Selection Criteria: Local government emergency managers, city and county administrators, community planners, building inspectors, and public works directors.

NOTE: All course files are accessible to the State Training Officer via the FEMA Web site.

G318 - Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments
This 2-day workshop discusses the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 which amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by, among other things, adding a new section, 322—Mitigation Planning. Section 322 requires local governments to prepare and adopt jurisdiction-wide hazard mitigation plans as a condition of receiving Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to “brick and mortar” mitigation projects. The Mitigation Planning Workshop for Local Governments assists representatives of local communities or multi-jurisdictional planning areas to develop a mitigation plan that meets community needs as well as the Section 322 local government planning requirements as described in 44 CFR Section 201.6. This workshop explains each of the requirements, demonstrates how FEMA’s new Mitigation Planning How-to-Guides can be used to address each requirement, and provides opportunities to begin the planning process in group activities with representatives of the same community or planning area.
Selection Criteria: The target audience for this Workshop includes the following representatives of local government: elected officials, managers, planners, emergency program managers, and other staff with
expertise needed for mitigation projects.

The Workshop is also intended for community members interested in avoiding or minimizing hazard losses, who may wish to participate in the mitigation planning process.

ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL SERIES: CHOOSE ANY 5 REQUIRED AS ELECTIVES OFFERED BY CRITICAL INCIDENT SOLUTIONS.

G288 - Donations Management Workshop
This 8-12 hour workshop addresses the planning considerations and operational requirements for an effective donations management system at the state and/or local level. A special emphasis is put between state/local government and voluntary agencies as the key to success in donations management.

Selection Criteria: Local government officials or state and local leaders of key voluntary organizations (i.e., those affiliated with the state VOAD), who have responsibility for planning, coordinating, implementing, and/or operating the donations management function at the state and local level.

Prerequisites: None.

Required: Participants must have some responsibility to oversee, coordinate, and/or assist with the state and local donations function during large-scale disasters.

Recommended: IS-288, The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management.

G137 - Exercise Program Manager/Management Course
This 2½-day course provides knowledge, skills, and job aids to assist local, state, and federal personnel in implementing their roles and responsibilities as exercise program managers. Work products developed during the course will be useful for the participant to develop or upgrade his or her comprehensive exercise program.

Selection Criteria: State, FEMA regional, other federal agency staff, and local emergency management/emergency services staff who have the responsibility to initiate and/or maintain their respective organization’s/jurisdiction’s overall exercise program.

Prerequisites: None.

Required: The participant must have substantial knowledge of emergency management operations and exercises within his/her organization and the assigned responsibility to initiate and/or upgrade the overall comprehensive exercise program.

Recommended: EMI recommends that participants complete IS-120, An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises, G139, Exercise Design course, and G130.

G408 - Homeland Security Planning Course
This course teaches participants to evaluate, revise, or develop a homeland security appendix to their jurisdiction’s existing Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). The course addresses such key issues as vulnerability analysis and command and control for homeland security events. In keeping with recommendations of the Gilmore Commission, this course builds on existing emergency response systems
as articulated by the local EOP.

Participants must bring a current copy of their EOP and a map of their jurisdiction to the training. This course supplements EMI’s Emergency Planning Workshop.

Selection Criteria: Ideally, Local Emergency Planning Teams that include one person from emergency management; public works; law enforcement; fire service; public health/medical
service.

G358 - Evacuation Planning Course
This 12-hour course is designed to provide participants with 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 does not address the decision to evacuate or re-enter.

Selection Criteria: The persons responsible for planning, implementing, and carrying out evacuations within a jurisdiction must attend this course as a team. This includes, but is not limited to, local and state government emergency program managers, emergency planners, and response personnel.

G400 - Incident Command System, ICS, Advanced, I-400
This course expands upon the material covered in I-100 through I-300. I-400 focuses on large single-agency and complex multi-agency/multi-jurisdictional incident response. The course addresses area command and staff issues, as well as the planning, logistical, and fiscal considerations associated with complex incident management and interagency coordination.

Course Topics:

• Command and General Staff

• Deputies and assistants

• Unified Command

• Organizational relationships between Area Command, Unified Command, Multi-entity Coordination
Systems, and Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)

Selection Criteria: Persons expected to perform in a management capacity in an area command/complex incident environment.

Prequisites: None.

Required: I-100, I-200, and I-300.

Recommended: None.

G290 - Basic Public Information Officers Course
This 2½-day course is intended for the new or less experienced PIO. Its emphasis is on the basic skills and knowledge needed for emergency management public information activities. Topics include the role of the PIO in emergency management, conducting awareness campaigns, news release writing, and television interviews.

Selection Criteria: Emergency management personnel, including fire and law enforcement who have either full- or part-time responsibilities for public information in their communities or departments. Individuals with considerable experience in public information may want to consider applying for a waiver to attend the Advanced Public Information Officers (E388) course at EMI.

G110 - Emergency Management Operations Course (EMOC) (Best with two Instructors)
The EMOC is designed for local communities or tribal governments that may not be able to participate in FEMA’s resident Integrated Emergency Management Courses. The EMOC is an exercise-based program with planning sessions that begin weeks prior to the actual course, and it includes classroom sessions and exercises. The flexible format of the EMOC allows it to be conducted in a 2½-day or 3-day format. The purpose of the EMOC is to improve operational capabilities as they relate to managing emergencies in the local community.

The course places emphasis on the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as a focal point for managing a simulated emergency.

Selection Criteria: Elected and appointed city and county officials. These include mayor, city manager, city council, county commissioner, county manager, and other key positions, such as emergency management director and public information officer. Eligible participants are upper management and mid-management personnel.