2010 FEMA Emergency Management Institute EMI Training Courses: Incident Command System (ICS-100.HE) for Higher Education and Additional FEMA Courses and Manuals (CD-ROM)

This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has a complete reproduction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) training course manual, Incident Command System (ICS-100.HE) for Higher Education. ICS 100.HE, Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education, introduces the Incident Command System (ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. This course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of ICS. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). This course uses the same objectives and content as other ICS courses with higher education examples and exercises. At the completion of this course, you should be familiar with: ICS applications in incidents at higher education institutions; ICS organizational principles and elements; ICS position and responsibilities; ICS facilities and functions; ICS planning. In addition, you will learn the steps you should take to be accountable for your actions during an incident. The primary audience includes persons involved with emergency planning, response and/or recovery efforts for higher education institutions. In addition, as a bonus, there are reproductions of over 140 vital current and legacy FEMA Emergency Management Institute (EMI) training course manuals - instructor guides and student manuals, with PDF conversions of web-based interactive course material. The documents cover categories including Incident Command System (ICS), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), National Response Framework (NRF), continuity of operations, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Emergency Support Function (ESF), exercises, emergency preparedness, hazardous materials, disaster assistance and individual assistance, earthquakes, animals in disasters, points of distribution (PODs), grants and eGrants, deployment, principles of emergency management, volunteers, radiological emergencies, Multiagency Coordination Systems, and more. This CD-ROM is packed with over 18,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.