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FEMA/FEDERAL PARTNERS<br />
COURSES—MISSION<br />
SUPPORT<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs<br />
Recommended: IS-100.b, Introduction to the Incident<br />
Command System (ICS), ICS-100; IS-101, Deployment<br />
Basics: <strong>Federal</strong> Disaster Workforce Readiness; IS-200.b,<br />
Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and<br />
Initial Action Incidents, ICS-200; IS-700.a, National<br />
Incident <strong>Management</strong> System (NIMS), An Introduction;<br />
and IS-800.b, National Response Framework (NRF), An<br />
Introduction.<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 3 days<br />
CEUs: 2.1<br />
Introduction to FEMA Office of Chief<br />
Counsel (OCC) Field Operations—<br />
Response, Recovery, and FEMA OCC<br />
Cadre Deployment (E/L713)<br />
This 4-day course provides new FEMA legal staff<br />
with the skills required to provide effective legal<br />
support during response and recovery operations.<br />
After completion of this course, participants will<br />
have a basic understanding of FEMA’s statutory and<br />
regulatory framework, the interface between FEMA<br />
Headquarters OCC and field operations, and the roles<br />
and responsibilities of the field legal staff. In addition,<br />
they will have a basic knowledge of substantive<br />
topics including disaster declarations, response<br />
operations including <strong>Federal</strong> agency authorities,<br />
coordination of <strong>Federal</strong> support, mission assignment<br />
and grant assistance for emergency protective<br />
measures, insular area considerations, records<br />
requests (Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] and<br />
Privacy Act), and recovery operations including<br />
public assistance, individual assistance, and hazard<br />
mitigation, Tribal relations, and environmental and<br />
historic preservation concerns.<br />
Selection Criteria: FEMA Office of Chief Counsel<br />
(OCC) staff.<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
Required: Must have read Your Guide to FEMA Booklet<br />
(disaster related).<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 4 days<br />
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 118<br />
Advanced Field Attorney Training (E714)<br />
The purpose of this course is to update the Field<br />
Attorneys based on the last year’s lessons learned<br />
which will allow them to be better able to perform<br />
their responsibilities of ensuring that field operations<br />
are consistent with the Stafford Act, other laws,<br />
regulations, and Agency policy and standards. The<br />
Field Attorneys provide timely onsite legal advice<br />
to ensure that <strong>Federal</strong> Coordinating Officer and<br />
program staff decisions are legally sound and fiscally<br />
responsible.<br />
Selection Criteria: The target audience will include<br />
employees of the FEMA Field Attorney Cadre and<br />
the FEMA Office of Chief Counsel (OCC).<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 4 days<br />
Comptroller Basic (E716)<br />
This course is required for any person serving as<br />
a FEMA Comptroller in FEMA Joint Field Office<br />
(JFO) operations prior to their deployment in<br />
this position. The course is a specific overview of<br />
FEMA systems, grants programs, National Response<br />
Framework (NRF), National Incident <strong>Management</strong><br />
System (NIMS) structure, and Units that report to<br />
the Finance and Administration Section (Human<br />
Resources [HR], Procurement, Training, and Cost<br />
Unit).<br />
Selection Criteria: This course is for any FEMA<br />
Comptroller Disaster Workforce Cadre member who<br />
will serve as Finance and Administration Section<br />
Chief in FEMA JFO disaster operations or any FEMA<br />
national personnel who will serve as a Finance and<br />
Administration Section Chief in FEMA JFO disaster<br />
operations. Approval to attend this course is made by<br />
the FEMA National Comptroller Cadre Manager, or<br />
a member of the Office of Chief Financial Officer/<br />
FEMA Headquarters who can sign on behalf of the<br />
FEMA National Comptroller Cadre Manager. The<br />
signature of the aforementioned is required. If the<br />
participant is also a FEMA Regional employee, the<br />
signature of the FEMA Regional Training Manager is<br />
also required.