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FEMA’s Emergency Management
Institute (EMI) is offering a Train the Trainer course for the National Emergency Management Basic
Academy. To qualify to enroll in the Train the Trainer course,
individuals must have at least five years background in emergency management
and at least three years of experience delivering emergency management
instruction to adults.
Train-the-Trainer is devoted to course delivery strategy,
logistics, demonstrations, and adult learning methods. In addition, there are
student teach-backs that summarize a portion of the Basic Academy course
subject matter, and describe activities and exercises. Upon completion of the course,
students will possess the skills necessary to set up and facilitate an offering
of the Basic Academy courses.
The entry-point for individuals
pursuing a career in emergency management, the Basic Academy offers the tools to develop comprehensive foundational
skills. For those who are new to emergency management, the Basic Academy
also provides a unique opportunity to build camaraderie, to establish
professional contacts, and to understand the roles, responsibilities, and legal
boundaries associated with emergency management.
Course Dates: February
27-March 3; May 1-5, and August 7-11,
2017
Location: Emergency Management Institute, National Emergency
Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD
Application Deadlines:
January 13, March 20, and June 26
respectively
For additional information, call
Jeff Januchowski at (301) 447-1356 or contact by email at jeffrey.januchowski@fema.dhs.gov.
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop
Exercise (VTTX) program will offer six sessions of a tornado scenario on February
21, 22, 23, 2017 and March 7, 8, and 9. The VTTX helps communities
prepare for the upcoming tornado season using historical events and recovery
actions. The application deadlines are January 11 and January
25 respectively. Content is the same each day, and participants would
attend only one session in February or March. The VTTX involves key personnel
discussing simulated scenarios in an informal setting and can be used to assess
plans, policies, training, and procedures.
EMI conducts a monthly series of VTTXs using a Video
Teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences
around the country providing a virtual forum for disaster training. The
design of the VTTX is for a group of ten or more representatives from state,
local, tribal, and territorial emergency communities of practice and is
intended to provide an opportunity for responders across the Nation to
simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific facilitated discussion.
Participants will need to connect via a site equipped with the appropriate VTC
capability (not Adobe Connect or Face Time-based), but alternate ways to
participate are also available upon request.
The VTTX will occur 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET on each of
the days listed above. To participate, send an email to Doug Kahn at douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov
or call 301-447-7645. Also, send a courtesy copy email to the Integrated
Emergency Management Branch at fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381.
Additional information is available at https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx.
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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.
Grant Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated
Terrorist Attacks
The grant application period for
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex
Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program)
is currently open. The CCTA program provides $35.94 million to state, local,
tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to improve their ability to prepare for,
prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration
with the whole community.
The application period will
remain open until February 10, 2017 at 11:59:59 PM ET. The FY 2016 CCTA Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is located online at: http://www.fema.gov/grants as well as on http://www.grants.gov
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 97.133.
If you have any questions,
please contact FEMA’s Intergovernmental Affairs Division at (202) 646-3444 or
at FEMA-IGA@fema.dhs.gov.
Applications Open for Integrated Emergency Management Courses
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
conducts Integrated Emergency Management Courses (IEMC's) 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's 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 (SLTT) government
personnel; their SLTT 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 EMI 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.
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