Course Description: This course provides training for local communities to prepare for and manage the Mass Care/Emergency Assistance (MC/EA) functions effectively. The goal is to prepare community agencies, organizations, and businesses to work together in coordination with Emergency Management and traditional MC providers to plan and provide MC/EA services to those affected by disaster.
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to prepare Mass Care/Emergency Assistance (MC/EA) Coordinators and their teams to develop MC/EA plans to support and/or coordinate MC/EA disaster responses.
Course Purpose: This course was developed by the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to train a variety of participants in sheltering practices and techniques. The course is designed for use with its companion piece, the Shelter Field Guide.
Audience: The audience for this course includes shelter managers and functional supervisors who may or may not have experience operating a shelter. Participants may represent a variety of organizations such as faith-based groups, other non-profit companies, or private industry.
Course Overview: This course is intended to help animal owners, care providers, and industries to understand incident management.
Course Overview: This course provides information for groups to meet and develop meaningful and effective plans that improve the care of animals, their owners, and the animal-care industries in disasters.
Course Overview: This guide was developed to support the Points of Distribution (POD) overview video and provide an in depth look into the planning, operations, and demobilization stages of a POD mission. The lessons detail the staffing and procedures any state will need to plan for, execute, and shut down POD operations. The guide also includes key lessons such as safety, equipment, and resource accountability and informs the reader about the “Adopt a POD” program being used by the state of Washington.
Course Overview: This course provides an overview of all field logistics functions and organizational relationships within logistics (roles, responsibilities, accountability). The student will gain a baseline knowledge of the standard practices for FEMA logistics operations from initial Presidential disaster declaration to close-out of FEMA field offices.
Course Overview: The goal of this course is to strengthen abilities to prepare for and manage volunteers before, during, and after a severe emergency or major disaster. This course will: Provide strategies for identifying, recruiting, assigning, training, supervising, and motivating volunteers; Include discussion of spontaneous volunteers as well as those affiliated with community-based, faith-based, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Course Overview: This independent study course provides a basic understanding of the history, roles, and services of disaster relief voluntary agencies in providing disaster assistance. It is appropriate for both the general public and those involved in emergency management operations.
Course Overview: This course provides an introduction to Mass Care and Emergency Assistance (MC/EA) support, with a focus on Whole Community, by outlining the importance of collaboration and coordination between government, non-profit, public, and private sectors.
Course Overview: This 5-hour independent study course will support state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, as well as community and faith-based, non-profit, and private sector partners to increase readiness for shelter site management and congregate shelter operations and to provide best practices and common methodology.
Course Overview: This course provides an overview of Emergency Protective Measures. By the end of the course, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Applicants and Recipients will be able to accurately capture emergency protective measures activities and document costs concerning actual overtime based on payroll policies, equipment usage, and reasonable materials purchases.