Date: May 12-14, 2009

Course Description:

This 3-day conference is designed to provide a review of current and proposed training and exercise programs within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that are applicable to our State and local partners. It will provide examples of best practices in training and exercises from the Federal, State and local level. The proposed conference topics are also included in this announcement. The focus of this year’s conference is Integrating Preparedness for the Future.

Prerequisite:

None.

Course Length:

3 full days. Travel days are Monday and Friday.

Target Audience:

State Emergency Management Training and Exercise Officers (STOs/ETOs), Regional Training Managers and Exercise Officers (RTMs/REOs), Federal Preparedness Coordinators, and other FEMA training staff. Additional primary audience includes FEMA Regional NIMS contacts and State Administration Agency (SAA) Training and Exercise contacts.

Speaker/Plenary Sessions:

• FEMA Administrator Remarks
• EMI Superintendent Remarks
• FEMA Training Update (Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), EMI, National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC))
• Real World Incident (Tennessee)
• National Exercise Program Update
• Target Capabilities List—How it is Evolving
• National Exercise Simulation Center
• Real World Event (Iowa)
• Good Ideas for Obtaining Training for State Partners (California)
• Involving Nontraditional Partners in Training and Exercise
• Regional Highlights and Best Practices
• Training and Exercise Partnerships in the International Arena
• Share Fair

Workshop Sessions:

• FEMA Training Partner Meeting (Invitation Only)
• Integrated Planning System
• Comprehensive Assessment System
• Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Development
• Conducting State Level Training Needs Assessment
• Using the Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW) to Identify Training Needs
• Impact of National Level Exercise on States
• Roundtable on Real World Events, Collection of Lessons Learned
• NIMS Compliance
• HSEEP Toolkit
• FEMA Regional Exercise Staff meeting
• RTM/Regional Training Staff Breakout
• NDPC Panel
• SAA Working Group Meeting
• Integrating Higher Education into State Training Programs
• Developing Cyber Exercises

Location:

National Emergency Training Center, Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, Maryland.

To Apply:

Complete a FEMA Form 75-5, General Admission Application, with student signature and supervisor or sponsoring office signature and submit through the State emergency management training office via fax to the NETC Admissions Office at (301) 447-1658. To obtain a Form 75-5 and for further information, please refer to the EMI web site at: http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/apply.

All applications must be received in the NETC Admissions Office no later than April 3, 2009.

Alternates or substitutions for this course require notification to the RTMs and the Admissions Office at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC).

Additional Information:

Rooms are available on campus for conference participants. Stipends for airfare will be paid for all State participants staying on campus.

For more information, contact the EMI course manager, Stephen Borth at (301) 447-1249, or by email stephen.borth@dhs.gov.

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• Golden Guardian 08 Lessons Learned in Exercise Design
• Core Competencies for Emergency Management State Certification
• State National Response Framework/Emergency Operation Center Exercise
• Pandemic/Medical Exercises
• National Standard Exercise Curriculum Committee
• New STO and ETO Orientation
• National Level Exercise 09, 10, 11 and Cyber Storm 3
• Emergency Management Assistance Compact Training and Exercise
• Professional Development: Facilitation Skills for Training and Exercise Practitioners
• Designing Prevention Exercises
• Learning Models for the Future
• NIMS Five-Year Training Plan and Document
• Impact of National Level Exercise on States
• Regional Meetings with States