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FEM 181-Public-Private Partnerships:
Planning, Maintenance, and
Special Considerations (1)
Introduces the role, terminology, and core concepts
of working with public-private partnerships in the
emergency management arena. Discusses the uses
of such partnerships in improving overall community
planning, response, recovery, and mitigation
efforts. Instructs on recommended procedures for
identifying, forming, maintaining, and evaluating
these partnerships. Explores techniques for
adapting and utilizing these principles and partners
to improve collaboration on, readiness for, and
management of special events in the community.
FEM 182-Local and Tribal
Mitigation Planning (1)
Provides an awareness of rules, regulations, and
responsibilities that are critical in creating and
revising the hazard mitigation plan development.
This course allows participants to effectively
create, update, and revise hazard mitigation plans
for local and tribal community populations. This
course allows reviewers to interpret regulations
affecting local and tribal hazard mitigation plans.
Topics covered include local plans as covered in
44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §201.6 or
for tribal plans as described in 44 CFR §201.7.
FEM 183-Public Works Role in
Emergency Management (1)
Examines the details of the public works function
in emergency management. Designed to help
communities improve public works efforts prior to,
during, and after disasters. This course is intended to
help build local capacity for public works including
planning for disasters, developing practices and
procedures, conducting damage assessment, and
participating in after-action reviews. This course
also includes details of how the function of public
works is integrated into the overall strategy for
responding to disasters and its relationship to
other emergency management functions.
FEM 184-Logistics and the Defense Priorities
and Allocations System (DPAS) (1)
Provides an overview of the logistics functions
and organizational relationships within logistics
from a Presidential disaster declaration to close-
out of FEMA field offices. It examines how the
Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
supports FEMA’s mission and describes how DPAS
supports timely delivery of critical materials and
services to meet requirements including priority
ratings for contracts and orders, placement of rated
orders, the roles of FEMA employees in the DPAS
process, and how to address DPAS challenges.
FEM 186-Hazard Mitigation and
Disaster Workforce Basics (1)
Equips students with the necessary knowledge
to understand and communicate to the public
the preparedness and prevention approaches
that can reduce the impact of disasters. Students
will also gain understanding of procedures for
federal, state, local and private partners and the
supporting role each agency plays in providing
prevention and mitigation assistance for earthquakes,
floods, hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires.
FEM 187-Local Mitigation Plan Review (1)
Equips students with the knowledge necessary to
effectively review and determine if local mitigation
plans meet federal mitigation planning requirements
using the current FEMA Local Mitigation Plan
Review Guide and developmental tools.
FEM 188-Critical Infrastructure Protection (1)
Enhances the knowledge of students in the field of
critical infrastructure protection. Students will be
exposed to the National Infrastructure Protection
Plan (NIPP) and the National Response Framework
(NRF) Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
(CI/KR) Support Annex. Students also learn the
importance of vertical and horizontal collaborations
across security partners and the effective strategies
for the sustainment of these relationships.
FEM 189-Workforce Preparedness (1)
Introduces basic preparedness concepts and
strategies for improving workplace, business and
community preparedness. The course provides
guidance to students on how to contribute to
improve workplace security in addition to best
practices for responding to an active shooter
situation. The course identifies surveillance activities
and the indicators associated with them while
outlining prevention steps aimed at identifying,
monitoring, and reporting suspicious activities.
FEM 191-Emergency Management &
Technical Tools Application (1)
Introduces students to preparedness
communication tools to reach all members of
their communities during an emergency. Explores
the National Emergency Technology (NET) Guard
program, how GIS technology can support
emergency management, and the Integrated
Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).
FEM 192-Geospatial Information
Systems Specialists (1)
Introduces students to the disaster response role
and responsibilities of a Geospatial Information
Systems (GIS) Specialist. Explores what types of
products need to be produced and what procedures
must be followed to ensure that products are
produced correctly and in a timely manner.
FEM 193-Resilient Accord: Exercising
Continuity Plans for Cyber Incidents (1)
Introduces students to best practices for executing
continuity operations during cyber-security
incidents. Explores the importance of incorporating
cyber security into continuity planning.
FEM 194-Critical Infrastructure Security:
Theft and Diversion - What You Can Do (1)
Introduces students to the information they need
to identify threats and vulnerabilities to critical
infrastructure from the theft and diversion of
critical resources, raw materials, and products
that can be used for criminal or terrorist activities.
Explores the actions that participants can take
to reduce or prevent theft and diversion.
FEM 195-Protecting Critical Infrastructure
Against Insider Threats (1)
Introduces students to critical infrastructure
preparedness practices and measures to reduce
the risk of insider threats. Explores methods
for identifying and taking action against
insider threats to critical infrastructure.
FEM 196-Preparing for Mass Casualty
Incidents: A Guide for Schools, Higher
Education and Houses of Worship (1)
Introduces students to recommended
practices and resources for developing
emergency plans to prepare for, respond to,
and recover from mass casualty incidents.
FEM 197-CERT Supplemental Training:
The Incident Command System (1)
Introduces students to principles of the Incident
Command System (ICS) and helps learners
understand how to effectively apply the
principles through interactive real-life scenarios.
Explores Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) activations, safety of disaster workers,
acceptable leadership and organizational
structures, and rescue effort approaches.
FEM 198-Benefit-Cost Analysis Principles (1)
Introduces students to fundamental Benefit-Cost
Analysis (BCA) concepts and theory. Explores the
process for gathering BCA data and the process
for conducting analyses using the latest version
of the Benefit Cost Toolkit. Examines projected
damage amounts of hazard events; frequency, or
Recurrence Interval (RI); and event duration analysis.
FEM 199-Engineering Principles
and Practices for Retrofitting Flood-
Prone Residential Structures (1)
Introduces students to engineering design and
economic guidance on what constitutes feasible
and cost-effective retrofitting measures for flood-
prone residential and non-residential structures. This
course serves as an overview of the contents of the
revised Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) P-259, Engineering Principles and Practices
for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures.
FEM 200-Homeland Security Geospatial
Operations & Management (1)
Introduces Homeland Security Geospatial Concept-
of-Operations (GeoCONOPS) doctrine. Students
will discover the importance of GeoCONOPS
to the National Preparedness System, National
Incident Management System (NIMS), and the
Incident Command System (ICS). Explores the
controls and functions of the DHS Common
Operating Picture (COP) application.