Independent Study Courses
Some independent study courses you may consider taking to improve your preparedness capabilities are listed below:
  • IS-1.a: Emergency Manager: An Orientation to the Position
  • IS-100.PWb: Introduction to Incident Command System for Public Works Professionals
  • IS-120a: An Introduction to Exercises
  • IS-130: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning
  • IS-200.b: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
  • IS-208.a: State Disaster Management
  • IS-230.d: Fundamentals of Emergency Management
  • IS-235: Emergency Planning
  • IS-288: The Role of Voluntary Agencies in Emergency Management
  • IS-547.a: Introduction to Continuity of Operations (COOP)
  • IS-632.a: Introduction to Debris Operations in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program
  • IS-700.a: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • IS-701.a: NIMS Multiagency Coordination Systems
  • IS-702.a: NIMS Public Information Systems
  • IS-703.a: NIMS Resource Management
  • IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid – An Introduction
  • IS-800.b: National Response Framework, An Introduction
  • IS-803: ESF#3 Public Works and Engineering
  • IS-821.a: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex
  • IS-860.b: Introduction to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan