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

EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Leadership and Influence (IS-240 .a)
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
• Fostering an environment for leadership
development
CEUs: .9
Study Hours: 9
Decision Making and Problem Solving
(IS-241 .a)
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
CEUs: .8
Study Hours: 8
Effective Communication (IS-242 .a)
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
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• How to identify community-specific
communication issues
• How to use technology as a communication tool
• Effective oral communication
• How to prepare an oral presentation
CEUs: .8
Study Hours: 8
Developing and Managing Volunteers
(IS-244 .a)
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 working
with 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.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
Introduction to the Defense Priorities and
Allocations System (DPAS) (IS-245 .a)
This course introduces the Defense Priorities and
Allocations System (DPAS), a regulation to help
ensure the priority performance of contracts and
orders for the timely delivery of critical materials
and services to meet program requirements.
The primary audience for this course is all FEMA
personnel responsible for management and oversight
of FEMA emergency management programs.
CEUs: .1
Study Hours: 1
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