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