EMI Course Catalog - Emergency Management Institute - Federal ...

EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
FEMA/Federal Partners
Courses
Every year, natural disasters cause hundreds of
deaths, displace thousands, and cause more than
$50 billion in damages. Some of these disasters
are of a magnitude that the President determines
Federal assistance is warranted. When this occurs,
FEMA provides disaster assistance for individuals
and their communities as directed under its statutory
authority, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act.
To carry out the provisions of the Stafford Act and
the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform
Act (PKEMRA) of 2006, FEMA must maintain a welltrained
disaster workforce. The workforce must be
capable of performing their jobs in a unified effort
to accomplish a shared mission that involves other
Federal agencies; Tribal, State, and local governments;
voluntary agencies; and the private sector. The FEMA
Disaster Workforce is comprised of Permanent Full-
Time (PFT) employees with collateral disaster duties,
Cadre of On-call Response Employees (CORE),
and intermittent Disaster Reservists. The work is
performed at FEMA’s Joint Field Offices (JFOs),
Regional Response Coordination Centers (RRCCs),
National Response Coordination Center (NRCC),
and other sites that support disaster response and
recovery operations.
To build the capabilities of FEMA’s Disaster
Workforce, EMI offers a robust curriculum of disaster
operations and recovery training. This training is
aligned to the various positions within FEMA’s 24
disaster cadres. The courses focus on tactics, techniques,
and procedures that are required to carry
out programmatic and functional responsibilities.
They also provide participants the opportunity to
hone the skills required for interagency and intergovernmental
planning and operations. Included in
the curriculum are courses on the Public Assistance
Program, Individual Assistance Program, Operations
including Mission Assignments, Logistics, Planning,
Safety, Security, External Affairs, and Finance
Administration. The courses are offered in residence,
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at the FEMA Regional Offices, and at various locations
set up in support of disaster operations. Only those
who meet the required prerequisites and selection
criteria are eligible to attend the training.
Mission Support Curriculum
Joint Field Office (JFO) Finance and
Administration Section Chief Training
(E106)
This course is intended to train and exercise the
experienced JFO Finance and Administration Section
Chief in leadership and management skills to effectively
perform his/her roles and responsibilities as
a member of the management team at a complex
federally declared incident.
After completing this course, the participants will
be able to:
• Demonstrate the skills and abilities essential
for a successful F&A Section Chief, including
leadership, management, problem-solving,
communication, planning, and time
management.
• Accommodate an expanding organization by
identifying management priorities, describing
management strategies for addressing challenges,
projecting staffing levels, and developing an
organizational structure.
• Apply authorities important to the duties of an
F&A Section Chief.
• Identify internal control systems needed to
address fraud, waste, and abuse situations.
Selection Criteria: This course is for any FEMA
Comptroller Disaster Workforce Cadre Member
who has experience serving multiple disasters as
Finance and Administration Section Chief in FEMA
JFO disaster operations or any FEMA national
personnel who experience serving multiple disasters
as Finance and Administration Section Chief in
FEMA JFO disaster operations. The individual should
have completed all or substantially all of the qualifying
criteria to be certified as fully qualified prior to
attending this course. Approval to attend this course
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