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EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs
residential coastal construction (E386)
This course is designed to train participants on
FEMA’s Coastal Construction Manual. This manual is the
primary, state-of-the-art reference for planning,
designing, and constructing residential structures in
the various coastal environments.
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this course
is engineers and architects. Floodplain managers and
building code officials are also encouraged to attend.
Hazard mitigation, planning, zoning, public works,
and other building officials with building science
knowledge may also apply.
Prerequisites:
Required: It is necessary to have a basic knowledge
of building science.
ACE Recommendation:
Credit Hours: 2 hours
Level: UD
Curricula: Coastal Residential Construction
Practices, Emergency Management
Hazard Mitigation Techniques, or Civil
Engineering
Course Length: 4½ days
CEUs: 2.9
CECs: 12 (core)
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Integrating Emergency management
Education into your Institution (E390)
This workshop provides information about emergency
management (EM) and the benefits of and
resources available for integrating EM degree
programs and EM course offerings. It is a facilitation-driven
workshop focused on creating an action
plan to be applied within each participant’s academic
department. During the session, participants will be
inspired to see the importance of EM and will create
an action plan that they can use, along with a toolkit
of additional resources that will be provided, when
they return to their schools to increase their school’s
EM-related offerings.
Selection Criteria: Department chairs of emergency
management-related disciplines (such as
sociology, geography, public administration, or
psychology, etc.) from Historically Black Colleges
and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities,
and Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
Course Length: 2 days
CEUs: 1.2
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