Director/Practitioner Qualification Program

This course is intended to help animal owners, care providers, and industries to understand incident management. It will increase awareness and preparedness among animal owners and care providers, and to describe how typical hazards affect animals and what can be done by responsible owners to reduce the impact of disasters.

This independent study course provides a basic understanding of the history, roles and services of disaster relief voluntary agencies in providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both the general public and those involved in emergency management operations. http://www.training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx

The purpose of this course is to provide guidance for Emergency Managers and implementers of children’s programs about meeting the unique needs that arise among children as a result of a disaster or emergency.

This course is to be completed after taking the IS-0546 - Continuity of Operations Awareness Course. The IS-0547 course describes the Continuity Management Cycle and how it should be used to develop sound continuity of operations plans. Although this course directly addresses continuity requirements for Federal Executive branch organizations, the course is also useful to State, local, territorial, and tribal governments.

Emergency Management Director/Practitioner Qualification Program

HSEM grant staff will provide an overview of existing grant opportunities, life cycle of a sub-grant, financial management, programmatic requirements, environmental and historic preservation (EHP), and record keeping. The presentation will also discuss E-Grants the Department of Public Safety’s electronic grant management tool.

This course will provide learners with detailed information regarding Disaster Declarations in Minnesota based on federal and state regulations that govern declarations. Additional information will be provided on federal, state, and local recovery programs and resources that may be available after an event.

Emergency Management Director/Practitioner Qualification Program

This course teaches emergency management personnel responsible for warning coordination and communication how to work closely with the National Weather Service (NWS), IPAWS alerting authorities, the news media, social media, and the public to provide effective warnings that can be received and understood by people at risk.

This course teaches emergency management personnel responsible for warning coordination and communication how to work closely with the National Weather Service (NWS), IPAWS alerting authorities, the news media, social media, and the public to provide effective warnings that can be received and understood by people at risk.

This course prepares emergency management personnel and voluntary agency representatives to develop and execute an effective volunteer and donations management program as well as develop a volunteer and donations management support plan annex. The course addresses potential concerns that may arise during and after an incident due to self-deployed volunteers and excess donated items.

This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement an Evacuation and Re-Entry Plan for their jurisdictions. It uses a community’s Vulnerability Analysis and Evacuation Plan. It also addresses evacuation behavior and recommends methods to make evacuation and re-entry more efficient.

This course provides participants with the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement an Evacuation and Re-Entry Plan for their jurisdictions. It uses a community’s Vulnerability Analysis and Evacuation Plan. It also addresses evacuation behavior and recommends methods to make evacuation and re-entry more efficient.

This course is designed to enable the non-technical emergency worker to acquire skills in the use of mitigation. The course provides training in how to perform mitigation activities fundamental to reducing and eliminating long-term risk from hazards. It addresses the important roles of the emergency program manager (and others) in mitigation.

This course is designed to enable the non-technical emergency worker to acquire skills in the use of mitigation. The course provides training in how to perform mitigation activities fundamental to reducing and eliminating long-term risk from hazards. It addresses the important roles of the emergency program manager (and others) in mitigation.

Rapid needs assessments provide the critical initial information needed to match a jurisdiction’s emergency needs with the available resources in the immediate aftermath of an incident. This course teaches first responders and others how to plan for, design, and conduct Rapid Needs Assessments for any event that threatens public safety, causes damage to property, and impacts critical infrastructure.

Rapid needs assessments provide the critical initial information needed to match a jurisdiction’s emergency needs with the available resources in the immediate aftermath of an incident. This course teaches first responders and others how to plan for, design, and conduct Rapid Needs Assessments for any event that threatens public safety, causes damage to property, and impacts critical infrastructure.

This course is intended to help animal owners, care providers, and industries to understand incident management. It will increase awareness and preparedness among animal owners and care providers, and to describe how typical hazards affect animals and what can be done by responsible owners to reduce the impact of disasters.

This independent study course provides a basic understanding of the history, roles and services of disaster relief voluntary agencies in providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both the general public and those involved in emergency management operations. http://www.training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx

The purpose of this course is to provide guidance for Emergency Managers and implementers of children’s programs about meeting the unique needs that arise among children as a result of a disaster or emergency.

This course is to be completed after taking the IS-0546 - Continuity of Operations Awareness Course. The IS-0547 course describes the Continuity Management Cycle and how it should be used to develop sound continuity of operations plans. Although this course directly addresses continuity requirements for Federal Executive branch organizations, the course is also useful to State, local, territorial, and tribal governments.