Emergency Management Professional Program (EMPP)
The vision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) is to strengthen the field of emergency management by establishing an Emergency Management Professional Program (EMPP). The EMPP provides a framework for acquiring the knowledge, skills, and abilities to enter and progress through the field and to meet the challenges of a dynamic and complex environment. The entire EMPP curriculum is designed to provide a lifetime of learning for a career in emergency management.
The EMPP includes three distinct competency-based academies shown in the table below:
National Emergency Management Academies
Public Information Officer Programs
Basic Public Information Officer
| Focus: |
| Teaches PIOs basic skills and techniques for use during small, localized single-agency responses. |
|
Joint Information System/ Center Planning for Tribal, State and Local Public Information Officers
| Focus: |
| Outlines the communications needed for different incidents and define the roles of the PIO within Incident Command System |
|
Advanced Public Information Officer
| Focus: |
| The advanced level course teaches participants additional skills for use during escalating incidents, including strategic communications and incident action planning operations. |
|
Master Public Information Officer Program
| Focus: |
| The Master Public Information Officer Program is a three-course series that prepares public information officers for an expanded role in delivering public information and warning using a strategic whole community approach. |
|
Points of Contact
Contact these individuals for more information about the following programs:
