

Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-650. . . . . . . 202

Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance (A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-7. . . . . . . . . 189

Community Hurricane Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-324. . . . . . . 198

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-546. . . . . . . 200

Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-549. . . . . . . 200

Coordinating Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-253. . . . . . . 196

Decision Making and Problem Solving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-241. . . . . . . 195

Developing and Managing Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-244. . . . . . . 195

Disaster Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-292. . . . . . . 197

Effective Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-242. . . . . . . 195

Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC’s) Role in Community Preparedness, 

 Response, and Recovery Operations (The). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-275. . . . . . . 196

Emergency Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-235. . . . . . . 194

Emergency Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-1. . . . . . . . . 188

Exercise Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-139. . . . . . . 193

Hazardous Materials Prevention and Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-340. . . . . . . 198

Household Hazardous Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-55. . . . . . . . 191

Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents. . . . . . . . IS-200. . . . . . . 194

Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-317. . . . . . . 197

Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-547. . . . . . . 200

Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. . . . . . . . . . . . IS-632. . . . . . . 202

Introduction to Hazardous Materials (An). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-5.A. . . . . . . 189

Introduction to the Incident Command System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-100. . . . . . . 192

Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Federal Disaster 

 Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-100.FW. . . . 192

Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Law Enforcement. . . . . . IS-100.LE. . . . . 192

Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Public Works. . . . . . . . . . IS-100.PW. . . . 192

Introduction to Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-393. . . . . . . 199

Introduction to the Public Assistance Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-630. . . . . . . 201

Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation. . . . . IS-331. . . . . . . 198

Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-386. . . . . . . 199

Leadership and Influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-240. . . . . . . 195

Livestock in Disasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-111. . . . . . . 192

Mitigation for Homeowners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-394. . . . . . . 200

Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training (MERRTT). . . . . . IS-302. . . . . . . 197
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Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-362. . . . . . . 199

National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-700. . . . . . . 202

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-703. . . . . . . 203

National Response Plan (NRP) (The), An Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-800. . . . . . . 203

Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises (An). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-120. . . . . . . 193

Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-346. . . . . . . 199

Planning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-228. . . . . . . 194

Principles of Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-230. . . . . . . 194

Professional Development Series Certificate of Completion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Professional in Emergency Management (The). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-513. . . . . . . 200

Property Acquisition (Buyout) for Local Communities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-12. . . . . . . . 190

Public Assistance Operations I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-631. . . . . . . 201

Radiological Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-3. . . . . . . . . 189

Radiological Emergency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-301. . . . . . . 197

Refresher Course for Radiological Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-330. . . . . . . 198

Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-279. . . . . . . 196

Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-288. . . . . . . 197

Special Considerations for FEMA Public Assistance Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-600*. . . . . . 201

Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-15.A. . . . . . 191

State Disaster Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS-208. . . . . . . 194

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B132 Exercise Design and Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

B133 Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

B136 Exercise Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

B301 Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

B302 Advanced Radiological Incident Operations (ARIO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

B425 Radiological Series Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

B461 Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI)

Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

B462 Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI)

24-Hour Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

B548 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course. . . . . 144

B550 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

B960 Healthcare Leadership and Administrative Decision Making in Response to 

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Incidents Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

B965 Fundamentals of Healthcare Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

B966 Advanced Public Information Officers Course: Health and Hospital Emergencies. . . . . . . . . 160

B970 IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

E132 Exercise Design and Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

E133 Exercise Program Management and Control Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

E136 Exercise Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

E155 Building Design for Homeland Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E170 Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Hurricane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E172 Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Flood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E174 Advanced HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

E179 Application of HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH) for Disaster Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

E190 Introduction to ArcGIS for HAZUS-MH Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

E194 Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

E202 Debris Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

E208 State Coordinating Officer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

E210 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

E234 Digital Hazard Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

E237 Annual Training and Exercises Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

E270 Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance 

Program (NFIP) Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

E273 Managing Floodplain Development Through the National Flood Insurance 

Program (NFIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

E276 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

E278 National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System (NFIP/CRS). . . . . . . . . . . . 132

E279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

E282 State Community Relations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

E288 State Donations Management Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

E296 HAZUS Multi-Hazard/DMA 2000 Risk Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

E313 Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

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E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS Multi-Hazard (MH). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

