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L0110: National Emergency Management Basic Academy Train-the-Trainer
2025-10-06 - 2025-10-11 | Mobile County EOC, 7350 Zeigler Blvd, Mobile, AL, 36608
Course Description:
The Basic Academy Train-the-Trainer consists of 2 days of discussions about course objectives, how to set up and facilitate the class, time management, and other general topics. The last 3 days consist of student teach-backs that summarize portions of the Basic Academy course subject matter and describe activities and exercises with time for critique and questions.
All topics areas in the Basic Academy courses are covered in the Train-the-Trainer to support a training experience that combines knowledge of all fundamental systems, concepts, and practices of cutting-edge emergency management. The Academy provides shared classrooms of adult learners and skillful instructors resulting in a solid foundation upon which to build further studies and sound decisions.
Course Goal:
The purpose or goal of the Train-the-Trainer for the Basic Academy is to provide a sound and consistent basis for training instructors to teach foundational concepts of emergency management and entry-level skills in planning, exercises, and public information and warning.
Prerequisites:
Participants of the course have met the following selection requirements:

Five years of experience in Emergency Management
Three years of classroom training experience in adult learning

Also, it is recommended to complete the Basic Academy curriculum before taking this course as most of the host training managers require before instructing:

E/L/K0101: Foundations of Emergency Management, to include the Prerequisites for E/L/K0101:

IS-29: Public Information Officer Awareness
IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
IS-120: An Introduction to Exercises
IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
IS-230: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-235: Emergency Planning
IS-240: Leadership and Influence
IS-241: Decision Making and Problem Solving
IS-242: Effective Communication
IS-244: Developing and Managing Volunteers
IS-700: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction

E/L/K0102: Science of Disaster
E/L/K0103: Planning: Emergency Operations
E/L/K0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
E/L/K0105: Public Information Basic

Target Audience:
This course is intended for those emergency managers and trainers from Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies who have extensive background in emergency management and experience in training adults.

Minimum 5 years of experience in emergency management (recommended to be current practitioners)
Proven and proficient capability to deliver and facilitate training (EMI resume/ recommendation review)
Demonstrated knowledge of the fundamental systems, concepts, and current practices in emergency management
Resume detailing responsibilities, authority, and length of time in profession
Effectiveness teaching emergency management to adults
Documentation of at least 3 years of experience teaching emergency management to adults

Notice to Applicants for EMI Courses: Individuals applying for EMI classes will be required to register using the FEMA Student Identification (SID) number.
Application Review:
To be evaluated for admission into this course, block #16 on the application form must be completed. Please refer to the Target Audience above and indicate how you meet the requirements based upon your position and experience.
Lodging Information:
Course is being delivered at the Mobile County EMA. Please contact Mobile County EMA directly if you are interested in staying in the bunk rooms, otherwise there are options for lodging within close proximity of the classroom.

Weather 101 Workshop
2025-11-06 09:00 (America/Chicago) | Alabama EMA, 5898 County Road 41, Clanton, AL, 35046, United States
National Weather Service personnel will review several weather topics, give an overview of the National Weather Service, and talk about post event activities during this 3-hour presentation on the State EOC Floor.

G0300 Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents
2026-01-12 - 2026-01-14 | Baldwin County EMA, 23100 McAuliffe Dr, Robertsdale, AL, 36567, United States
Course Description:
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.

Course Objectives

Describe how the National Incident Management System Command and Management component supports the management of expanding incidents.
Describe the Incident/Event Management process for supervisors and expanding incidents as prescribed by the ICS.
Implement the Incident Management process on a simulated Type 3 incident.
Develop an Incident Action Plan for a simulated incident.se

Prerequisites

Participants must have successfully completed:

IS 100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
IS 200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
IS 700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction
IS 800, National Response Framework, An Introduction

It is recommended that the student have prior experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100, ICS 200, and use of skills in a response or exercise. If prospective students need to complete any of these prerequisites while the FEMA site is unavailable, please contact brandy.davis@ema.alabama.gov for an online option outside of the FEMA website.

