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

EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
• Provide the resources necessary for the user to
accomplish environmental/historic preservation
responsibilities.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
Basic Instructional Skills (IS-265)
The purpose of this 90-minute course is to prepare
the participant to assist with State-delivered emergency
management training. This course provides
a foundation from which participants can develop
or enhance their instructional delivery skills within
a classroom setting. This course is not designed to
teach how to design training. Rather, the focus of
this course is how to present an existing lesson plan
or training materials.
Selection Criteria: Members of State and local emergency
management disciplines. Recommended for
members of State and local emergency management
disciplines who assist in the teaching of FEMA- or
State-developed classroom training.
Prerequisites:
Required: Must have responsibility for teaching a
portion of a FEMA- or State-developed course.
CEUs: .1
Study Hours: 1½
Anticipating Hazardous Weather and
Community Risk (Web-based) (IS-271)
This course will help you, the emergency manager,
anticipate and prepare for hazardous weather more
effectively by:
• Enhancing your ability to recognize potentially
hazardous weather and flooding situations and
how they may affect your community.
• Familiarizing you with National Weather Service
(NWS) products so that you understand how to
use and interpret forecasts.
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• Encouraging you to develop a partnership
with the NWS well in advance of a threat. This
course has four main sections: Weather, Hazards,
Forecasting, and Warning Partnership.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential
Buildings (IS-279)
This course is recommended prior to attendance at
EMI’s more technical resident course of the same title
(E279). The course provides the users with an overview
of retrofitting, the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP), and minimum requirements of
floodplain management as it relates to retrofitting
methods, and parameters that influence retrofitting
decisions.
The course format is programmed instruction
which allows you to work at your own pace. This
course can be downloaded from the Independent
Study web site and the test can be completed and
submitted online.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
The Role of Voluntary Agencies in
Emergency Management (IS-288)
This course is intended to educate the reader about
the vital role that voluntary agencies play as key partners
in providing disaster relief services throughout
the entire emergency management cycle (i.e., mitigation,
preparedness, response, and recovery). This
course can be downloaded from the Independent
Study web site and the test can be completed and
submitted online.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 2
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