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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.

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