PSU FEMA

Emergency Management Institute

Mission

To support the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA’s goals by improving the competencies of the U.S. in Emergency Management at all levels of government to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the potential effects of all types of disasters and emergencies on the American people.

• EMI is the emergency management community’s flagship training institution, and provides training to Federal, State, local, tribal, volunteer, public, and private sector officials to strengthen emergency management core competencies for professional, career-long training.
• EMI directly supports the implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the National Response Framework (NRF), the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF), and the National Preparedness Goal (NPG) by conveying necessary knowledge and skills to improve the nation’s capability.
• EMI trains more than 2 million students annually. Training delivery systems include residential training; delivery in partnership with emergency management training systems, colleges, universities; and technology-based mediums to conduct individual training courses for emergency management personnel across the Nation.
• EMI is located on the campus of the National Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Independent study courses (IS-100, 200, 300, ) are offered through FEMA’s EMI. Additionally, training opportunities are offered in topics including NIMS, mass casualty, virtual table top exercises, and more. EMI trainings can be accessed by clicking the following website https://training.fema.gov/emi.aspx.