E340 Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

E341 Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts (RAAC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

E344 Mitigation for Tribal Officials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

E354 Crisis Counseling Grant Program Course, Basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

E362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

E376 State Public Assistance Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

E386 Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

E388 Public Information Officers, Advanced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

E407 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . 143

E430 Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . 165

E449 Incident Command System (ICS) Curricula Train-the-Trainer (TTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

E464 Disaster-Resistant Jobs’ Strategies for Community Emergency and Economic Risk 

(CEER) Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

E478 Public Assistance Grant Administration for States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

E548 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course. . . . . 144

E550 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

E580 Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

E581 Emergency Management Operations for Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

E601 Management and Supervision of Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

E602 Performance and Needs Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

E603 Instructional Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

E604 Course Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

E605 Instructional Delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

E609 Master Trainer Practicum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

E900 IEMC/All Hazards: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

E901 IEMC/All Hazards: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

E905 IEMC/Hurricane: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

E906 IEMC/Hurricane: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

E910 IEMC/Earthquake: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

E911 IEMC/Earthquake: Recovery and Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

E915 IEMC/Homeland Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

E916 IEMC/Food and Agriculture Terrorism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

E920 IEMC/Hazardous Materials: Preparedness and Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

E925 IEMC/State: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

E930 IEMC/Community Specific/All Hazards: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

E931 IEMC/Community Specific/Hurricane: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

E932 IEMC/Community Specific/Earthquake: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

G108 Community Mass Care Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

G110 Emergency Management Operations Course (EMOC) for Local Governments. . . . . . . . . . . 185

G130 Exercise Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

G135 Exercise Control/Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

G137 Exercise Program Manager/Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

G138 Exercise Practicum for the Master Exercise Practitioner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

G191 Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center (ICS/EOC) Interface. . . . . . . . . 147

G194 Incident Command System (ICS) for Public Officials’ Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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G197 Emergency Planning and Special Needs Populations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

G202 Debris Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

G203 Public Assistance Program Applicant Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

G225 Seismic Retrofit Training for Building Contractors and Inspectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

G246 Disaster-Resistant Jobs Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

G249 Managing People in Disasters: A Local Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

G250 Workshop: Emergency Management (WEM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

G250.6 Workshop: Amateur Radio Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

G250.7 Workshop in Emergency Management: Local Situation (RAPID) Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . 167

G250.8 Workshop: Exercise Controller/Simulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

G250.9 Workshop: Exercise Evaluator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

G250.12 Senior Officials’ Workshop: Preparedness and Response for Terrorist Incidents 

(involving nuclear, biological, and chemical agents). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

G265 Instructional Delivery Skills (formerly G261, Instructional Presentation Skills). . . . . . . . . . 161

G270.3 Expedient Flood Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

G270.4 Workshop in Emergency Management: Recovery from Disaster: The Local 

Government Role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

G270.5 Workshop in Emergency Management: Managing Through a Disaster for Supervisors. . . . . 167

G270.6 Workshop in Emergency Management: Working Through a Disaster for Front-Line 

Employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

G271 Hazardous Weather and Flood Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

G272 Warning Coordination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

G275 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

G276 Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

G277 Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

G278 Benefit-Cost Analysis: Entry-Level Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

G279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

G280 Public Policy in Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

G285 Benefit-Cost Analysis Using the Limited-Data Module: Intermediate Training. . . . . . . . . . . . 137

G288 Donations Management Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

G290 Public Information Officers (PIO), Basic (ICS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

G300 Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents, ICS-300. . . . . . . . 149

G301 Introduction to Hazardous Materials Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310 Weapons of Mass Destruction Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.1 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.2 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Radiological Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.3 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Sarin Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.4 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Chemical-Vx Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.5 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Biological-Anthrax Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G310.6 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Suicide Bomber Scenario. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

G311 Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

G318 Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

G320 Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

G346 Hospital Emergency Department Management of Hazardous Materials Accidents (HMA). . . 152

G351 Who’s In Charge Here?: Exercising Leadership in an Emergency or Disaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

G357 Emergency Response to Criminal and Terrorists Incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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G358 Evacuation and Re-entry Planning Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

G361 Flood Fight Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

G362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G363 Hurricane Readiness for Coastal Communities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G365.3 Workshop: Partnerships for Creating and Maintaining Spotter Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

