Nonprofit organizations, private-sector,
small and medium entrepreneurial
businesses each has a role as members of their local community, the ‘whole
community’ to understand their role locally and nationally from
man-made and natural disasters when they strike.
You are a vital member
of the community.
Ensure key executives,
management, administrative, operations, and front-line staff members understand
their role not only within your organization, but locally and nationally when
disaster strikes. To reduce the stress,
and contribute to business, individual, family, and community planning and
preparedness.
How? It starts by completing just one of the FEMA
independent study courses listed below.
Be safe, Be prepared, understand
your role.
BEMA International
Release of National Preparedness
System Independent Study Program Courses
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute, in coordination with the National
Integration Center, has released revised Independent Study courses for the
National Preparedness Goal and National Planning Frameworks. These courses
introduce participants to the concept and principles of the Goal and
Frameworks. The courses are intended for government executives, private-sector
and nongovernmental organization (NGO) leaders, and emergency management
practitioners. This includes senior elected and appointed leaders, such as Federal
department or agency heads, State Governors, mayors, tribal leaders, and city
or county officials.
The National Preparedness Goal defines what it means for the whole community
to be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies. These risks include
events such as natural disasters, disease pandemics, chemical spills and other
man-made hazards, terrorist attacks and cyber-attacks. The National Preparedness
Goal also describes 32 activities, called core capabilities, which
address the greatest risks to the nation.
The National Planning Frameworks, which are part of the National
Preparedness System, set the strategy and doctrine for building, sustaining,
and delivering the core capabilities identified in the National Preparedness
Goal. They describe the coordinating structures and alignment of key roles and
responsibilities for the whole community and ensure interoperability across all
mission areas.
The updates to the Independent Study Courses focus on discrete, critical
content revisions as a result of the 2015 and 2016
National Preparedness Goal and
National Planning Framework refresh efforts. Additional
changes in the courses are the result of the lessons learned from implementing
the
Frameworks through recent real world events, as well as the findings of the
National Preparedness Report.
The course web links are
listed below. A revised course for the refreshed National Disaster Recovery
Framework will be released at a later date.
IS-2000: National Preparedness Goal and System Overview:
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-2000
IS-2500: National Prevention Framework, An Introduction:
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-2500
IS-2600: National Protection Framework, An Introduction:
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-2600
IS-2700: National Mitigation Framework, An Introduction:
https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-2700
IS-800.c: National Response Framework, An
Introduction: https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-800.c
In addition
to that, cultural heritage has been completely left out of consideration as Queen
Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com)
made clear during her statement at the public hearing:
