Course Overview
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recognizes the need to tie training programs to an established set of emergency management competencies and to a career development program through a progressive training and education system that includes the entry-level Academy, called the National Emergency Management Basic Academy. Training objectives for this course, Foundations of Emergency Management, are based on the newly established Emergency Manager competencies that the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA); the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM); and local, State, territorial, and tribal emergency management professionals have established in coordination with the Emergency Management Institute (EMI).
The following topics in emergency management are covered in this course: legal issues; intergovernmental and interagency context; influencing, organizing, social vulnerability issues; managing stress; collaboration, preparedness; team building; mitigation; response; prevention and protection; ethical decision-making; recovery; technology; administration; and the future.
Selection Criteria
This course is intended for newly appointed emergency managers from State, local, tribal, territorial, and Federal emergency management agencies, and prospective professionals transferring from another discipline to emergency management.
Application Process
Please register for this class with the button below and submit copies of the following pre-requisites to the Training Coordinator:
- IS-29: Public Information Officer Awareness
- IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
- IS-120: Introduction to Exercise
- IS-200: ICS for Single Resources
- IS-230: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
- IS-235: Emergency Planning
- IS-240: Leadership and Influencing
- IS-241: Decision Making
- IS-242: Effective Communication
- IS-244: Developing and Managing Volunteers
- IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction
- IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction
You will be placed on the wait list until your pre-requisites are reviewed.
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| Date(s) |
Mon. Mar 24, 2025 0900-1700
Tue. Mar 25, 2025 0900-1700
Wed. Mar 26, 2025 0900-1700
Thu. Mar 27, 2025 0900-1700
Fri. Mar 28, 2025 0900-1700
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| Location |
Dorchester County EOC
212 Demming Way Building 1, Summerville SC 29483
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| Handicap Accessibility |
Yes
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| WiFi Access |
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| Offered By |
South Carolina Emergency Management Division |
| Primary Instructor |
Amann, David |
| Course Length |
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| Course Hours |
40 |
| CEUs |
4.00
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| Award Credentials |
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| Prerequisites |
Completion of the Professional Development Series (PDS)
IS-120: Introduction to Exercise
IS-230: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-235: Emergency Planning
IS-240: Leadership and Influencing
IS-241: Decision Making
IS-242: Effective Communication
IS-244: Developing and Managing Volunteers
and
IS 100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
IS 200: ICS for Single Resources
IS 700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction
IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction
Please forward all course certificates to: lms@emd.sc.gov or kcraig@emd.sc.gov
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| Equivalent Prerequisites |
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| Target Audience |
The National Emergency Management Basic Academy is designed for newly appointed emergency managers with less than three years of experience, including members of State, local, tribal, and territorial homeland security or emergency services programs. |
| Maximum Participants |
30 |
| # Open Seats |
27 |
| # on Wait List |
3 |
