Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
History
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA.
The Civil Defense Program (CDP) had been established in 1947 under the Department of Defense. Training was first offered under this authority in the spring of 1951 at three federal facilities. In 1954, CDSC was founded in Battle Creek, Michigan, as a national adult resident training center under CDP to administer the civil defense training program. At the time of transfer to FEMA, the CDSC was re-designated as the …show more content…
Since 1979, EMI continues to share the 107-acre campus with USFA and NFA. Collectively the campus is designated the National Emergency Training Center (NETC). CDSC funded its move and the major renovation needed to open required buildings for EMI on this campus. During transition, EMI held classes in temporary facilities until its renovations were completed and officially opened its doors on the new campus in early 1981. Additionally, major upgrades to the NETC campus occurred from 1991 through 1995 from Congressional …show more content…
The EMI Independent Study (IS) Program, a Web-based distance learning program open to the public, delivered extensive online training from 62 courses and trained more than 2.8 million individuals. The EMI IS Web site receives 2.5 to 3 million visitors a day. Nineteen new courses were added to the curriculum this past year alone. EMI has provided technical support to dozens of other Federal government agencies and State offices on advanced distributed learning technology development and application. The IS program also hosts training for related Federal agencies.
A vital asset to FEMA’s disaster operations is the Disaster Field Training Operation (DFTO), implemented by EMI. In 2007 alone, the DFTO trained 24,950 disaster response employees and volunteers directly at disaster sites throughout the United
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by consolidating several government organizations. That same year Congress appropriated funds to transfer the Civil Defense Staff College (CDSC) and United States Fire Administration (USFA) and National Fire Academy (NFA) into FEMA.
The Civil Defense Program (CDP) had been established in 1947 under the Department of Defense. Training was first offered under this authority in the spring of 1951 at three federal facilities. In 1954, CDSC was founded in Battle Creek, Michigan, as a national adult resident training center under CDP to administer the civil defense training program. At the time of transfer to FEMA, the CDSC was re-designated as the …show more content…
Since 1979, EMI continues to share the 107-acre campus with USFA and NFA. Collectively the campus is designated the National Emergency Training Center (NETC). CDSC funded its move and the major renovation needed to open required buildings for EMI on this campus. During transition, EMI held classes in temporary facilities until its renovations were completed and officially opened its doors on the new campus in early 1981. Additionally, major upgrades to the NETC campus occurred from 1991 through 1995 from Congressional …show more content…
The EMI Independent Study (IS) Program, a Web-based distance learning program open to the public, delivered extensive online training from 62 courses and trained more than 2.8 million individuals. The EMI IS Web site receives 2.5 to 3 million visitors a day. Nineteen new courses were added to the curriculum this past year alone. EMI has provided technical support to dozens of other Federal government agencies and State offices on advanced distributed learning technology development and application. The IS program also hosts training for related Federal agencies.
A vital asset to FEMA’s disaster operations is the Disaster Field Training Operation (DFTO), implemented by EMI. In 2007 alone, the DFTO trained 24,950 disaster response employees and volunteers directly at disaster sites throughout the United