G386 Mass Fatalities Incident Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

G393 Mitigation for Emergency Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G398 Mitigation and Recovery Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G398.1 Earthquake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G398.2 Flood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G398.3 Hurricane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

G400 Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) Command and General Staff—

Complex Incidents, ICS-400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

G408 Homeland Security Planning for Local Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

G434 Earthquake Safety Program for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

G436 Earthquakes: ATeacher’s Package for K-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

G439 Seismic Sleuths: ATeacher’s Package on Earthquakes for Grades 7–12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

G549 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

IS-1 Emergency Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

IS-5.A An Introduction to Hazardous Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

IS-7 A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

IS-8 Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying with Executive Order 12699. . . . . . 190

IS-10 Animals in Disaster: Module A, “Awareness and Preparedness”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

IS-11 Animals in Disaster: Module B, “Community Planning”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

IS-12 Property Acquisition (Buyout) for Local Communities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

IS-15.A Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

IS-22 Are You Ready? An Indepth Guide to Citizen Preparedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

IS-55 Household Hazardous Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

IS-100 Introduction to the Incident Command System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

IS-100.FW Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Federal Disaster Workers. . . . 192

IS-100.LE Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Law Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . 192

IS-100.PW Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Public Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

IS-111 Livestock in Disasters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

IS-120 An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

IS-139 Exercise Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

IS-200 Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents. . . . . . . . . . . . 194

IS-200.FW Basic Incident Command System, ICS-200, for Federal Disaster Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

IS-208 State Disaster Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

IS-228 Planning Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

IS-230 Principles of Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

IS-235 Emergency Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

IS-240 Leadership and Influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

IS-241 Decision Making and Problem Solving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

IS-242 Effective Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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IS-253 Coordinating Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

IS-275 The Emergency Operations Center’s (EOC’s) Role in Community Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

IS-279 Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

IS-288 Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

IS-292 Disaster Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

IS-302 Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training (MERRTT). . . . . . . . . . 197

IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

IS-324 Community Hurricane Preparedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

IS-330 Refresher Course for Radiological Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

IS-331 Introduction to Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation. . . . . . . . . 198

IS-340 Hazardous Materials Prevention and Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

IS-346 Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IS-362 Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IS-386 Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

IS-394 Mitigation for Homeowners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

IS-513 The Professional in Emergency Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

IS-546 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Awareness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

IS-547 Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

IS-549 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

IS-600* Special Considerations for FEMA Public Assistance Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

IS-630 Introduction to the Public Assistance Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

IS-631 Public Assistance Operations I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

IS-632 Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

IS-650 Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

IS-703 National Incident Management System (NIMS) Resource Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

IS-800 The National Response Plan (NRP), An Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

K606 Evaluation of Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

L304 Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Exercise Evaluation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

L461 Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI)

Train-the-Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

L462 Hospital Emergency Response Training (HERT) for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) 

24-Hour Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

L548 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Managers Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Course. . . . . 144

L550 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

L925 IEMC/State: Response and Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

L970 IEMC/Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

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NOTE: All staff can be accessed via email as follows: 

firstname.lastname@dhs.gov

Acting Superintendent

Richard Callis, EMI Deputy Superintendent. 

Emergency Management Institute. For the 3 years 

prior to taking this position, he was the Integrated 

Emergency Management Section chief, duty stationed at the Conference and Training Center, Mount 

Weather. Prior to that, he was the team leader for the 

Integrated Emergency Management Team and also 

managed the Professional Development Series of 

courses. Prior to joining Federal service, he managed 

a State training program for 12 years. During that 

time, he also served as an instructor for a business 

management program for a private college. Education:

B.S., Business Administration; M.S., Education. 

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Karen J. Andrew, Secretary, Integrated Emergency 

Management Section, EMI. Provides clerical support 

for Section staff. Responsible for micropurchases; 

travel arrangements; credit card purchases; time and 

attendance; and other miscellaneous administrative 

duties. Experience: 10 years in the secretarial field. 

Education: Graduated Catoctin High School, 1991; 

attended Abbie Business Institute, 7/91-4/92, 

Executive Secretary Certificate.

Loretta Arscott, Secretary, Office of the Superintendent, EMI. Responsible for supporting the 

Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent. 

