FEMA Basic Academy| L103: Planning: Emergency Operations

This course is a part of week 2 of the FEMA Basic Academy.

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.

Course 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

Recommended:

• IS 0100.b, Introduction to the Incident Command System 
• ICS 120.a., An Introduction to Exercise 
• IS 0200.b., ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents 
• IS 0230.d, Fundamentals of Emergency Management 
• IS 0700.a, National Incident Management System, An Introduction 
• IS 0800.b, National Response Framework, An Introduction

Duration in Hours- 16.0

Duration in Days- 2.0