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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
Introduction to Individual Assistance (IA)
(IS-403)
This course provides FEMA personnel and partners
with a basic knowledge of the Individual Assistance
(IA) program and activities that help individuals and
households recover following a disaster.
• Describe how the Stafford Act governs FEMA
disaster operations.
• Explain the Declaration Process.
• Identify the different types of IA programs.
• Explain the Sequence of Delivery of the IA
programs.
• Define Individuals and Households Program
(IHP) Housing Assistance.
• Define IHP Other Needs Assistance.
• Identify the various field offices and processing
centers.
CEUs: .2
Study Hours: 2
Individual Assistance (IA) Web Applicant
Inquiry (IS-416)
This course provides Individual Assistance personnel
with information and procedures to enable them to
access and use the Web Applicant Inquiry (Intranet
Web Applicant Inquiry/Update) to help applicants
through the recovery process. Upon completion,
participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate how to access the Web Applicant
Inquiry, search for resources, and log out.
• Demonstrate how to use the Rental Resources
database.
• Describe the primary information within
Summary Frame, tabs, and subtabs.
• Describe how to use Events History and imaging.
• Demonstrate how to add a comment or contact
in an applicant’s record.
• Explain how to update information.
CEUs: .5
Study Hours: 5
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Implementing the Emergency Food and
Shelter National Board Program (IS-420)
This course provides an overview of the Emergency
Food and Shelter National Board Program. It also
instructs potential program participants about the
requirements responsibilities of the program, eligibility
for funding, and participant responsibilities,
as well as the responsibilities of the National Board
and FEMA.
CEUs: .2
Study Hours: 2
Introduction to Continuity of Operations
(COOP) Planning for Pandemic Influenzas
(IS-520)
This course introduces participants to the characteristics
of a pandemic influenza, the effects that
a pandemic influenza can have on every facet of
our society, and the steps their organizations can
take to minimize the effects of a pandemic. The
primary audiences for this course are personnel
at any level of government, representatives from
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), or
representatives from private industry who may have
a need for a basic understanding of pandemic influenza
and the impacts that they can expect should a
widespread pandemic occur in the United States.
CEUs: .1
Study Hours: 1
Exercising Continuity Plans for Pandemics
(IS-522)
This is a follow-on course to IS-520, Introduction
to Continuity of Operations (COOP) Planning for Pandemic
Influenzas. It includes a brief review of continuity
planning for pandemics and then involves
the participant in a continuity pandemic exercise
(Determined Accord). This course is developed in a
flexible delivery format which allows for classroom
delivery in combination with participants taking
the IS course test either online or in the classroom.
The primary audiences for this course are personnel
at any level of government, representatives from
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