2024 FEPA Emergency Management Academy Application |
About the Academy
The 2024 FEPA Emergency Management Academy will be hosted at the Manatee County EOC from Saturday, November 16 at 1PM (EST) to Friday, November 22 at 11AM (EST) in Bradenton, Florida. This seven-day intensive training program is designed for new emergency management professions with five or fewer years in the industry.
The 2024 FEPA Emergency Management Academy will be hosted at the Manatee County EOC from Saturday, November 16 at 1PM (EST) to Friday, November 22 at 11AM (EST) in Bradenton, Florida. This seven-day intensive training program is designed for new emergency management professions with five or fewer years in the industry.
The Academy is a practitioner-based training that includes instruction on emergency management fundamentals and best practices. Designed to mimic a real-world activations, students will have the opportunity to participate in a week-long simulated exercise, combined with information instruction from the industry's leading professionals. A team of experienced cadre and previous graduates from the program will serve as mentors for the students throughout the week.
In addition to receiving 24 hours of certification credits towards the five mission areas (prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery), the Academy curriculum can be used as exercise credit towards EMPG requirements.
How to Apply
Please review the following requirements and key information before completing the Academy application.
Please review the following requirements and key information before completing the Academy application.
1. The prerequisite courses required for the academy include:
- IS-100 C. Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS 100
- IS-200 C. Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
- IS-700 B. An Introduction to the National Incident Command System (NIMS)
- IS-800 D. National Response Framework An Introduction
- IS-2200: Basic Emergency Operation Center Operations Functions
- Professional Development Series (IS 120.C, 230.E, 235.C, 240.C, 242.C, & 244.B)
*ALL prerequisites must be completed and uploaded into your SERT Trac profile upon application submission.
2. Cost for FEPA members is $350/person; $450/person for non-FEPA members (cost includes membership for the Association). Please complete the registration payment form and send to erainey@fepa.org. If paying by check, please mail to FEPA 400 Capital Circle SE 18-263, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Receipt upon payment will be sent via email.
3. Meals and lodging are included in the cost of the academy. Lodging will be dormitory/squad bay style and ALL students are required to sleep at the EOC throughout the duration of the Academy.
Please refer to Article III of the FEPA By-Laws, linked here: https://bit.ly/FEPABylaws. For questions, please email training@fepa.org or (850) 274-1835.
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