Experience: Office management and project management for the government and private industry­. 

Education: Currently attending UMUC; USDA/

Graduate School-Aspiring Leader Graduate.

Pat Baughman,Training Support Specialist, Office of 

the Superintendent/Director, EMI. Responsibilities: 

Assists the division program analyst on a daily basis. 

Assists the training support specialist in managing 

classroom and editorial support contract requirements, property management, EMI schedule and 

catalog. Joined FEMA in 1989. Experience: Eight 

years of secretarial experience at the U.S. Army 

Medical Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, 

Frederick, MD.

Joseph K. Bills, Training Specialist, Mitigation 

Section, EMI. Responsible for course development 

and deliveries, course content and criteria, faculty 

recruitment and selection, and support of courses in 

mitigation, dam safety, economic development, and 

animals. Experience: Disaster planning and response 

for State government and the U.S. Navy. Education: 

B.A., Political Science.

Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard, CEM, Higher Education 

Project Manager, Readiness Section, EMI. Manages 

FEMA’s Emergency Management Higher Education 

Project. FEMA’s Commissioner to the IAEM Certified 

Emergency Manager Commission. Education: Ph.D., 

University of Virginia, 1980. B.A., Political Science, 

UNCC, 1974. Minor in Philosophy, Mount St. Mary’s 

College, 1994-1995. Graduate work in Theology, 

Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, 1996-1998. Adjunct 

faculty Shenandoah University (1999), and Florida 

Atlantic University (2002).

Bonnie L. Butler, Chief, Disaster Operations and 

Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible for planning and management of EMI curricula for training FEMA’s disaster workforce. Experience: Instructor, 

developer, and manager of curricula for government 

and secondary schools. Education: B.A., English; M.A., 

English Education, U.S. Army War College.

Ray Chevalier, Training Specialist, Integrated 

Emergency Management Section, EMI. 

Responsibilities include lead course and curriculum 

manager for the Integrated Emergency Management 

Course series; revise/develop course content; assist in 

contract faculty recruitment and selection. Experience: 

National Security, Technical Programs curriculum; 

served in U.S. Air Force Disaster Preparedness for 12 

years. Education: B.A., Liberal Arts. 

Martin L. DiGregory, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for Public Assistance Program training, includ-
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ing Public Assistance Officer, Public Assistance 

Operations II, and Debris Operations. Experience: 

Public Assistance Program office POC for employee 

performance standards and training. Program POC

for development of EMI independent study and resident courses. Education: B.S., Mathematics.

Deborah M. Evans, Training Specialist, Mitigation 

Section, EMI. Responsible for course deliveries, 

course content and criteria, and development of 

HMGP-NEMIS Mitigation and eGrants in-house and 

field training. Course Manager for HMGP-NEMIS, 

and Environmental and Historic Preservation courses. 

Experience: Curriculum Developer and Instructor 

for the State of Maryland’s Correctional Education 

Department, technical and automation training for 

the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of 

Defense, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark 

Office. Education: B.A., Art; M.Ed., M.S., Reading; and 

additional coursework in Computer Science.

Lowell D. Ezersky, Training Specialist, Integrated 

Emergency Management Section, EMI. Manages the 

Emergency Management Institute’s Comprehensive 

Exercise Curriculum and the Master Exercise 

Practitioner program; Course Manager and Chief 

Exercise controller for Integrated Emergency 

Management Courses for State, local, and tribal governments. Fifteen years with FEMA, 5 years with 

Nebraska Civil Defense Agency. Education: B.A., 

History; M.A., Education, all Ph.D. work except 

dissertation, Community and Human Resources/

Leadership Development for Specialized Programs.

J. Thomas Gilboy, Training Specialist, Readiness 

Section, EMI. Responsible for managing the 

Professional Development Series, the Advanced 

Professional Series, and various other courses including Integrated Financial Management Information 

System Training. Experience: 33 years of Federal service 

with FEMA and predecessor agency in programs that 

cover all phases of emergency management; Master 

Trainer Program graduate; Community Relations 

Field Officer; and Certified Emergency Manager. 

Education: B.A., M.A., all Ph.D. work but dissertation, 

English. 

