The FEMA Emergency Management Institute’s (EMI) Curriculum Management Branch offers the Independent Study Program (ISP). This is a distance learning program which offers training, free of charge, to ...

The latest Disaster Zone podcast, "Virtual ICS Trainings," is now up and running. I think online training is the future. People have gotten accustomed to online events and it saves the costs of travel ...

This course is primarily intended for the Geospatial Information System specialists employed with FEMA or any other emergency response organization. Students should also have a basic geospatial ...

State emergency management officials say they're facing funding challenges from the federal government that threaten the ...

Representatives from the Universities & Colleges Committee (UCC) of the U.S. Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-USA) assisted the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

All State of California employees are considered “disaster service workers” and may be called on to provide assistance if a disaster occurs. Since the SEMS/ICS system will be used by first responders ...

Tens of thousands of people have taken the online basic Incident Command System (ICS) training. How much of that do they really retain over time? It all becomes very real when someone is told they are ...