IS-1 Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
This independent study course provides an
introduction to Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM)
and the Integrated emergency Management System (IEMS).
Included is an in-depth look at the four phases of
comprehensive emergency management; mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery. The text is
accompanied by illustrations, diagrams, and figures. In
most units, there are worksheets, exercises, and tasks
to complete. IS-1 Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
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 terrorist’s 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.
IS-5.A An Introduction to Hazardous Materials
IS-10:
Animals in Disaster-Module A: Awareness and
Preparedness
The purpose of
this course is two-fold. Module A is intended to
increase awareness and preparedness among animal owners
and care providers. It includes sections on
typical hazards, how these hazards affect animals, and
what responsible owners can do to reduce the impact of
disasters. It is also intended to help animal
owners, care providers and industries to better
understand emergency management. Module A will
heighten awareness of the special issues that emergency
managers must consider when incorporating animal-care
annexes into their emergency operations plans.
(1.0 CEUs)
IS-10 Animals in Disaster, Module A: Awareness and
Preparedness
IS 11: Animals in Disaster-Module B:
Community Planning
Module B is
intended to guide emergency management officials, animal
owners, care providers, and industries in preparing
community disaster plans. The goal of Module B is
to provide sufficient information for these groups to
meet and develop meaningful and effective plans that
will improve the care of animals, and involve their
owners, and animal-care industries in disasters.
This course provides the basic background knowledge
needed to develop a coordinated response to a disaster
in which animals and their owners are affected.
(1.0 CEUs)
IS-11 Animals in Disaster,
Module B: Community Planning
IS-22: Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen
Preparedness
The "Are You Ready? An In-Depth
Guide to Citizen Preparedness" 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 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.
IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen
Preparedness
IS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System,
I-100 OR IS-100.FW
This course
introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and
provides the foundation for higher level ICS training.
This course describes the history, features and
principles, and organizational structureof
the Incident Command System. It also explains the
relationship between ICS and the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). (0.3 CEUs)
IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
FEMA SITE
IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100
MuttShack SITE (By Courtesy of FEMA)
IS-111:
Livestock in Disaster
This course is for
farmers, extension agents, emergency managers and others
with 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. (1.0 CEUs)
IS-111 Livestock in
Disasters
IS-139 Exercise Design
Emergency managers, emergency services personnel, and
individuals who are part of the emergency preparedness
and response communities at all levels 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 their
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
· Designing a Functional exercise
IS-200:
Basic Incident Command System for Federal Disaster
Workers IS-100 is a pre-requisite
to the IS-200 course.
ICS 200 is designed to enable
personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or
event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ICS-200
provides training on and resources for personnel who are
likely to assume a supervisory position within the ICS.
IS-200.FW Basic Incident
Command System, I-200, for Federal Disaster Workers
IS-230: Principles of Emergency Management
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:
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Overview of the integrated emergency management system;
The ability to use all the basic elements of the
planning process gives emergency managers and planners 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:
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 vital part of every emergency manager, planner, and
responder’s job. 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. (.9 CEU’s)
Being able to make decisions and solve problems
effectively is a necessary 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;
Ethical decision
making and problem solving. (.8 CEU’s)
The ability to communicate effectively is a vital part
of every emergency manager, planner, and responder’s
job. 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;
This course is for
emergency managers and related professionals working
with all types of volunteers and coordinating with
voluntary agencies. 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; coordinating with
voluntary agencies and community-based organizations;
and special issues such as spontaneous volunteers,
liability, and stress. (1.0 CEUs)IS-244
Developing and Managing Volunteers
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Professional Development Series
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IS-271:
Anticipating Hazardous Weather and Community Risk
As an emergency
manager, you play a special role in anticipating and
preparing for hazardous weather. This course will
help you meet this challenge more effectively by:
Enhancing your
ability to recognize potentially hazardous weather
and flooding situations and how they may affect your
community.
Familiarizing
you with National Weather Service (NWS) products so
that you understand how to use and interpret
forecasts.
Encouraging you
to develop a partnership with the NWS well in
advance of a threat. (1.0 CEU’s)
IS-288: The Role of Voluntary Agencies in
Emergency Management
This ISP course
provides a basic understanding of the history, roles,
and services of disaster relief volunteer agencies in
providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate
for both the general public and those involved in
emergency management operations. (1.0 CEUs)
IS-317:
Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams
(CERT)
This course serves
as an introduction to CERT for those wanting to complete
training or as a refresher for current team members.
It has six modules with topics that include an
Introduction to CERT, Fire Safety, Hazardous Material
and Terrorist Incidents, Disaster Medical Operations,
and Search and Rescue. It can be taken by anyone
interested in CERT; however, to become a CERT volunteer,
one must complete the classroom training offered by a
local government agency such as the emergency management
agency, fire or police departments. Contact your
local emergency manager to learn about the local
education and training opportunities available to you,
and tell this person about your interest in taking CERT
training. (0.8 CEUs)
IS-547:
Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP)
This five hour
web-based course is designed for a broad audience - from
senior managers to those involved directly involved in
the continuity of operations (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.
(0.5 CEUs)
IS-547 Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP)
IS-700:
National Incident Management System (NIMS), and
Introduction
On February 28,
2003, President Bush issued Homeland Security
Presidential Directive-5 (HSPD-5). This directive
instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop
and administer a National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The NIMS provides a consistent nationwide template to
enable all government, private-sector, and
nongovernmental organizations to in concert during
domestic incidents. This course explains the
purpose, principles, key components, and benefits of
NIMS. It also contains "Planning Activity" screens
giving you an opportunity to practice some planning
tasks.
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 this NIMS system by
advance planning, resource identification and ordering,
categorizing resources, use of agreements, acquisition
management, management information systems, and
protocols for ordering, mobilization and dispatching.
The course begins with resource
management concepts and principles, and then addresses
how to get an organization ready for managing resources
in disasters. Next the course focuses on management of
resources during an incident and goes on to a section
dealing with the complex incident. There is then a
section about reassessing readiness in the post-incident
period followed by a summary and conclusion.
IS-703 NIMS Resource Management
IS-800:
National Response Plan (NRP), an Introduction
The National Response Plan, or NRP, specifies how
resources of the Federal Government will work in concert
with state, local, and tribal governments, as well as
the private sector to respond to Incidents of National
Significance. The NRP is predicated on the National
Incident Management System (NIMS). Together, 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 IS-800
course is designed primarily for Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) and other Federal department/agency
personnel responsible for implementing the National
Response Plan. State, local and private sector
emergency management professionals will also find great
benefit by taking this distance learning course. (0.3
CEUs)
