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ALL
HAZARDS EMERGENCY PLANNING
This
course is designed for emergency management personnel who
are involved in developing an effective emergency planning
system. This course offers training in the fundamentals of
the emergency planning process, including the rationale behind
planning. Emphasis will be placed on hazard/risk analysis
and planning team development. Other topics, such as Continuity
of Operations (COOP), NIMS compliance, and contingency planning
for areas such as Special Needs or Animal Sheltering are discussed.
The Emergency Support Functions and other changes made by
the National Response Plan and the State CEMP are discussed
also. This is a two-day course. A final exam will be given
at the end of the course for a FEMA Independent Study certificate.
BASIC
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
This
three-day course is intended for the new or less experienced
public information officer or PIO. Its emphasis is on the
basic skills and knowledge needed for emergency management
p [public information activities. Topics include the role
of the PIO in emergency management, developing and conducting
public awareness campaigns, news release writing, public speaking
and television interviews.
DECISION
MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Being
able to make decision 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 decision-making skills. It addresses: the decision-making
process, decision-making styles, attributes of an effective
decision maker, and ethical decision-making and problem solving.
This course is presented as a one-day course. A final exam
for Independent Study Course credit will be given at the end
of the course.
DEVELOPING
AND MANAGING VOLUNTEERS
This
course is for emergency managers and related professionals
working with all types of volunteers and coordinating with
voluntary agencies. The course provides 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 including spontaneous volunteers,
liability, and stress. This is a one and a half day course.
A final exam for Independent Study Course credit will be given
at the end of the course.
DISASTER
101
This
is a four-hour workshop designed to give emergency management
personnel an overview of NIMS and compliance, the Emergency
Management Law, disaster response, and recovery. This workshop
is presented on a regional and/or county basis.
DONATIONS
MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
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.
EFFECTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS
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, use of technology as a communication tool, effective
oral communication, and how to prepare an oral presentation.
A two-day course, students will be required to give a five-minute
speech on a subject of their choice. A final exam for Independent
Study Course credit will be given at the end of the course.
EXERCISE
DESIGN AND EVALUATION
This
course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of
exercise design and to prepare you to design and conduct a
small functional exercise for your organization. It addresses:
the value of conducting exercises, the components of a comprehensive
exercise program, the exercise development process and tasks,
organization of the design team, exercise documentation, the
steps in designing an exercise, and the evaluation process
based on the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program.
Students will design an exercise based upon the community's
emergency plans and conduct a functional exercise at the end
of the class. A final exam for Independent Study Course credit
will be given at the end of the course. This is a two-day
course. It is recommended that IS 120 –
Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises be completed
prior to attending this course.
FUNDAMENTALS
COURSE FOR RADIOLOGICAL MONITORS
(FCRM)
This
course is designed for personnel selected for duties as radiological
monitors in response to emergencies at Grand Gulf Nuclear
Station. Topics include a review of radiation fundamentals,
radiation detection instruments, personnel monitoring techniques,
radiological protective actions, radiation hazards, and first
responder actions. PREREQUISITE: Successful
completion of IS-3 Radiological Emergency Management .
HURRICANE
READINESS FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES
This
two-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 participant will
have a background in understanding advisories of the National
Weather Service, describe information from FEMA hurricane
Evacuation studies, describe the various issues and measures
needed in their jurisdiction for effective decision-making,
and have a basic checklist for time-phased actions.
LEADERSHIP
AND INFLUENCE
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. This is a two-day
course. A final exam for Independent Study Course credit will
be given at the end of the course
LOCAL
SITUATION (RAPID) ASSESSMENT
This
course aids communities in developing plans 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.
MITIGATION
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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 your ability
to: create long-term strategies for disaster-resistant communities;
identify local mitigation opportunities; select mitigation
solutions to hazard risk problems; find resources to carry
out mitigation activities in a post-disaster environment,
and enhance your abilities to carry out emergency management
responsibilities. RECOMMENDED:
Completion
of IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation.
MODULAR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE RADIOLOGICAL TRANSPORTATION TRAINING (MERRTT)
TRAIN-THE-TRAINER
A
part of the Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program
(TEPP), MERRTT provides fundamental knowledge for responding
to transportation incidents involving radioactive material
and builds on training in exsiting hazardous materials curricula.
The material is designed to meet the training need of persons
serving in different public disciplines or on a hazardous
materials team. Once trained as a trainer, a person can then
go back to his/her jurisdiction and train other responders
in this program. This course is one day/
NIMS
ICS-100: INTRODUCTION TO ICS
ICS-100
introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides
the foundation for higher-level ICS training. This course
describes the history, features, and principles and organization
structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains
the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management
System (NIMS). Target audience for this course includes persons
involved with emergency planning, and response or recovery
efforts. This course can be taken as an on-line course or
in a classroom.
NIMS ICS-200: BASIC ICS SINGLE RESOURCES
AND INITIAL
ACTION INCIDENTS
This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently
during an incident of event within the Incident Command System
(ICS). This course focuses on the management of signle resources
and provide training on resources for personnel who are likely
to assume a supervisory position with the ICS. It is recommended
this course (two days in length) be taken in a multi-discipline
classroom setting. It can also be taken as an on-line
course.
NIMS
ICS-300:INTERMEDIATE ICS FOR EXPANDING INCIDENTS
The
target audience for this course is individuals who may assume
a supervisory role in expanding incidents or Type 3 incidents.
Management by objectives and Unified Command are taught in
this course, as well as the Incident Action Plan and the process
used to develop IAPs. Activities build upon principles taught
in the course. The length of the course is two to two and
half days.
NIMS
ICS-400: ADVANCED ICS COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF-COMPLEX INCIDENTS
This
course is for senior emergency personnel who are expected
to perform in a management capacity in a Multi-Agency Coordination
unit or in an Area Command. The goals of the ICS-400 Advanced
ICS are to explain how major incidents engender special
management challenges; describe the circumstances in which
an Area Command is established, and to describe the circumstances
in which multi-agency coordination systems are established.
There are group activities that incorporate the application
of Area Command and Multi-Agency Coordination to enhance the
objectives of the course. Course length is two days.
PRINCIPLES
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
This
course examines the need for an emergency management system
and the importance of an integrated approach to managing emergencies.
Participants formulate the elements of integrated teamwork
system and devise specific actions for improving their own
contributions to local emergency management teams. The course
is for all disciplines that work together in planning for
and responding to emergencies. A final exam for Independent
Study Course credit will be given at the end of the course.
This is a one-day course.
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