Dates:  Series #7 and #8, Fiscal Year 2007

Course Information:  Thanks to the support from States and FEMA regions, the Emergency Management Master Exercise Practitioner Program (EM MEPP) Series 7 is full as of August 25, 2006.  We request your support in recruiting MEPP applicants for the EM MEPP Series 8.

This EMI Gram provides you information to assist you in your recruitment efforts.

STATUS:  FY07 EM MEP Program Series 7 – Filled - No vacancies available

STATUS:  FY07 EM MEP Program Series 8 – Open Enrollment

Target Audience:  MEPP eligibility is open to local, Tribal, State, Territorial, FEMA and other Federal agency emergency management/emergency services personnel whose responsibilities involve emergency management exercises.  This includes exercise training officers, emergency managers, emergency services personnel from fire, emergency medical, hospitals, public/environmental health, coroners, law enforcement, corrections officials, public works/utilities, community service/volunteer agencies, and private entities who participate in emergency services/emergency management exercise development, control/simulation, and evaluation teams and/or who manage exercise programs.

Eligibility for Reimbursement:  Individuals from local, State, Tribal Nations, Trust Territories, volunteer organizations, and non-profit organizations will be reimbursed for their eligible travel expenses and provided housing at the National Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emmitsburg, Maryland or the Noble Training Center (NTC), Anniston, Alabama at no charge.  All students who stay on either campus for the MEPP courses must purchase a meal ticket.  For more information please visit the EMI website at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb and click on the Student Information tab.

Prerequisite:  Applicants must complete the IS-139 Exercise Design independent study course.  This course may be downloaded from http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp.

Location:  National Emergency Training Center-Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, Maryland and/or the Noble Training Center, Anniston, Alabama

CEU’s:  2.5 CEUs are given for each course completion.

To Apply:  Applicants must complete and submit an application package that contains the following:  a FEMA Form 75-7, General Admissions Application with the student’s signature and signature of the supervisor or sponsoring agency official.  To download the resident training form visit http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/Apply.

1. Item #9a should list “FEMA Master Exercise Practitioner Program Series #.”  NOTE:  Item #10 must list the completion of IS-120 and IS-139 courses.

2. A letter from the applicant requesting admission to the program.  The letter should address applicant’s qualifications, expectations, and commitment to complete the entire program.

3. A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s immediate supervisor indicating the organization’s commitment to allow the applicant to complete the entire program.

Submit the MEPP application package through the State emergency management training office who may fax it to the National Emergency Training Center Admission Office at (301) 447-1658 or mail to:

                                    FEMA EM Master Exercise Practitioner Program
                                    Emergency Management Institute
                                    Attention:  Admissions Office
                                    16825 South Seton Avenue
                                    Emmitsburg, Maryland  21727

If the applicant is accepted as a MEPP candidate, the individual will be enrolled in a MEPP series.  Applicants are not permitted to enroll in difference courses in the other MEPP series.  Each MEPP series consists of three (3) resident courses typically at EMI on the campus of the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland and/or Noble Training Center (NTC) in Anniston, Alabama.  Please note that a MEPP series may have courses scheduled at both EMI and NTC.  Courses conducted at EMI Emmitsburg will have an “E” code in front of the number; courses conducted at NTC Anniston will have a “B” code in front of the course number.  These three (3) courses
must be completed in this order:

E or B 132      Exercise Design and Evaluation Course
E or B 133      Exercise Control Simulation Program Management Course
E or B 136      Exercise Development Course

If you need more information on the EM MEPP, contact Lowell Ezersky, MEPP Manager, email lowell.ezersky@dhs.gov; phone (800) 238-3358 extension 1355 or (301) 447-1355.