enrollment for emi courses - Emergency Management Institute ...

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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
• Read and interpret a Materials Safety Data Sheet
(MSDS);
• Explain how hazardous materials enter the body
and contaminate the environment;
• Describe what communities can do to increase
their emergency preparedness to respond to
hazardous materials incidents; and
• Identify steps individuals and communities can
take to protect themselves during a hazardous
materials release.
The five units are:
• Unit 1: Health and Environmental Regulations.
This unit explains the roles of Federal, State,
Tribal and local governments in reducing
hazardous materials risks, and reviews the key
provisions of critical Federal legislation.
• Unit 2: Hazardous Materials Identification
Systems. This unit discusses the two major
hazardous materials identification systems currently
being used in the United States. It also outlines how
communities should be able to recognize a terrorist
use of toxic industrial chemicals as Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD).
• Unit 3: Identifying Hazardous Materials. This
unit provides an overview of locations in which
these materials are commonly found and discusses
ways of determining what particular chemicals,
with what health effects, exist in these locations.
• Unit 4: Hazardous Materials and Human Health.
This unit introduces many of the basic terms used
to discuss hazardous materials problems, and
explain how hazardous materials enter and move
through the body and the environment.
• Unit 5: Preparing for Hazardous Materials
Incidents. This unit explains what local
communities can do to increase their emergency
preparedness to respond to hazardous materials
incidents of any size. It also identifies steps
individuals can take to protect themselves during
a hazardous materials release.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
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 140
a citizen’s guide to Disaster
assistance (Is 7)
This Independent Study course provides a basic
understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the
local community, State, and the Federal government in
providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both
the general public and those involved in emergency
management who need a general introduction to
disaster assistance. This course can be downloaded
from the Independent Study web site and the test can
be completed and submitted online.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10
building for the Earthquakes of
tomorrow: complying with Executive
Order 12699 (Is 8.a)
This course provides the participant with the
background necessary to understand the effects of
Executive Order (EO) 12699, signed by President
Bush in 1990. In the wake of the Loma Prieta
earthquake of October 1989, this EO requires all
federally owned, leased, or financed new buildings
to comply with strict earthquake building design set
forth in the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction
Plan (NEHRP) Recommended Building Provisions.
The NEHRP has provided a base for all national
building codes for seismic design.
The course is a nontechnical discussion of earthquakes,
building design, and the requirements of the EO. It
is for local officials including mayors, city managers
and commissioners, local council persons, building
inspectors, zoning officials, building designers, and
others concerned with this topic. The materials for
this course can NOT be downloaded.
CEUs: 1.0
Study Hours: 10