Independent Study Curriculum

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Independent Study Program is delivered through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI). Some of these courses are prerequisites for other state delivered courses. See the EMI Catalog of Activities for course descriptions. Average course completion time is 10-12 hours. Individual and group enrollments are available for all Independent Study Courses. Contact SCEMD for more information. Most courses are available free online from FEMA at http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp

IS - 1 Emergency Program Manager: An Orientation to the Position

IS - 2 Emergency Preparedness, USA

IS - 3 Radiological Emergency Management

IS - 5 Hazardous Materials: A Citizen's Orientation

IS - 7 A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance

IS - 8 Building for the Earthquakes of Tomorrow: Complying with Executive Order 12699

IS - 10 Animals in Disaster - Module A Awareness and Preparedness

IS - 11 Animals in Disaster - Module B Community Planning

IS - 12 Property Acquisition for Local Communities*

IS - 15 Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies

IS - 111 Livestock in Disasters "New"

IS - 120 An Orientation to Community Disaster Exercises

IS - 139 Exercise Design Course "New"

IS - 195 Basic Incident Command System

IS - 208 State Disaster Management* "New"

IS - 240 Leadership & Influence

IS - 241 Decision Making and Problem Solving "New"

IS - 242 Effective Communication "New"

IS - 244 Developing Volunteer Resources "New"

IS - 271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk

IS - 275 The EOC's Role in Community Preparedness, Response and Recovery Activities

IS - 279 Engineering Principles and Practices for Retrofitting Flood-Prone Residential Structures

IS - 288 The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management

IS - 301 Radiological Emergency Response

IS - 324 Community Hurricane Preparedness

IS - 330 Refresher Course for Radiological Response*

IS - 346 An Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel

IS - 386 Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction

IS - 393 Introduction to Mitigation

IS - 394 Mitigation for Homeowners

IS - 513 The Professional in Emergency Management

IS - 600 Special Considerations for FEMA Public Assistance Projects

IS - 630 Introduction to the Public Assistance Process

IS - 631 Public Assistance Operations I

IS - 632 Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA's Public Assistance Program

Q - 534: Emergency Response to Terrorism (presented by the National Fire Academy)

(* = Not available online)