Resources For Emergency Managers

The development of an overall planning strategy is a target that is continually moving as communities grow and populations change. RIEMA has made available a number of different resources and guidance materials for review, both for informational purposes and for assistance in developing well-organized plans.

Below is a list of free online courses that FEMA offers to emergency managers:

IS-1: Emergency Manager: An Orientation to

the Position

IS-26: Guides to Points of Distribution

IS-100: Intro to ICS

IS-200: ICS for Single Resources & Initial Action Incidents

S-244: Developing & Managing Volunteers

IS-317: Intro to Community Emergency Response Teams

IS-324: Community Hurricane Preparedness

IS-340: Hazardous Materials Prevention

IS-405: Overview of Mass Care/Emergency Assistance

IS-520: Intro to Continuity of Operations Planning for Pandemic Influenzas

IS-522: Exercising Continuity Plans for Pandemics

IS-546: Continuity of Operations Awareness Course

IS-547: Intro to Continuity of Operations

IS-632: Intro to Debris Operations

IS-660: Intro to Public-Private Partnerships

IS-700: National Incidence Management System (NIMS), An Introduction

IS-800: National Response Framework, An Inroduction