APPENDIX G:
EMI COURSES


The courses summarized in this Appendix are presented one or more times 
each year at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI), located in 
Emmitsburg, Maryland. 

Tuition for these courses is free for State and local government officials and 
travel stipends are available. For more information, contact the training office of 
your state emergency management agency, or call 1-800-238-3358 or visit EMI’s 
Website at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb. 

Course Name Course 
Code 
Course Description Selection Criteria 
Managing Floodplain 
Development 
Through the National 
Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP) 
E273 This course is designed 
to provide an organized 
training opportunity for 
local officials 
responsible for 
administering their local 
floodplain ordinance. 
The course will focus 
on the NFIP and 
concepts of floodplain 
management, maps 
and studies, ordinance 
administration, and the 
relationship between 
floodplain management 
and flood insurance. 
Local officials responsible 
for administering local 
floodplain management 
ordinances, including but 
not limited to floodplain 
management 
administrators, building 
inspectors, code 
enforcement/zoning 
officers, planners, 
city/county managers, 
attorneys, engineers, and 
public works officials. 
Federal/State/regional 
floodplain managers also 
are encouraged to attend. 
The course is designed for 
those officials with limited 
floodplain management 
experience. Attendance 
will be limited to two 
participants from any state 
for each offering. 
National Flood 
Insurance 
Program/Community 
Rating System 
(NFIP/CRS) 
E278 This course covers the 
CRS, a nationwide 
initiative of FEMA’s 
NFIP. It describes 
activities eligible for 
credit under CRS, how 
a community applies, 
and how a community 
modifies an application 
to improve itsclassification. 
FEMA regional office staff, 
NFIP State coordinators, 
those managing floodplain 
services for local 
governments, and others 
interested in learning aboutCRS so they can provide 
technical assistance to 
communities seeking to 
apply for CRS credit.
Attendance is limited to two 
participants from any one 
community per fiscal year. 

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Course Name Course 
Code 
Course Description Selection Criteria 
Mitigation for Tribal 
Officials 
E344 This course providesTribal members and 
their representatives 
with an overview of 
FEMA’s mitigation 
programs, to outline 
tribal mitigation 
responsibilities, and to 
discuss opportunities 
for achieving mitigation 
successes. The course 
will cover mitigation 
planning, the National 
Flood Insurance 
Program (NFIP), and 
mitigation grant 
programs. 
The course will be limited 
to federally recognized 
tribal members and their 
representatives. 
Retrofitting Flood-
Prone Residential 
Buildings 
E279 This course is designed 
to provide engineering 
and economic guidance 
on what constitutes 
proper retrofitting 
techniques for flood-
prone residential 
structures. The course 
will focus on the 
concepts of flood 
proofing, regulatory 
framework, controllingparameters, design 
practices, and benefit, 
cost, and technical 
feasibility analysis.
There is a case study 
design exercise and a 
written examination. 
The audience comprises 
engineers and architects, 
and building code, 
floodplain management, 
hazard mitigation, planning,
zoning, and public works 
officials. This course is 
intended for those with 
engineering, architectural, 
or building science 
knowledge. 

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