The Health & Medical Master Exercise Practitioner Program Series #3 and 4 are cancelled.  We encourage individuals who applied for admission to the HMMEPP Series to consider participation in the Emergency Management Master Exercise Practitioner Program (EM MEPP) Series #8.  To be considered for admission into the EMMEPP Series #8, please contact via email only Tina.Hahn@associates.dhs.gov to request consideration no later than November 3, 2007.  Please note the following schedule of courses for the EM MEPP Series #8.  The 2nd course offering of this Series will be conducted at Noble Training Center (NTC) in Anniston, AL.
HM MEPP FY07 Series Schedules:
HM MEPP Program Series #3 -   CANCELLED

FEMA HC MEPP Program Series #4 – CANCELLED

Course/Series:  FEMA Emergency Management
                   Master Exercise Practitioner Program (EM MEPP)

STATUS:  Open to Enrollment until Friday, November 17, 2006
  
FFY 07: FEMA MEP Program Series 8

Audience:  MEPP Eligibility is open to local, Tribal, State, Territorial, FEMA, and other Federal agency emergency management/emergency services personnel whose responsibilities involve emergency management exercises.  This includes exercise training officers, emergency managers, emergency services personnel from fire, emergency medical, hospitals, public/environmental health, coroners, law enforcement, corrections officials, public works/utilities, community service/volunteer agencies, and private entities who participate in emergency services/emergency management exercise development, control/simulation, and evaluation teams and/or who manage exercise programs. 

Eligibility for Student Stipend Reimbursement FY07:  Individuals from local, State, Tribal Nations, Trust Territories, volunteer organizations, and non-profit organizations will be able to secure reimbursement for their eligible travel expenses and be provided housing at Noble Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emmitsburg, MD, or the Noble Training Center (NTC), Anniston, AL at no charge.  All students who stay on either campus for the MEPP courses must purchase a meal ticket.  For more information, please visit the Student Information website:
www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/StudentInformation

Prerequisities:  Applicants must complete the IS-139 Exercise Design independent study course.
The IS-139 can be downloaded from: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp.

Location:  National Emergency Training Center EMI in Emmitsburg, Maryland and/or
      Noble Training Center (NTC) in Anniston, Alabama

CEU’s:  All 3 courses are eligible for CEU’s, 2.5 CEUs for each course completion.

To Apply:  Complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admissions Application with student signature and signature of supervisor or sponsoring agency official.  

Applicants must complete and submit an application package that contains the following:  a single General Admission Application Form (FEMA Form 75-5).  This form for resident training can be downloaded at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/Apply/.

1.  Item #9a should list " FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner Program Series #.”   NOTE: Item #10 must list completion of the IS-139 course.

2. 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.

3. A letter of recommendation from the applicant's immediate supervisor indicating the organization's commitment to allow the applicant to complete the entire program.

 Submit the MEPP Application package through the State emergency management training office    http://www.fema.gov/about/contact/statedr.shtm who may fax to the National Emergency Training Center Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658 or mail to:

FEMA EM Master Exercise Practitioner Program
Emergency Management Institute
Attention: Admissions
16825 South Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727

If the applicant is accepted as an MEPP candidate, the individual will be enrolled in an MEPP series.   Applicants are not permitted to enroll in different courses in the other MEPP series.  Each MEPP series consists of three (3) resident courses typically at EMI on the campus of the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland and/or Noble Training Center (NTC) in Anniston, Alabama.  Please note that a MEPP Series may have courses scheduled at both EMI and NTC.  Courses conducted at EMI Emmitsburg will have an “E” code in front of the number; courses conducted at NTC will have a “B” code in front of the course number.  These three (3) courses must be completed in this order:

E or B 132    Exercise Design and Evaluation Course
E or B 133    Exercise Control Simulation Program Management Course
E or B 136    Exercise Development Course

Notification:  You should receive information regarding your participation on or around the week of December 4, 2006.  You may direct questions regarding acceptance, travel, etc., to Admissions Office, United States Fire Administrations (USFA), (301) 447-1035, on or after that date.

If you need more information on the EM MEPP, contact Lowell Ezersky, MEPP Manager, email lowell.ezersky@dhs.gov, phone 1-800-238-3358, extension 1355 or (301) 447-1355.