Welcome
message from Steve Sharro, Emergency Management Institute Superintendent
When disasters and emergencies strike,
many different organizations must work together to protect property
and save lives. Ensuring and enhancing this interoperability is
the goal for FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI). A
component of the United State Fire Administration, EMI is located
on the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) campus in Emmitsburg,
Maryland, 75 miles north of Washington, D.C.
EMI is the national focal point
for the development and delivery of emergency management training
to enhance the capabilities of Federal, State, local, and tribal
government personnel as well as volunteers and members of the private
sector. EMI courses are structured to meet the needs of these diverse
audiences with an emphasis on how the various elements work together.
EMI staff provide training to enhance
U.S. emergency management performance through a nationwide program
of resident, field, and distance learning activities. 8,000 students
attend resident courses at EMI each year while thousands of others
participate in field training sponsored by EMI and conducted by
State emergency management agencies. Hundreds of thousands more
use EMI web-satellite television-, and text-based distance learning
programs.
EMI instruction focuses on the
four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response,
and recovery, and covers areas such as natural hazards (earthquakes,
hurricanes, floods), man-made hazards (terrorism, hazardous materials,
radiological emergency preparedness), and also includes professional
development, leadership, instructional methodology, exercise design,
and public information. All EMI training is developed in partnership
with State and local emergency management agencies.
Being ready to deal with all types disasters and emergencies is
more critical now than ever before. The staff and faculty of EMI
are proud to be part of this effort and committed to the FEMA goal
of “A Nation Prepared.”
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