Emergency Management Certification Program

1. Emergency Management Certification Program North Carolina Training and Standards Advisory Board Fall 2012 Update

2. Board Members • Jo Ann Smith, Carteret County • Mike Sprayberry, NCEM • Donald Campbell, Guilford County (Chair) • Bill Gentry, UNC – Chapel Hill • Dianne Benton, NCEM • Gary Cornett, Biltmore Estate • Jerry VeHaun, Buncombe County

3. Certification Program Update Progress • Document Review Process • Initial Program Review in April / May of 2012 • Over 150 comments received • Numerous changes and modifications made based on community comments during NC TASAB teleconference on 6/7/12 • Secondary Program Review in June of 2012 • Sent out updated program for final review by the community • Received ___ comments • NC TASAB reviewed comments via e-mail and a teleconference on 6/25/12 • Solicited feedback at the Summer 2011 Forum, Fall 2011 Conference, Spring NCEM 2012 Forum, etc.

4. Program Overview • Two tiered process: • Associate Emergency Manager • Executive Emergency Manager • Educational Requirement • Training hour requirements are not course specific • Experience requirement (4 phase process) • Contributions to the Profession • Exam • Essay (Executive Only)

5. Frequently Asked Questions Questions we received from the comment period

6. Program Transition • When does the transition occur? • March of 2013 • Do I have to do any additional work to transition to the new program? • NO! • This is a One Time Transition!

7. Training Requirements • Hours of emergency management training • Associate Emergency Manager = 100 Hours • Executive Emergency Manager = 100 • Hours of general management training • Associate Emergency Manager = 40 • Executive Emergency Manager = 60 • No more than 25 hours are allowed in any given topic or specialty • Example – You may have 68 hours of ICS classes, however you can only use 25 hours total for ICS topics. • FEMA Independent Study classes may account for 10% of total hours in training sessions • Recommended Classes – NOT REQUIRED

8. Emergency Management vsGeneral Management Training • We are utilizing the IAEM Allocation Chart found online • E = Emergency Management Training • G = General Management Training • E/G = Can be use for either Emergency Mgnt or General Mgnt

9. Contributions to the Profession • Helps to validate the Experience of the candidate • Helps to advance the profession of Emergency Management • In-Line with other Certification Programs • Associate level requires: • 3 Contributions (2 in NC) • Executive level requires: • 6 contributions (3 in NC)

10. Exam Requirement • Why are we having an Exam? • Courses normally do not have tests or exams so in the past just sitting in a class would count. • Removing the “required” courses makes it difficult to ensure the certified emergency manager has the base set of knowledge • The exam helps to support a base set of knowledge within the community • What makes up the exam elements? • Recommended course objectives • Will there be a study guide? • Yes!

11. Recertification Requirements • Required for BOTH levels of certification • Requires 100 hours in 5years (20 hours per year) • 75 Emergency Management • 25 General Management • Teaching classes can count as 50% of your hours

12. College Degree Substitution • Applied Associates Degree in Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, etc. will use years since completion of degree to determine training hours available for substitution: • 0 – 3 Years since degree –50 hours • 4+ Years since degree – 0 Hours • Bachelors of Science / Arts in Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness, etc. (to include degrees with an emphasis in emergency management) will use years since completion of degree to determine training hours available for substitution : • 0 – 3 Years since degree –100 hours • 3 Years since degree – 80 Hours • 4 Years since degree – 60 Hours • 5 + years since degree – 40 Hours • Masters of Science or Arts in Emergency Management, Preparedness, etc. (to include degrees with am emphasis in emergency management) will use years since completion of degree to determine training hours available for substitution : • 0 – 5 Years since degree – 100 hours • 5 +Years since degree – 50 hours

13. Questions?