H. Marie Harkenrider, Education Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Course 

Manager training for regions and headquarters and 

FEMA staff, including ICS-300, Response Operations 

Courses, Operations Section Chief, NRCC-IEMC, and 

Mission Assignment Training. Additional courses 

include Managing FEMA Staff on Disaster Operations 

for EMI staff. Currently member of the National 

Capitol Region (NCR) ERT-N Team. Experience:

Special Assistant on the ERT-N Blue Team, State 

Training Officer, Minnesota Division of Emergency 

Services. EMI faculty member since 1983. Education:

B.A., Mathematics; Secondary Education Teaching 

Certificate.

Stacey A. Harmon, Instructional Systems Specialist, 

Distance Learning Section, EMI. Responsible for 

administration, content development, end-user training and marketing of the FEMA Employee Knowledge 

Center (FEKC). Experience: Senior Instructional 

Designer with more than 10 years of training and 

development experience including eLearning, classroom training, end-user focused documentation, 

and video instruction. Education: B.S., Education, 

Towson University; M.A., Instructional Systems 

Design, University of Maryland.

Eileen Harrison, Program Analyst, Office of the 

Superintendent, EMI. Responsible for financial and 

personnel management. Joined FEMA in 1979. 

Experience: Health and Human Services, Food and 

Drug Administration, Bureau of Drugs; and Maryland 

State Income Tax Division.

Mollie C. Herrick, Training Specialist, Distance 

Learning Section, EMI. Responsibilities include 

coordination of all intranet and Internet activities 

for EMI, development of Web-based materials, and 

Master Trainer Course Manager. Experience: More than 

10 years in State and local emergency management 

training. Education: B.S., Education; M.S., Education 

Instructional Technology. 

Thomas Hirt,Training Specialist, Mitigation Section, 

EMI. Responsibilities: Course manager for Managing 

Floodplain Development through the National 

Flood Insurance Program, CRS, and other floodplain 

management classes and others. Experience: FEMA

employee since 1987. Worked as an Emergency 
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Management Program Specialist with responsibilities in the REP, DC&W, National Preparedness, DAP, 

and other programs. Training Specialist for the NFA

and administered the TRADE Program: Education: B.S., 

Psychology and English major. M.S., Social Work. 

Thesis on adult education and training. 

Tina M. Hovermale, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for course management for the Financial 

Management and Grants Management programs, 

as well as NEMIS Emergency Support and NEMIS

Emergency Coordination systems. Experience: 

Designed, developed, and delivered business and 

technology courses in various private sector venues 

as an employee and as an independent consultant. 

Prior to entering academia, worked in the information technology environment for 22 years in a broad 

array of positions from computer operator through 

departmental manager. Education: M.B.A., General; 

B.A., Management—Financial Analysis, Business 

Administration; A.B., Data Processing. Microsoft® 

Office 2003 Master Instructor.

John D. Hoyle, Sr., Public Health Advisor, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section. Responsibilities: 

Assist throughout EMI with public health and hospital issues related to disasters. Experience: Hospital chief 

executive officer, public health officer, and response 

to numerous disasters and part of the medical preparedness efforts for the Olympics in 1996 and 

2002. Education: B.A., Psychology, M.H.A., Hospital 

Administration, Certified Healthcare Executive, 

Fellow of the American College of Healthcare 

Executives.

Samuel P. Isenberger, Chief, Mitigation Section, 

EMI. Education: B.A., Business Administration; M.S., 

College Counseling; M.Ed., Special Education.

Rakesh “Rick” Kaushal, Training Specialist, 

Integrated Emergency Management Section, EMI. 

Responsible for Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) 

course development, faculty recruitment and selection. Serves as course manager and chief exercise 

controller for IEM courses. Experience: Two years 

as the State Training Officer for Alaska Division of 

Emergency Services and 16 years as planner, trainer, 

contracts and logistics manager in the United States 

Air Force. Education: B.S., Behavioral Sciences; M.S., 

Human Resources Management.