G 400 Advanced Incident Command System for Command & General Staff - Complex Incidents
2026-01-15 - 2026-01-16 | Baldwin County EMA, 23100 McAuliffe Dr, Robertsdale, AL, 36567, United States
Course Description:
This course provides training for personnel who require advanced application of the Incident Command System (ICS). This course expands upon information covered in ICS 100 through ICS 300 courses, which are prerequisites for the ICS 400 course.

Course Objectives

Explain how major incidents engender special management challenges.
Describe the circumstances in which an Area Command is established.
Describe the circumstances in which Multi-Agency Coordination Systems are established.

Prerequisites

Participants must have successfully completed:

IS0100, Introduction to the Incident Command System
IS0200, Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
ICS 300 (E/L/G0300), Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents
IS0700, National Incident Management System, An Introduction
IS0800, National Response Framework, An Introduction

Recommended: Experience using concepts and principles from ICS 100, ICS 200, and ICS 300 and use of skills in an operational environment.

Preparedness for Alabama Resilience Summit - Troy, AL
2026-02-10 09:00 - 15:00 | Trojan Center Ballrooms – Troy University, 7 College Drive, Troy, AL, 36082, United States
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
In partnership with Troy University
invites you to attend the
Preparedness for Alabama Resilience Summit

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Troy University
Trojan Center Ballrooms
7 College Drive
Troy, Alabama 36082
As a principal stakeholder in community preparedness in the State of Alabama, you are invited to attend the Preparedness for Alabama Resilience Summit. The purpose of this summit is to enhance disaster preparedness and stakeholder partnerships in Alabama. Objectives include increased awareness of disaster mitigation, response, and recovery management and the growth of the resilience stakeholder network collaboration with emergency management through partnerships between local, state, and federal partners, including both public and private sector partners. The outcome is inclusion and involvement in planning for preparedness, training and exercising, and contributing to disaster mitigation, response, and recovery. Your input in these discussions will strengthen the resilience stakeholder network that is vital to the safety of Alabama and our local communities. The goal is enhanced development and improvement of relationships for community resilience.
Stakeholder discussion will include:

Event-based discussions that highlight the incident command/unified command processes in preparedness and response and the Team of Teams approach to collaboration. Reviewing the best practices that have reduced disaster impacts within communities and enhanced recovery efforts that have stabilized these communities as quickly as possible.
Your role in the resilience stakeholder network as a team partner in collaboration with emergency management to improve preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts by including more awareness, communication, capabilities, and capacities from the network.
The use of the Team of Teams approach in this collaboration to integrate capacities and capabilities where and when needed to increase community resilience.

***Lunch will be provided, and parking is free***
Business Casual Attire
Please submit your RSVP to Resilience Summit by Friday, January 30, 2026.

L0101: Foundation of Emergency Management
2026-03-23 08:00 - 2026-03-27 17:00 | Cullman County EMA, 2020 Beech Avenue SE, Cullman, Alabama, 35056
This course is part of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy being offered in FY26.
Additional courses are:
L0102: Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards (April 13-15, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0103: Planning: Emergency Operations (April 16-17, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0105: Public Information Basics (May 4-6, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Training Course (May 7-8, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
It is not necessary to attend all of the courses in this sequence.
POC: training@ema.alabama.gov
Course Description: Training objectives for this course are based on the newly established emergency manager competencies that the National Emergency Management Association; the International Association of Emergency Managers; and state, local, territorial, and tribal emergency management professionals have established in coordination with EMI.
The following topics in emergency management are covered in this course: history; legal issues; intergovernmental and interagency context; influencing and organizing; social vulnerability issues; managing stress; collaboration, preparedness, and team building; mitigation, response, prevention, and protection; ethical decision-making; recovery; technology; administration; and the future.
Course Objectives:

Describe the foundations of emergency management in the United States, including its history, doctrine, and principles, and the role of the emergency manager.
Identify and explain legal issues in emergency management, including legal authorities for emergency management, potential legal issues, and strategies for avoiding legal risk.
Describe the intergovernmental and interagency context of emergency management, including the roles of Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government organizations, individuals and households, the private sector, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the emergency management network.
Explain key factors in serving the whole community, including trends that contribute to disaster complexity, demographic characteristics that influence the disaster needs of community members, and strategies for building the resilience of the whole community.
Describe how to employ stress management techniques in an organization, both routinely and during or after an incident or period of organizational change.
Explain the function of collaboration in emergency management, including benefits of and challenges to collaboration in emergency management, strategies and tools for building collaborative relationships, and a process for collaborative problem-solving.
Explain the relationship between whole community preparedness and achieving Core Capabilities in the Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery Mission Areas.
Describe key aspects of the Prevention and Protection Mission Areas, including the nature of the missions, guiding principles, and planning issues.
Describe key aspects of the Mitigation Mission Area, including:
– How Mitigation supports Preparedness. – Roles and contributions of Mitigation partners at all levels. – The Mitigation planning process. – Strategies for building local support for Mitigation.
Describe key aspects of the Response Mission Area, including emergency operations planning, initial response actions, resource management, and managing complex incidents.
Describe key aspects of the Recovery Mission Area, including disaster recovery operations, Federal recovery programs, and emotional recovery strategies for the community.
Describe the use of technology in support of emergency management, including:
– Communications technologies. – Technologies for enhancing emergency management. – Technologies for communicating with the public.
Describe administration in emergency management, including staffing, budgeting and accounting for resources, and information management.
Apply emergency management knowledge, team building, and people management skills in a simulated environment.

Prerequisites:

IS-100.C: An Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
IS-120.C: An Introduction to Exercises
IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
IS-230.E: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-235.C: Emergency Planning
IS-240.C: Leadership and Influence
IS-241.C: Decision Making and Problem Solving
IS-242.C: Effective Communication
IS-244.B: Developing and Managing Volunteers
IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction

L0102: Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards
2026-04-13 08:00 - 2026-04-15 17:00 | Marshall County EMA, 3550 Creek Path Rd, Guntersville, AL, 35976, United States
This course is part of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy being offered in FY26.
Additional courses are:
L0101: Foundations of Emergency Management (March 23-27, 2026) at Cullman County EMA
L0103: Planning: Emergency Operations (April 16-17, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0105: Public Information Basics (May 4-6, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Training Course (May 7-8, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
It is not necessary to attend all of the courses in this sequence.
Course Description:
This course provides the participants with an overview of how scientific principles can be used before, during and after a disaster; including a basic understanding of scientific terminology as it applies to Emergency Management. The contents of the course include the following:

Overview of scientific principles and the relationship between science and disasters
Overview of climatological principles and weather-based threats and hazards
Overview of earth science principles and geologic threats and hazards
Overview of chemical and biological science and the scientific basis of those threats
Overview of explosive, radiological, and nuclear science and the scientific basis of those threats

Course Objectives:

Indicate how earth science principles and processes influence natural hazards
Indicate how climatological principles and processes influence natural hazards
Indicate how chemical and biological principles and processes influence natural and human-caused hazards and impact society
Indicate the scientific basis for explosive, radiological, and nuclear hazards and their impact on society
Indicate how scientific understanding can improve emergency preparedness

Prerequisites:
Recommended:

IS-100.C: An Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
IS-120.C: An Introduction to Exercises
IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
IS-230.E: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction

L0103: Planning: Emergency Operations
2026-04-16 08:00 - 2026-04-17 17:00 | Marshall County EMA, 3550 Creek Path Rd, Guntersville, AL, 35976, United States
This course is part of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy being offered in FY26.
Additional courses are:
L0101: Foundations of Emergency Management (March 23-27, 2026) at Cullman County EMA
L0102: Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards (April 13-15, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0105: Public Information Basics (May 4-6, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Training Course (May 7-8, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
It is not necessary to attend all of the courses in this sequence.
POC: training@ema.alabama.gov
Course Description:
This course is designed to give basic concepts and planning steps to those new to the field of emergency management so that they may apply planning discipline and skills to challenges in their jobs. The course content includes Emergency Management Planning doctrine and steps to take to accomplish writing plans and using them to deal with special events, which are common challenges for all jurisdictions.
The content also derives from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 101, Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal and Local Government Emergency Plans, and its six-step planning process and inclusive whole community philosophy. Likewise, doctrine from the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 201, Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA), is included in the course. Special event planning is then explained in the course, and table group activities to analyze plans for special events are conducted.
Objectives:

