Go to
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp, this is
the Emergency Management Institute for the FEMA Independent
Study Program.
Scroll down the page and you will find every publicly available
IS ICS course. Note there are four versions of the ICS 100 and
200 courses. Three of these courses are labeled as ICS-100 (or
200) for Federal Disaster Workers, Law Enforcement Personnel and
Public Works Workers. While not specified by the National
Auxiliary I suggest selecting the basic course version that does
not have any of these three specific audiences listed. Your
members will want to take:
IS-100 "Introduction to Incident Command System";
IS-200 "ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents";
IS-700 "National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) an
Introduction" and
IS-800 "National Resource Plan (NRP), an Introduction
To take one of these courses, click on the course you
want to take. For practice, click on IS-700 since this is the
one I'm using for this demonstration.
Go to the bottom of the page and double click on "Download Final
Exam Questions" and print it out. Now use your back button to go
to the page where you double clicked on Download Final Exam
Questions, and double click on Option 3 Printable Version - Self
Study Guide. Use and review the study guide online - if you
print it out you are guaranteed to use a lot of paper and ink!
The test questions should be kept at hand, because the Study
Guide provides the answers in basically the same order as the
test questions. You can mark the answers as you read the online
guide onto your printed question and answer sheet.
After completing the study, you will be directed to take the
test. Fill in the "online answer sheet" by copying the answers
from the test questions that you already completed. You must
also fill in the personal information at the bottom of the
answer sheet. Ensure your personal information is correct as
this will be recorded at the FEMA EMI Institute and used to
return your completion results and certificate.
To receive Auxiliary credit for completion of the FEMA EMI ICS
courses within District 7, the current process is to submit
either the email completion notice or a copy of the certificate
that you have received from FEMA EMI to your Information
Services Officer. On the certificate copy/email please add your
Auxiliary employee ID number. The Division IS Officer will make
the appropriate report to District level for entry into AUXDATA.
Note that on successful completion of the FEMA EMI courses not
only do you receive a certificate recognized by FEMA of
attainment of a professional learning knowledge and skills, but
you also receive continuing education credit.