Patricia LaBrosse, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for course development, course deliveries, course 

content, and criteria for various cadres that the section supports. She also serves as Project Officer for 

conversion of various courses to Web, and the Project 

Officer for creating FEMA Position Task Books for the 

22 National Disaster Workforce Cadres. Experience: 

personnel specialist, administrative officer, network administrator, and emergency management 

specialist. Has 18 years’ experience deploying to 

FEMA disaster field operations. Education: Red Rocks 

College-Colorado; CNE.

Daniel S. Lubman, Instructional Systems Specialist, 

Distance Learning Section, EMI. Responsible for 

administration for the FEMA Employee Knowledge 

Center (FEKC) for EMI. Experience: instructional 

designer, scriptwriter, video editor, video producer/director, videographer, and firefighter/EMT. 

Education: B.S., Liberal Arts and Technology—Video 

Production, M.A., Instructional Systems Design.

Thomas E. Marlowe, Training Specialist, Readiness 

Section, EMI. Terrorism Preparedness Training 

Manager, responsible for EMI’s terrorism preparedness courses. Experience: More than 25 years of 

experience in emergency management at the local 

and Federal level. Participated in several Federally 

declared disasters including the Oklahoma City 

bombing. Taught with the U.S. Department of State’s 

Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program Weapons of Mass 

Destruction First Responder Training Program. His 

pre-FEMA experience includes 3 years as a firefighter, 10 years in emergency medical services 

including 21⁄2 years as the Chief, Marion County 

(West Virginia) Rescue Squad, and 2 years as the 

Director of Marion County Emergency Services. Vice 

President of the West Virginia Emergency Medical 

Services Administrator’s Association. Education: A.B., 

Education, Fairmont State College; M.A., Instructional 

Communication, West Virginia University.
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Jacqueline Martin, Secretary, Readiness Section, 

EMI. Provides administrative support to Section 

Chief and Staff. Experience: 2 years with USFA. 

Education: A.A., General Studies.

Philip P. McDonald, Training Specialist, 

Integrated Emergency Management Section, EMI. 

Responsibilities: manages the Master Trainer 

Program, provides course management functions 

for assigned Integrated Emergency Management 

Courses (IEMC’s). Experience: 22 years with FEMA

in various management and staff positions within 

EMI. Education: B.A., Political Science; M.P.A., Public 

Administration.

Sherill A. McQuain, Secretary, Mitigation Section, 

EMI. Responsible for locating, reviewing, and summarizing information from files and documents 

relevant to assigned projects; responds to inquiries 

concerning programs and activities; assists specialists in setting up conferences, coordinating necessary 

procurements for supplies, materials, and services; 

makes travel arrangements; assists in planning and 

coordinating the overall office activities. Experience:

Worked for the Army Education Center under the 

Department of Defense; served as Legal Assistant in 

the Legal and Legislative Affairs Department of Blue 

Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area; 

and worked in Multifamily Housing Division at the 

Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

Education: Certificate in Executive Secretarial Science. 

Graduate of CEP.

Kevin J. Molloy, Training Specialist, Integrated 

Emergency Management Section, EMI. Experience: 

33 years in the emergency management field. In 

addition to Federal, has served at the local, county, 

and State emergency management program levels. 

County coordinator during the Three Mile Island 

nuclear accident in 1979. Serves as course manager and exercise controller for the Integrated Emergency 

Management course (IEMC) covering a wide variety of natural, manmade, and Homeland Security 

emergencies. Education: National Defense University 

Reserve Component National Security course, Air 

Force University (ECI) Air Command and Staff 

College, and numerous emergency managementrelated courses.

Maria Mendoza Moore,Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Experience: 

Joined FEMA in 1993. Supervisory Instructional 

Systems Specialist for the curriculum development 

of technical course for the Naval Reserve. Faculty 

member of the Defense Industrial Security Institute, 

the Defense Language Institute, and part-time 

instructor at Harrisburg Area Community College. 

Education: B.A., Southwest Texas State University and 

has done graduate work at the University of Texas at 

San Antonio and Southwest Texas State University.

Phillip Moore, Training and Exercise Specialist, 

Integrated Emergency Management Section, EMI. 

