21st Century Essential NBC Reference Series: Emergency Manager, An Orientation to the Position, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent . Destruction WMD, First Responder Ringbound)

This is an up-to-date independent study course training manual produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) providing orientation to the position of emergency manager (IS-1). The course overview states:

This independent study course covers the basics of emergency management. The principles you will learn apply equally well to the volunteer and the full-time, paid emergency manager. This course will introduce you to the principles and tasks involved in emergency management. As you complete each unit, be sure to adapt the information to your particular situation. The first unit defines emergency management. The second unit describes the tasks included in the job of emergency manager. The remaining units examine specific parts of the emergency manager’s job within the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. When you complete this course, you will have some basics to perform your job as an emergency manager. You will want to build on this baseline knowledge. This you can do through on the - job experience and further training."

Unit One: Emergency Management: Setting the Scene * Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS)

Unit Two: Emergency Management: Understanding Your Role * The Manager as Professional

Unit Three: Mitigation

Unit Four: Preparedness

Unit Five: Response * Stages of Response * Activating the EOC * Making the EOC Operational * Controlling Access to the EOC * Information in the EOC * Improving Public Response * Assessing Damage

Unit Six: Recovery * Recovery: The Final Phase * Recovery Assistance * Types of Federal Assistance * How to Recover

Unit Seven: Managing the Program * Daily Operations * Staffing Issues * Financial Planning * Training

This is the complete course manual made available by FEMA as part of the Emergency Management Institute Independent Study program, described this way by FEMA:

FEMA’s Independent Study Program is one of the delivery channels that the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) uses to provide training to the general public and specific audiences. Within the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Fire Administration, operates the Emergency Management Institute (EMI). EMI produces independent study courses to train the general public as well as specific target audiences. The EMI Independent Study program consists of self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. . .and college credit can be obtained through a for-fee service. Each Independent Study Course includes lessons with practice exercises and a final examination. Students who score 75 percent or better are issued a certificate of achievement from EMI. Course completion times vary from two to fourteen hours, depending on the course and the student’s background.