Each year States, counties, cities, tribal communities and specialized jurisdictions throughout the United States apply to EMI to conduct an IEMC for their jurisdictions emergency management officials and responders. Community specific IEMCs require a major commitment from both the community and FEMA, as well as from FEMA Regional Offices and State offices of emergency management.
The community-specific IEMC builds awareness and skills needed to develop and implement policies, plans, and procedures in an emergency operations center (EOC) to protect life and property through applications of sound emergency management principles in all phases of emergency management.
Integrated Emergency Management Courses (IEMCs) are exercise-based courses that place individuals in a realistic crisis situation within a structured learning environment.
The following communities have been selected for IEMC Community-specific IEMCs for Fiscal Year 2009: |
Region 1: Portland, ME
Region 4: Nashville/Davidson County, TN
Tuscaloosa County, AL
Region 5: Waukesha County, WI
Region 6: Tulsa County, Cherokee, Creek, and
Osage Nations, OK
Region 8: Loveland, CO
Missoula City and County, MT
Region 9: Yolo County and University Davis, CA
Yuma, AZ
Region 10: Federal Way, WA
Spokane, WA
Washington State
For information on how to apply for a community-specific IEMC, visit our web site at: http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IEMC/IEMC_15.asp
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