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FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute
conducts Integrated Emergency Management Courses (IEMC) throughout the year and
across the country. The four-and-a-half day training course is designed
specifically for communities, providing both lecture and exercise-based
training focused on response operations for a disaster or emergency that could
happen in their area.
IEMC courses simulate
realistic crisis situations that emergency operations center personnel and
community leadership/elected officials may encounter during disasters or other
events. Also, the course enhances the skills of participating officials
and provides a forum to evaluate the effectiveness of their specific emergency
policies, plans, and procedures to protect life and property. The course’s
target audience includes state, local, tribal, and territorial government
personnel; their elected and appointed officials; supervisory, operations, and
emergency support personnel; nonprofit organizations; the private sector; law
enforcement personnel; firefighters; attorneys; public information officers;
planners; and more.
IEMC classes are principally
delivered at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute at the National Emergency
Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland; however, delivery may also occur
in the community. If your jurisdiction is interested in applying for the
program and obtaining information on the application process and its timeline,
please visit http://training.fema.gov/iemc/. The deadline for applications is
February 15, 2017. Questions should be directed to FEMA-EMI-IEMB@fema.dhs.gov.
Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
FEMA
announced the annual funding opportunity for the Assistance to
Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). The
Fiscal Year 2016 AFG program will award $310.5 million to enhance the safety of
the public and firefighters against fire-related deaths and hazards. FEMA
awards AFG funding to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical service
organizations, and state fire-training academies. In addition, FEMA
awards funding to other nonprofit organizations recognized for their experience
and expertise with respect to fire prevention, fire safety programs and
activities, and firefighter research and development programs.
Since 2002, FEMA has awarded $6.8 billion in fire grants
to more than 62,300 recipients. Historically, 84 percent of awards go towards
purchasing personal protective equipment, vehicles, and other operational
equipment.
The application
period is open through November 18, 2016. The grant guidance is posted at www.grants.gov and here. Applicants who need additional
information may contact firegrants@fema.gov or call 866-274-0960.
FEMA's Basic Academy Offers Training for New Emergency Managers
FEMA’s National
Emergency Management Basic Academy is the entry point for individuals pursuing
a career in emergency management. The Basic Academy offers the tools to develop
comprehensive foundational skills. The Academy provides a unique opportunity to
build camaraderie, to establish professional contacts, and to understand the
roles, responsibilities, and legal constructs associated with emergency
management.
The curriculum
consists of five courses: Foundations of
Emergency Management; Science of Disaster; Planning: Emergency
Operations; Exercise Design; and Public Information and
Warning. Foundations of
Emergency Management will be held
January 23-February 3, 2017. Applications are due by December 9, 2016. The next
course, Science of Disaster, is a three-day course consisting of 24 contact hours
of training and will be offered on March 13, 2017. The remainder of the courses
will be offered on a quarterly basis during the remainder of 2017. The courses will be
delivered by the Emergency Management Institute at FEMA’s National Emergency
Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland. For more information, visit the EMI website or send an email to FEMA-EMPP-Basic-Academy@fema.dhs.gov. Basic Academy courses may be taken even when
participants are not planning to receive a Basic Academy certification.
The Basic Academy is the
first of a three-level Academy series in the Emergency Management Professional
Program (EMPP). The EMPP curriculum is designed to provide a lifetime of
learning for emergency management professionals and includes three separate,
but closely threaded, training programs. The program builds from the Basic
Academy to the National Emergency Management Advanced Academy, a program to
develop the next generation of emergency management leaders who are trained in
advanced concepts, issues, leadership and management in addition to critical
thinking and problem solving skills. The EMPP culminates with the National
Emergency Management Executive Academy, a program designed to challenge and
enhance the talents of senior executives through critical thinking, visionary
strategic planning, challenging conventional concepts, and negotiation and
conflict resolution applied to complex real-world problems.
Emergency management
professionals should visit www.training.fema.gov/empp for more information or contact the following
individuals:
- Basic Academy, contact
Jeffrey Januchowski at Jeffrey.Januchowski@fema.dhs.gov
- Advanced Academy,
contact Douglas Kuhn at Douglas.Kuhn@fema.dhs.gov
- Executive Academy,
contact Wendy Walsh at Wendy.Walsh@fema.dhs.gov
Seeking Comments on Draft Disaster Resilience Indicators Concept
The deadline to submit inputs and feedback to the
Mitigation Federal Leadership Group (MitFLG) Disaster Resilience Indicators
Subcommittee’s “Draft
Interagency Concept for Community Resilience Indicators and National-Level
Progress Measures" is December 15, 2016. Stakeholders can submit comments and feedback to FEMA-CommunityResilience@fema.dhs.gov.
The document is the result of a year-long effort to identify potential indicators of community resilience capacity building that align with the Mitigation and Recovery Core Capabilities under the National Preparedness Goal. Learn more details about this initiative through FEMA and NOAA partnership here.
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