L0930 Community Specific Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC)

The IEMC program is a nearly 40-year-old program designed and developed to meeting the need for exercise-based Emergency Operations Center (EOC) training. It has evolved over the years to become a highly competitive and sought-after program for communities to include on their Integrated preparedness Plans (IPP) and exercise schedules. The IEMC is an application-based program that requires approval from both the State and FEMA Region. Each year only 12 communities are selected. Mobile County, AL. applied and has been selected for a 2023 delivery.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Integrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC) is a 4-day, exercise-based training activity for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) personnel AND community partners involved with incident response and recovery, to practice simulated but realistic emergency situations within a structured learning environment. A team of community planners and Emergency Operations Center (EMI) staff will work together to design a program agenda that includes classroom facilitated lectures and hands-on discussion-based and operations-based exercises consisted with HSEEP.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The IEMC is designed for personnel who perform emergency support responsibilities within their community.

• Elected and appointed officials
• Senior level personnel from response agencies
• Leaders or representatives from volunteer organizations
• Representatives from private agencies that support emergency response

COURSE GOALS

The IEMC will build the inter-dependent awareness, leadership, and communication skills needed to develop, refine, and implement policies, plans, procedures and mutual aid agreements in a ‘whole community’ EOC environment. Community participants will gain a better understanding of the needs of their community before, during and after a disaster.

RECOMMENDED PRE-REQUISITES

No pre-requisite courses are required to participate in the IEMC; however, the following Independent Study (IS) courses are highly recommended prior to attending the course:

• IS 100 – Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)
• IS 200- ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• IS 700 – NIMS, an Introduction
• IS 775 – EOC Management and Operations
• IS 800 – National Response Framework
• IS 2900 – Community Lifelines

Please register by March 1, 2024, at:

https://training.fema.gov/generaladmissionsapplication/staticforms/startapplication.aspx *QR Code  at top of page.