We're off to a great start! I found a wealth of material from my friends at FEMA and academic colleges, and have had a warm reception from those I have told about my Blog. I appreciate your interest and look forward to hearing your input, starting with great news from International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM): Emergency Management Institute (EMI) funding has been increased $1.84 million to $9 million by the US House of Representatives. Looking at the FEMA website I was directed to several nuggets of information to share:
FEMA EMI Emergency Management Higher Education
The College List
Archived Activity Reports
Another tidbit I was looking for are Geographic Information Systemes (GIS) based courses for emergency management students which interface with a variety of software programs emergency managers should be familiar with when they come on board to a new job position. The FEMA HAZUS program offers training and courses. While DHS utilizes "The Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS) is a Web-enabled information services portal that helps state and local governments build critical infrastructure/key resource (CIKR) protection programs in their local jurisdictions." http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1190729724456.shtm.
One more link, the FEMA YouTube channel. If you have information on additional training, programs or academic intel Emergency Managers would benefit from, please forward for posting to the Academic Intelligence Forum.
