Are you looking for ideas on activities you can undertake during National Preparedness Month? Check out these free online resources from FEMA. Below are clickable links to training that relates to preparedness and disaster response. These links will open in a new window. These courses are free and online so you can take them at your own pace. The American Red Cross also offers a number of online or in-class courses that will help improve your families understanding and awareness of the recommended procedures for preparing for, responding to and recovering from a disaster. Visit the Red Cross to find out more information.
IS-909: Community Preparedness: Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone helps participants define preparedness, describe the role of individuals and households in preparedness, identify community preparedness principles, describe the purpose of community-based preparedness activities, identify the steps for planning and conducting a community-based preparedness program and identify resources for supporting community-based preparedness programs.
The Preparedness Activities for Communities Everywhere Toolkit (available in English and Spanish) can educate individuals about simple steps they can take to become more prepared.
Preparedness:
• IS-22 – Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
• IS-909 – Community Preparedness: Implementing Simple Activities for Everyone
• IS-394a – Protecting Your Home or Small Business From Disaster
NIMS:
• IS-100b – Introduction to Incident Command System (ICS)
• Introduction to the Incident Command System for Schools
• IS-200b – ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction
• NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) Course
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) Public Information Systems
• NIMS Resource Management
• NIMS Communications and Information Management
• NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid – An Introduction
• National Response Framework, An Introduction
Exercises:
• IS-120a – An Introduction to Exercises
• IS-130 – Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
• IS-139 – Exercise Design
Professional Development Series
• Exercise Design
• Fundamentals of Emergency Management
• Emergency Planning
• Leadership & Influence
• Decision Making and Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Developing and Managing Volunteers
Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP):
• Continuity of Operations Awareness Course
• Introduction to Continuity of Operations
• Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program Manager
• Devolution Planning
The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management
Emergency Support Function (ESF) #6 – Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services
Community Hurricane Preparedness
Emergency Support Function 15 (ESF 15) External Affairs: A New Approach to Emergency Communication and Information Distribution
Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk
Planning for the Needs of Children in Disasters
Implementing the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program