Course Information:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge unveiled
the National Response Plan on January 6, 2005. This course introduces emergency
management practitioners to the NRP, including the concept of operations
upon which the plan is built, the roles and responsibilities of the key players,
and the organizational structures used to manage response resources. The
NRP
provides a framework to ensure all response elements work together whenever
our Nation and residents are threatened.
The NRP specifies how the resources
of the Federal government will work in concert with State, local, and tribal
governments and the private sector
to respond to Incidents of National Significance. The NRP is predicated
on the
National Incident Management System (NIMS) and this course complements
EMI course IS-700 National Incident Management System. The NRP and NIMS provide
a nationwide template for working together to prevent or respond to threats
and incidents regardless of cause, size, or complexity.
Audience: The course is designed for the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), other Federal department/agency staff responsible for implementing
the NRP
as well as State, local and private sector emergency management professionals.
Prerequisite: None
Course Goals and
Objectives: The purpose of the course is to introduce the
NRP and enable participants to:
• Describe the
purpose of the NRP
• Locate information within the NRP
• Describe the roles and responsibilities of entities as specified in the
NRP
• Identify the organizational structure used for NRP coordination
• Describe the field-level organizations and teams activated under the
NRP
• Identify the incident management activities addressed by the NRP
Access: Access to this course is through the EMI Independent Study website, located
at http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/is/is800.asp
Questions: Please send email to
trainwebmaster@dhs.gov.
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