Course Description

 Training objectives for this course are based on the newly established emergency manager competencies that the National Emergency Management Association; the International Association of Emergency Managers; and state, local, territorial, and tribal emergency management professionals have established in coordination with EMI.

The following topics in emergency management are covered in this course: history; legal issues; intergovernmental and interagency context; influencing and organizing; social vulnerability issues; managing stress; collaboration, preparedness, and team-building; mitigation, response, prevention, and protection; ethical decision-making; recovery; technology; administration; and the future.

Prerequisites - Send to training@gema.ga.gov - must be received before you will be accepted into the class

• IS0100.c: An Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
• IS0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises
• IS0200.c: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• IS0230.e: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
• IS0235.C: Emergency Planning
• IS0240.c: Leadership and Influence
• IS0241.c: Decision Making and Problem Solving
• IS0242.c: Effective Communication
• IS0244.B: Developing and Managing Volunteers
• IS0700.b: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
• IS0800.d: National Response Framework, An Introduction