Responsible for Integrated Emergency Management course 

(IEMC) development, content, faculty recruitment 

and selection, exercise development and delivery, 

with emphasis on consequences of terrorism, hazardous materials, and natural disasters affecting 

communities. Experience: Course manager for DoD 

Senior Officers Nuclear Weapons Accident course 

and instructor for numerous other emergency management courses offered by the military and the 

State of Texas for local communities. Education: B.S., 

Microbiology; M.B.A., Business Administration. 

Retired U.S. Air Force Officer.

Jennifer A. Ogle, Training Specialist, Distance Learning 

Section, EMI. Responsible for course content, development and delivery, evaluation, and instructor recruitment for E601, Management and Supervision of Training, and is 

a member of the Master Trainer Program committee. 

She is the coordinator for the Training Information 

Access System (TIAS) and the Field Reporting System 

(FRS2). Experience: 9 years with FEMA. Previously, she 

worked with the Disaster Operations and Recovery 

Branch as the lead course manager for FEMA’s 

Individual Assistance courses. 

John N. Peabody, Jr., Chief, Readiness Section, EMI. 

Experience: Assistant Director, Maryland Emergency 

Management Agency; Natural Disaster Program 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore 

District; EMI faculty member since 1987. Education: 

B.A., Government; M.Ed., Education.

Linda Pressley, Training Specialist, Integrated 

Emergency Management Section, Noble Training 

Center. Responsible for course deliveries, course 
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Leadership course at Noble Training Center. Experience:

26 years’ experience in education curriculum 

for colleges and university systems. Vietnam Era 

Veteran. Education: B.S., Radiological Sciences; M.S., 

Health Professions, Ph.D. (abd), Education Human 

Resource Development.

Vilma Schifano-Milmoe, Regional Liaison and 

Training Specialist, Distance Learning Section, EMI. 

Project Officer, Independent Study Program. Experience:

25 years’ Federal service; Director, Preparedness, 

Training and Exercise Division, and Director, 

Regional Operations Center, Region II; Director, 

Federal Energy Management Program in Region II, 

Department of Energy; Executive Director, Greater 

Los Angeles Federal Executive Board (of Southern 

California, Arizona, and Nevada), Department 

of Justice, Special Projects; Administrative Officer 

for Surgical Service, Director’s Special Assistant, 

Management Analyst, and Personnel Management 

Specialist, Veteran’s Administration Medical Center 

in Long Beach, California. Special assignments: 

President’s Council on Management Improvement 

and President’s Task Force, Los Angeles Riots. Education:

B.A., Political Science and Community Services from 

Wilkes University; M.A., Public Administration with 

Full Fellowship, Marywood University; Alumnus, 

Presidential Management Intern Program.

Richard Sexton, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Administers 

a broad range of programs designed to train responders and command staff on a Federal, State, and local 

level with regard to disaster response and recovery. He develops and oversees various programs 

designed to increase the effectiveness of emergency 

responders across various disciplines. Also responsible for training of the Public Affairs and Safety 

Disaster Cadres. Manages the Incident Command 

training for Federal disaster employees. Experience: 

Before joining FEMA, he was chief of police and 

served as Director of Public Safety and Associate Dean 

of Students; 17 years’ experience in law enforcement, 22 years’ Public Safety and emergency management experience. Volunteer firefighter-EMT for 

23 years and has served as a disaster task force member. Responded to numerous incidents of national 

significance and disasters. He has experience in 

emergency medical services and rescue operations 

including swift water and dive operations. He has 

held positions of investigator, patrol officer, training 

officer, instructor, lieutenant and captain of rescue 

operations, and assistant fire chief. He has served 

on the incident command staff for various deployments to major events of significances and disasters. Education: Several instructional certifications in 

fire ground tactics, incident command, emergency 

response, terrorism, and law enforcement tactics.

Paulette Simpson, Training Assistant, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for providing administrative support to all personnel 

within the Disaster Operations and Recovery Branch.

Linda K. Straka, Training Specialist, Readiness 

Section, EMI. Responsible for needs analysis, course 

design, course development, course delivery, and 

course evaluation for traditional classroom and distance learning environments. Also responsible for 

the development and implementation of emergency 

management training for tribal nations. Experience: 

instructor, developer, and manager of training and 

education curriculum for secondary and college 

systems. Education: B.A., Business; M.A., Business; 

Certification in Data Automation; graduate education in Counseling.

