The National Emergency Management Leaders Academy
The National Emergency Management Leaders Academy is the first leadership component of the Emergency Management Professional Program. The Leaders Academy will provide the essential skills needed for emergency managers to lead emergency management programs, and will be essential to building collaboration by bringing emergency management leaders together to share their experiences and establish a network. Sharing best practices, lessons learned, tools, and documentation will allow emergency management leaders to have a firm understanding of Federal, State, and local emergency management programs, as well as how these programs can be effectively leveraged to support State and local needs and requirements in this complex and demanding career field.
The Leaders Academy curriculum will provide a deeper understanding of the complexity and challenges of the field; incorporate fully developed emergency management core leader competencies; provide progressive career-long training and education; and support further professionalization of the field of emergency management.
Target Audience
This course is designed for current and emerging leaders in emergency management. The target audience includes government, non-profit voluntary organizations, and private sector managers responsible for emergency management or homeland security, including:
- State, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management or homeland security program staff and managers;
- Federal department heads and branch chiefs of emergency management or homeland security;
- Directors and managers of non-profit voluntary organizations;
- Private sector managers leading emergency management offices and related programs; and
- Emergency management program directors from all organizations listed above with significant authority and responsibilities.
Classroom Course Requirements
E0451 Leadership 1 – Overview of Leadership in Emergency Management
E0452 Leadership 2 – Application of Personal Leadership in Emergency Management
E0453 Leadership 3 – Leadership in the Emergency Management Organization
E0454 Leadership 4 – Emergency Management Leadership in the Community and Profession
