Emergency Management
The National Flood Insurance Program: Everything You Should Know
What is the National Flood Insurance Program? Congress established the National Flood Insurance Program on August 1, 1968, with the passage of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The NFIP provides insurance to help…
Foundations of Emergency Management: Where to Get Started
What Is Emergency Management? By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail – Benjamin Franklin There are numerous definitions of emergency management. But the one developed by the International Association of Emergency Managers defines…
Best FEMA Courses to Take this Year
The emergency management institute is a government organization that supports the training to enhance government officials, agencies, volunteer organizations and FEMA’s disaster workforce. Most people do not realize that FEMA has hundreds of self-paced study…
What is FEMA Independent Study?
FEMA’ Emergency Management Institute has a list of self paced courses known as independent study courses. You take the course and absorb all the knowledge you can, then you take a final exam in which…