Explain the relationships among preparedness, THIRA, and emergency operations planning.
Identify the steps in the emergency planning process and their expected outcomes.
Describe the purpose and components of an Emergency Operations Plan.
Apply the emergency planning principles and process in evaluating an Emergency Operations Plan.

Prerequisites:
None

L0105: Public Information Basics
2026-05-04 08:00 - 2026-05-06 17:00 | Colbert County EMA, 91 Harcourt Morgan Way, Muscle Shoals,, AL, 35661, United States
This course is part of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy being offered in FY26.
Additional courses are:
L0101: Foundations of Emergency Management (March 23-27, 2026) at Cullman County EMA
L0102: Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards (April 13-15, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0103: Planning: Emergency Operations (April 16-17, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Training Course (May 7-8, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
It is not necessary to attend all of the courses in this sequence.

Course Description

To equip participants with the skills needed to be full or part-time PIOs, including oral and written communications; understanding and working with the media; and basic tools and techniques to perform effectively as a PIO, both in the proactive/ advocacy times and crisis/emergency response.
The learner must achieve a minimum passing score of 75% on final knowledge assessments or demonstrate mastery on performance assessments or research assignments to earn the IACET CEU.
ACE: Level: Upper Division
ACE: Credit Hours: 1
CECs: 12

Course Objectives

Using the strategic communications planning model, develop a public awareness campaign (95%)
Using the strategic communications planning model, develop an incident communications strategy (5%)
Indicate the purpose of a public awareness campaign
Identify the steps in developing a public awareness campaign
Develop a strategy for an awareness campaign on a selected topic
Change the method of developing a plan to follow the 8-step StratCom process
Demonstrate the role and function of the PIO in both day-to-day emergency environments
Compare actions PIOs can take to work with the news media during day-to-day and emergency situation
Describe different public information written products
Apply effective news release writing guidance
Adapt or repurpose written media products for social media
Describe what types of impressions specific body language might convey during an interview
Identify elements of an interview the PIO should consider ahead of time
Identify steps a PIO needs to take to prepare for and conduct a news interview
Demonstrate effective techniques for on-camera interviews

Prerequisites

IS0029.a: Public Information Officer Awareness

L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Training Course
2026-05-07 08:00 - 2026-05-08 17:00 | Colbert County EMA, 91 Harcourt Morgan Way, Muscle Shoals,, AL, 35661, United States
This course is part of the National Emergency Management Basic Academy being offered in FY26.
Additional courses are:
L0101: Foundations of Emergency Management (March 23-27, 2026) at Cullman County EMA
L0102: Fundamentals of Threats and Hazards (April 13-15, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0103: Planning: Emergency Operations (April 16-17, 2026) at Marshall County EMA
L0105: Public Information Basics (May 4-6, 2026) at Colbert County EMA
It is not necessary to attend all of the courses in this sequence.
Course Description:

This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.

Course Objectives

Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.

Prerequisites

IS0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises

Recommended:

IS0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning

L0146: Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Training Course
2026-05-11 08:00 - 2026-05-12 17:00 | Alabama EMA, 5898 County Road 41, Clanton, AL, 35046, United States
Course Description:

This is an intermediate-level course designed to provide a set of guiding principles, standardized methodology, available resources and practical skill development, which will assist in developing an HSEEP consistent exercise program. This course describes a common approach to exercise program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning.

Course Objectives

Understand the role of HSEEP in National Preparedness, and how HSEEP exercise principles and methodology support efforts across the whole community to improve our national capacity to build, sustain, and deliver core capabilities.

Prerequisites

IS0120.c: An Introduction to Exercises

Recommended:

IS0130, Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
