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INDEPENDENT STUDY
COURSES
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
• Create an annex to a community’s Emergency
Operations Plan addressing the unique needs of
children in disasters.
• Identify stakeholders and organizations that can
assist in preparing for the needs of children in
disasters.
• Initiate steps to form coalitions and build teams
that have a stake in keeping children safe in
disasters.
Selection Criteria: The target audience for this course
is local and State emergency managers and planners,
child services agencies, NGOs, child care providers,
schools, and faith-based organizations.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 8.0
Introduction to Residential Coastal
Construction (IS-386)
This is a very comprehensive, advanced-level course.
It will introduce the learner to basic information
about residential coastal construction. Some unit
topics include coastal environment, regulatory
requirements, and identifying hazards. The target
audience is engineers, architects, and building code
officials. Floodplain management, hazard mitigation,
planning, and building officials with building
science knowledge are also part of the target audience.
This course can be downloaded from the
Independent Study web site and the test can be
completed and submitted online.
CEUs: 1.4
Study Hours: 14
Introduction to Hazard Mitigation
(IS-393 .a)
As the costs of disasters continue to rise, governments
and ordinary citizens must find ways to
reduce risks to our communities. As communities
plan for new development and improvements to
existing infrastructure, mitigation can and should
be an important component of the planning effort.
This means taking action to reduce or eliminate
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long-term risk from hazards and their effects. This
course provides an introduction to mitigation for
those who are new to emergency management and/
or mitigation.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
Protecting Your Home or Small Business
from Disaster (IS-394 .a)
The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation
of knowledge that will enable participants to:
• Describe different types of natural disasters.
• Describe hazards that pose a risk to their home
or small business.
• Explain how protective measures can reduce
or eliminate long-term risks to their home and
personal property from hazards and their effects.
• Explain how protective measures for small
businesses secure people, business property, and
building structures, and prevent business loss
from a natural disaster.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
FEMA Risk Assessment Database (IS-395)
This course is designed to train the FEMA 452,
Risk Assessment and FEMA 455, Rapid Visual Screening for
Buildings components of the Building Design for Homeland
Security Course.
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this
course is the building sciences and design professional
community (architects, engineers, security
personnel, and facility planners) working for private
institutions, and building owners, managers, and
Continuity of Operations (COOP) communities
working for public (Federal, State, local, and Tribal)
and private institutions.
CEUs: .2
Study Hours: 2