enrollment for emi courses - Emergency Management Institute ...

fEma/fEDEral partnErs
cOursEs—DIsastEr
OpEratIOns & rEcOvEry
Prerequisites:
EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s
Required: To attend this course, participants must:
(1) have served as a FEMA Planning Section
Chief or a Deputy Planning Section Chief during
a disaster response for a minimum of 45 days;
(2) must have completed two of the three main
management courses: E778, Joint Field Office (JFO)
Middle Managers Training; E292, Disaster Field Operations
Management (DFOM); E/L269, Managing FEMA Staff on
Disaster Operations; (3) must have completed IS 101,
Deployment Basics: Federal Disaster Workforce Readiness,
and IS 800.b, National Response Framework (NRF), An
Introduction; and (4) must have completed two of the
five Planning Section courses: E229, Documentation
Unit; E224, Situation Unit; E760, Resources Unit; E233,
Plans Support Unit; and E/L298, Technical Services.
Course Length: 6 days
External affairs private sector basic
(E738)
This is a basic private sector course for all new FEMA
Disaster Reservists entering the External Affairs Cadre
with a specialty in the private sector component,
as well as Disaster Reservists assigned to other
External Affairs cadres who need cross-training. At
the conclusion of the course, participants will have
a basic understanding of the function of the private
sector within the FEMA External Affairs operation at
a Joint Field Office.
This course is offered concurrently with E/L/B753,
Policy, Procedure, and Practice for External Affairs–Capstone.
Selection Criteria: Participant must be a member of
the External Affairs Cadre and have taken E/L/
B750, Policy, Procedure, and Practice for External Affairs–Part
1; L751, Policy, Procedure, and Practice for External Affairs Field
Internship–Part 1; and L752, Policy, Procedure, and Practice for
External Affairs Field Internship–Part 2.
Course Length: 2.5 days (with E/L/B753)
FEd E r A L Em E r g E N C y mA N A g E m E N T Ag E N C y 122
policy, procedure, and practice for
External affairs–part 1 (E/l/b750)
This is a multipart course designed to provide the
knowledge and tools necessary to perform job
functions in FEMA External Affairs and Emergency
Support Function (ESF) #15 operations. Taken
sequentially, the courses will prepare participants
to work seamlessly with other External Affairs
components in delivering comprehensive, integrated,
and unified messages to all stakeholders. Participants
will be deployed to a Joint Field Office (JFO) for a 2
week mentored field internship. Finally, an additional
week of component-specific training will complete
this 4 week process.
Part 1 is an introductory-level course focusing on FEMA
reservist policies related to External Affairs. It provides
participants an understanding of FEMA programs,
operations at a JFO, and the functions outlined within
ESF #15 standard operating procedures.
Selection Criteria: New Disaster Assistance Employees
(Reservists) assigned to the External Affairs (EA)
Cadre who have not been to a basic training and
have not been deployed. Cadre of On-call Response
Employees (CORE) and local hires who have been
converted to Reservist status are eligible for this
course. Course manager will indicate the specific
components of EA being targeted for the specific
offering. External Affairs National Cadre Manager
will provide an approved attendee roster.
Prerequisites:
Recommended: IS 100.a, Introduction to the Incident
Command System (ICS), ICS-100; IS 101, Deployment
Basics: Federal Disaster Workforce Readiness; IS 200.a,
Incident Command System (ICS) for Single Resources and
Initial Action Incidents, ICS-200; IS 250, Emergency Support
Function (ESF) #15—External Affairs: A New Approach
to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution;
IS 650, Building Partnerships with Tribal Governments; IS
700.a, National Incident Management System (NIMS), An
Introduction; and IS 800.b, National Response Framework
(NRF), An Introduction.
Course Length: 5 days, 40 hours