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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Congressional Affairs Basic Field Course
(L369)
This course is designed for delivery at a Joint Field
Office (JFO) and can be used for just-in-time
training. The target audience includes staff working
in a JFO who may have contact with the private
sector. It provides the attendee with the knowledge,
skills, and sensitivities necessary to effectively
perform their duties. This includes applying the
congressional liaison philosophy and procedures
externally, to foster a partnership between Congress
and FEMA, and internally, to advise the Federal
Coordinating Officer (FCO) and JFO staff. This also
includes supporting the Regions and Headquarters
in their ongoing communications with Congress
and to facilitate information flow between Congress
and the JFO.
Completion of this course does not meet the requirements
necessary for qualification as a Congressional
Affairs Specialist.
Selection Criteria: Open to all working in a Joint Field
Office with preference to External Affairs cadre
members.
Course Length: 2½ days
External Affairs Planning and Products/
Joint Information Center Basic Training
Field Course (L385)
This course provides new Disaster Assistance
Employees (DAEs) and Cadre of On-call Response
Employees (COREs) with an overview of the “New
FEMA,” the fundamentals of Emergency Support
Function (ESF) #15 and the External Affairs concept
for communications, general program overviews, an
overview on working with State partners, writing
and presentation workshops, and an introduction
to specific job functions they will assume and tools
they will use in the field. A variety of exercises, based
on actual situations and incidents, are also included
to help prepare participants for work in the field.
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Selection Criteria: This course is open to those working
in the Joint Field Office (JFO) who may interface
with Public Affairs (External Affairs) or serve in a
Public Affairs function.
Prerequisites:
Recommended: Completion of IS-250, Emergency
Support Function (ESF) #15—External Affairs: A New
Approach to Emergency Communication and Information
Distribution.
Course Length: 2 days
Advanced Incident Command System
(ICS), Command and General Staff—
Complex Incidents, ICS-400 (E/L400)
This course provides training on and resources for
personnel who require advanced application of
the Incident Command System (ICS). This course
expands upon information covered in ICS-100
through ICS-300 courses. These earlier courses are
prerequisites for ICS-400.
The course objectives are as follows:
• Explain how major incidents engender special
management challenges.
• Describe the circumstances in which an Area
Command is established.
• Describe the circumstances in which multiagency
coordination systems are established.
ICS-400: Instructor Guidelines (in addition to the
General ICS Instructor Guidelines):
1. Successful completion of accredited IS-100.b,
Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS),
ICS-100; IS-200.b, Incident Command System (ICS)
for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents, ICS-200;
ICS-300, Intermediate Incident Command System
(ICS) for Expanding Incidents; ICS-400, Advanced
Incident Command System (ICS), Command and General
Staff—Complex Incidents; IS-700.a, National Incident
Management System (NIMS), An Introduction; and
IS-800.b, National Response Framework (NRF), An
Introduction.
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