EMI Course Catalog - Emergency Management Institute - Federal ...
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RESIDENT COURSES—<br />
PREPAREDNESS<br />
EmErgEncy managEmEnt InstItutE • 2011-2012 • catalog of coursEs<br />
ACE Recommendation:<br />
Credit Hours: 2 hours<br />
Level: UD<br />
Curricula: Radiological Sciences, Public<br />
Administration<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 4 days<br />
CEUs: 3.1<br />
Radiological Accident Assessment<br />
Concepts (RAAC) (E341)<br />
This course addresses radiological consequences<br />
of accidents involving radiological materials. This<br />
includes accidents or incidents involving commercial<br />
power reactors, lost sources, dispersion devices, and<br />
transportation. The focus of the course is concepts<br />
involved in formulating protective action recommendations<br />
following a radiological accident, such<br />
as dose quantities, atmospheric dispersion, dose<br />
projection, protective action guides, and derived<br />
intervention levels. Participants engage in problemsolving<br />
sessions and a tabletop exercise. There are<br />
two required evening sessions and a final examination<br />
in this course.<br />
Selection Criteria: Enrollment is limited to local, State,<br />
and <strong>Federal</strong> technical radiological accident assessment<br />
staff. Private sector (i.e., utility company)<br />
technical staff also may apply. This course is not<br />
intended for emergency management staff. This<br />
course requires familiarity with mathematical equations<br />
and exponential manipulations. Participants<br />
must bring a scientific calculator which they know<br />
how to use to perform the required calculations.<br />
Participants also should know how to use Microsoft<br />
Excel and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission<br />
computer code, RASCAL.<br />
Prerequisites:<br />
Required: Completion of the Precourse Workbook<br />
is required prior to attending the course. <strong>Course</strong><br />
manager must review all applications prior to<br />
acceptance by admissions office.<br />
Recommended: Completion of IS-301, Radiological<br />
<strong>Emergency</strong> Response.<br />
FEdErAL EmErgENCy mANAgEmENT AgENCy 40<br />
<strong>Course</strong> Length: 5 days<br />
CEUs: 3.1<br />
Community <strong>Emergency</strong> Response Team<br />
(CERT) Program Manager (E427)<br />
This course prepares participants to establish and<br />
sustain an active local CERT program.<br />
The responsibilities of a local CERT Program Manager<br />
are various. This course defines the core components<br />
of a local CERT program and focuses on effective<br />
practices for:<br />
• Planning and interacting with a broad range of<br />
stakeholders<br />
• Managing program resources<br />
• Sustaining the program<br />
<strong>Course</strong> topics include:<br />
• Developing local CERT program goals and a<br />
related strategic plan<br />
• Promoting a local CERT program<br />
• Orienting, managing, and retaining CERT<br />
members<br />
• Recruiting, funding, managing, and retaining<br />
CERT trainers<br />
• Acquiring and managing program resources<br />
• Delivering and managing effective training and<br />
exercises<br />
• Developing policies and procedures for operating<br />
a local CERT program<br />
• Evaluating and sustaining the program<br />
The CERT Program Manager course is delivered at <strong>EMI</strong><br />
sequentially during the same week with E428, CERT<br />
Train-the-Trainer. Participants who wish to take both<br />
courses must submit a separate application for each<br />
course. Although either course may be taken separately,<br />
<strong>EMI</strong> encourages people to take both courses<br />
the same week.