Civil Air Patrol

1. Civil Air Patrol Training through FEMA’s & CAP Training Centers For Free Dr. Bob Ditch, EdD, CEM9 August 2019

2. Agenda • FEMA Emergency Management Institute • FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness • National Domestic Preparedness Consortium • CAP NESA – Mobile Training Teams

3. FEMA National Emergency Training Center Home of the Emergency Management Institute & National Fire Academy

4. FEMA EMI/NFA Courses • * E-Series Instructed FEMA Resident Courses. Taught by FEMA contract instructors at EMI in Emmitsburg, MD and provides a FEMA certificate. Reimburse travel and free lodging. Meal ticket not reimbursed. • * L/O-Series FEMA Instructed Non-Resident Courses. FEMA courses taught off-campus in regions by FEMA certified contract instructors. FEMA provides certificates. No stipend for travel or lodging provided. • G-Series Hand-off Courses. Provided through state or federal partners; who establish enrollment policies, approves attendance and provide certificates. • Independent Study Courses (IS). Dozens of on-line courses; many are required for CAP Ops Quals and prerequisites for other FEMA Courses * On FEMA Transcript

5. FEMA EMI/NFA Applications • E-Series Instructed FEMA Resident Courses. Submit a FEMA Form 119-25 and through Wing Commander for approval; then submit to NETC Admissions. • L/O-Series FEMA Instructed Non-Resident Courses. Submit Form 119-25 and through Wing Commander for approval; then submit to course POC. • E or L Series Train-the-Trainer Instructor Courses. Submit Form 119-25 to NHQ/DOSI for NHQ/DO approval; DOSI will send to NETC. • G-Series Hand-off Courses. Contact State Emergency Management Agency for enrollment or CAP NHQ/DOSI for NESA-Mobile Training Team support. • Independent Study Courses (IS). Go online to https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspxfor admission * On FEMA Transcript

6. Center for Domestic Preparedness FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness – Anniston, Alabama

7. Center for Domestic Preparedness Instructor Development Incident Management All Applications done on-line at https://cdp.dhs.gov/apply

8. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

9. Costs • Reimbursed Travel to EMI • Free housing at EMI • Meal ticket must be purchased • L Series courses – no reimbursement. • Free travel to CDP • Free housing at CDP • Free meals at CDP • Many courses provided off campus throughout nation • No reimbursement for local/regional deliveries • Free travel to sites • Free housing at sites • Free meals at sites • Many courses provided off campus throughout nation • No reimbursement for local/regional deliveries

10. The National Emergency Services Academy Mobile Training Team (NESA-MTT )

11. What is NESA-MTT What it is… • An extension of NESA’s program; permitting nationwide course deliveries on weekends and at conferences to smaller groups of members. • An outreach mechanism; providing needed prerequisite and operations qualification courses to members in states having course access difficulties. What it is not … • Replacement for the summer NESA program. • Replacement for State Training Office/FEMA State-Handoff course deliveries • Watered down CAP Centric – easier passed program.

12. 2 NESA-MTT Sites 2 2 2 2 FY16-18 Pilots (10) FY19 Done (9) FY19 Approved/Scheduled (3) FY 20 Not Approved Yet (9)

13. How Does It Work • Wing POC contacts NESA-MTT Coordinator. • Wing picks class (s) based upon needs (Annual Conferences). • Wing CC requests classes, through Region CC, to NHQ/DO. • NHQ/DO approves all course deliveries. • NESA-MTT Coordinator contacts Wing on scheduling. • Course Lead Instructor designated and works with Wing POC. • Course is taught and student’s records are updated.

14. Who Does What? NESA-MTT Coordinator WING • Markets MTT & Coordinates schedule with Wings and States • Enrolls students in eServices • Provides instructors & materials • Certifies and schedules instructors • Manages testing, administration • Reports results to Wing/NHQ DO • Picks and requests courses • Obtains training site • Advertises courses • Provides names for enrollment • Ensure prerequisites are met • Provides logistics support to instructors and course

15. CAP eServices/AXIS Framework • Enrolls students into course. • Provides pre-testing & post-testing platform. • Provides test feedback to students & analysis for MTT. • Grades tests. • Issues certificates. • Updates individual’s CAPF101 and eServices record.

16. Course Listings – eServices/AXIS

19. Course Certificate

20. NESA-MTT COURSES(Most often requested) • Courses: • ICS 300 * & 400 * • G191 * - EOC/ICS Interface • G235 - Emergency Management Planning • G289 - Public Information PIO Awareness • G290 - Public Information Basic PIO • G291 - JIC/JIS Planning and Operations • G775 - EOC Operations & Planning (* 2019 Released Course)

21. NESA-MTT COURSES • Courses: • O305 - All Hazards Incident Management Team • L950 - All Hazards Incident Commander • L952 - All Hazards Public Information Officer • L954 - All Hazards Safety Officer • L956 - All Hazards Liaison Officer • L958 - All Hazards Operations Section Chief • L960 - All Hazards Division/Group Supervisor

22. NESA-MTT COURSES • Courses: • L962 * - All Hazards Planning Section Chief • L967* - All Hazards Logistics Section Chief • L973 - All Hazards Finance & Admin Sec Chief • L984 - All Hazards Task Force/Strike Team Leader • L986 - All Hazards Air Support Group Supervisor • L987 - All Hazards Introduction to Air Operations

23. NESA-MTT COURSES • Special Developed Courses: • A001 – “Meet the Press;” Planning and Conducting Press Briefings & Press Conferences Course (1-day) • A002 – Incident Commander & Incident Management Team Refresher and Recertification Course (2-day) • Core Disaster Life Support Course (4-hour)

24. 19 NESA-MTT Instructors (L-Lead) L L FY19 20/(13L) FY20 32/(16/L) FY21 35/(15/L)

25. E E Type of Instructors (End of FY19) E E E E E E - Evaluator ICS PIO Comm

26. Basic NESA-MTT Instructor Qualifications • Significant experience and credentials in subject area. • Completion of any required Train-the-Trainer course. • Completion of adult education course (with peer review teach-backs). • Satisfactory demonstration of skills during instructor check-ride. • Appointed by NHQ/DO.

27. Significant Experience & Instructor Credentials • Lead Instructor/Evaluator (*) • ICS - Master in ES specialty/IC2 SET in Ops Quals; 90% on ICS tests • PIO - Master in PAO specialty, PIO SET in Ops Quals; 90% on PIO tests • COMM - Master in Comm specialty, FEMA certified COML/SET; 90% on COML test • Adjunct Instructor • ICS - Section Chief in Ops Quals; 90% on ICS tests • PIO - Senior in PAO specialty, PIO in Ops Quals; 90% on ICS tests • COMM - Master in Comm specialty, FEMA certified COML; 90% on COML test • (* May be waived for State or County/City EMA lead instructors in their own state)

28. The Future • Communications Courses • sUAS Courses • Mission Chaplain Courses • EVALEX/Major Exercise Preparatory Courses • Seasonal IC/IMT Refresh & Recertification

29. Questions??? Dr Bob Ditch CAP NHQ/DOSI rditch@cap.gov (480) 298-2603