Susanne E. Thompson, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for Logistics Training, and Office of General Counsel 

Training. Experience: Curriculum planning, course 

design, instruction, and evaluation for FEMA computer training; Individual Assistance Program 

Specialist, Virginia National Processing Services 

Center. Education: B.S., Political Science, Programming 

and Information Systems; J.D. University of Maryland; 

FEMA Master Trainer Program.

Char L. Virgil, Training Specialist, Mitigation Section, 

EMI. Responsible for course delivery, course content and criteria, faculty recruitment and selection, and development support for EMI mitigation 

courses. Also responsible for All-Hazards U.S.—

Multi-Hazards (HAZUS-MH) courses. Experience: 

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tator, public affairs director/news anchor, and public school assistant teacher. Education: B.A., Mass 

Communications, Mississippi State University, and 

graduate of EMI’s Master Trainer Program. 

Peter K. Vogel,Training Specialist, Distance Learning 

Section, EMI. Responsibilities: course manager for Basic 

and Advanced Public Information Officer courses. 

Producer of the Emergency Education Network’s 

(EENET) award-winning monthly news magazine 

“National Alert.” Produces other EENET broadcasts 

and many of the training videos used in EMI and 

National Fire Academy courses. Experience: Has been 

involved in emergency management training since 

1978 when he started working for the Civil Defense 

Staff College in Battle Creek, Michigan. Part of the 

founding members of EMI when the Staff College 

moved in the fall of 1980. Since then, has designed 

and managed many of EMI’s courses including the 

Exercise Design course, the IEMC Earthquake and the Basic and 

Advanced Public Information Officers courses. Also has been 

a guest instructor at York College of Pennsylvania and 

Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Maryland. 

Education: B.F.A., Art Education; M.Ed., Education.

Dawn D. Warehime, Training Specialist, Mitigation 

Section, EMI. Responsible for course deliveries, 

course content and criteria, faculty recruitment 

and selection, and development support for EMI

Mitigation courses. Responsible for FEMA’s schools 

program. Experience: 28 years of Federal service; 27 

with DHS and predecessor agencies.

Amelia Michelle Weathers, Training Specialist, 

Disaster Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. 

Responsible for courses in Logistics Readiness, 

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Voluntary Agencies, 

and State Coordinating Officer training. Programmatic 

experience includes National Processing Service 

Center training in Individual Assistance and National 

Flood Insurance agent training. Education: MA, 

Linguistics, University of Southern California.

Terah Weidenhamer, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for managing course content and delivery for the 

security, planning, and Congressional cadres. Also 

manages the NRCC Training and is an active member on the NRCC Team. Experience: Americorps Vista 

placed with American Red Cross Disasters Services 

in Chicago, Illinois. Region VIII DAE for 3 years. 

Designer, developer, and master trainer.

Deborah L. Wiles, Secretary, Distance Learning 

Section, EMI. Responsible for providing secretarial support to section staff. Provides video editing and production support to the NETC television 

studio manager. Experience: 27 years in secretarial 

field and 7 years in video production field. Education: 

Associate degree work in Video Production and 

Communications. 

Laurie A. Wivell, Training Support Specialist, Office 

of the Superintendent, EMI. Responsibilities: Prepare 

and manage EMI course schedule, catalog of activities, property management, manage classroom and 

editorial support contract, and coordinate printing 

requisitions for Division staff. Experience: 20 years 

of Federal service (12 years with FEMA). Education:

A.A., Secretarial Science.

Christopher Yambor, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for course management, course content and delivery, and training cadre recruitment and selection for 

the NEMIS Infrastructure System, NEMIS Emergency 

Coordination, Information Technology, and the Office 

of Equal Rights. Experience: Programmer/Analyst and 

User Trainer for the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Education: B.S., Economics.

Bernice W. Zaidel, Training Specialist, Disaster 

Operations and Recovery Section, EMI. Responsible 

for all aspects of instructional systems design for 

training activities. Experience: designer, developer, 

instructor, evaluator, and manager for EM training 

programs at Federal, State, and local level for more 

than 25 years. Education: B.A., M.S., and working on 

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