Dates: Series #3 and #4, Fiscal Year 2007
Course Information:
Thanks to the support from States, FEMA Regions, and other sources, the Health & Medical Master Exercise Practitioner Program (HM MEPP) Series in FY 2006 were filled with excellent MEPP Candidates representing our target audiences. We request your support once again in recruiting MEPP applicants and wish to provide you with updated information to assist you in your efforts. The Open Enrollment period for the HM MEPP Series will begin June 23, 2006 and end August 25, 2006.
Background:
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offered the Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP) for health and medical audiences from across the Nation at the Noble Training Center in Anniston, Alabama in FY 2006. The HM MEPP course series for FY 2007 will continue to consist of three one-week resident courses designed to provide public/environmental health, health care providers, and emergency medical service MEPP candidates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to design and develop, conduct, and evaluate the wide range of exercises in the public/environmental health, hospital/medical, and EMS community.
Target Audience:
Eligibility for enrollment in the Health & Medical Master Exercise Program (HM MEPP) will be limited to individuals from healthcare audiences with local, Tribal, State, Territorial, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other Federal agency healthcare organizations, public/private and/or profit or non-profit healthcare providers whose responsibilities include exercise program management or participation in exercise development, conduct, and evaluation of internal or external exercises related to overall emergency preparedness. This training is directed towards emergency medical service providers, hospital and other medical facility staff, public/environmental health, coroners/medical examiners, medical officers, and emergency managers from related systems. This would include organizations such as the Veterans Administration (VA), Department of Defense (DOD) medical treatment facilities, training and exercise staff from disaster or emergency healthcare providers from Health and Human Services (HHS), National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT), Disaster Mortuary Assistance Teams (DMORT), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and community services/volunteer organizations. Individuals with exercise responsibilities from regional healthcare emergency systems and providers, such as Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS), are eligible to apply.
Health & Medical MEPP Resident Courses:
These three (3) courses must be completed in this order:
- B132 Health & Medical Exercise Design and Evaluation Course
- B133 Health & Medical Exercise Control/Simulation Course
- B136 Health & Medical Exercise Development Course
Location:
The Health & Medical MEPP Series courses will be conducted in residence at the Noble Training Center in Anniston, Alabama. Noble Training Center is unique in that it is the only hospital facility in the U.S. devoted to training hospital and healthcare professionals in disaster preparedness and response in a realistic environment. For information on Noble Training Center, visit http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/ntc/ on the web. The Noble Training
Center mission is to develop, conduct, and evaluate emergency management training through background presentations, planning sessions, and exercise based simulations to enhance the national response to natural and technological disasters and acts of terrorism.
HM MEPP FY 2007 Series Schedules:
FEMA HM MEPP Program Series #3
FEMA HC MEPP Program Series #4
Prerequisites:
For FY07, HM MEPP Candidates must complete two independent study courses:
To download these courses visit http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp.
NOTE: IS-120 Beta at the Grants & Training website can be substituted for the FEMA IS-120.
CEU’s:
2.5 CEU’s for each Resident course, total 7.5 CEU’s
To Apply:
Applicants must complete and submit an application package that contains the following: a General Admission Application Form (FEMA Form 75-5). To download the resident training form visit http://www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/Apply/.
- Note: Item #9a should list "HM MEPP Series” and the series number in which the applicant wishes to participate. (Applicants can only participate in the courses in one series.)
- A letter from the applicant requesting admission to the program. (The letter should address applicant's qualifications, expectations, and commitment to complete the entire program)
- A letter of recommendation from the applicant's immediate supervisor indicating the organization's commitment to allow the applicant to complete the entire program.
The application package should be mailed to:
FEMA Health & Medical Master Exercise Practitioner Program (HM MEPP)
Admissions Office
Emergency Management Institute
16825 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
If the applicant is accepted as an HM MEPP candidate, the individual will be enrolled in an HM MEPP series and notified with an acceptance package. The acceptance package will also contain other important information regarding travel, lodging, and transportation to and from the Noble Training Center in Anniston, AL.
MEP Program Completion:
Upon completion of the Health & Medical Master Exercise Practitioner Series, the MEPP candidates will be awarded EMI Master Exercise Practitioner certificate and title.
If you need more information on the HC MEPP, contact Lowell Ezersky, MEPP Manager, email lowell.ezersky@dhs.gov, phone 1-800-238-3358, extension 1355 or (301) 447-1355.
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