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IS-340 Hazardous Materials Prevention is a FEMA Emergency Management Institute independent study course that is free to all US citizens. Certification in this course may be a requirement for National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (NIMS/ICS) safety officer compliance in responding to an emergency incident involving hazardous materials. All NIMS/ICS incident responses involving hazardous materials MUST activate the safety officer position, an exception to the NIMS/ICS standard that only required position for incident response activation is the incident commander.
Local governments must use NIMS/ICS standards in emergency responses or lose eligibility for federal reimbursement of disaster response expenses. Previously, the City of San Diego was questioned regarding two wildfire cleanup contractors who failed to use NIMS/ICS standards in accounting for their expenses, leaving San Diego liable for several million in un-reimbursed 2007 wildfire cleanup costs.
Individuals getting IS-340 certification will be better able to participate in local emergency planning commission activities regarding the use of local emergency management funds. After all, all that tax money for spending does come from us.
Lesson 2 of the IS-340 course is a fairly comprehensive introduction to federal laws such as CERCLA (Superfund) and other public right-to-know acts about possible contamination in our neighborhoods. Superfund was mentioned in Dave Rice's "Hey, Come Back and Clean This Up."
IS-340 at FEMA EMI
IS-340 Hazardous Materials Prevention is a FEMA Emergency Management Institute independent study course that is free to all US citizens. Certification in this course may be a requirement for National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (NIMS/ICS) safety officer compliance in responding to an emergency incident involving hazardous materials. All NIMS/ICS incident responses involving hazardous materials MUST activate the safety officer position, an exception to the NIMS/ICS standard that only required position for incident response activation is the incident commander.
Local governments must use NIMS/ICS standards in emergency responses or lose eligibility for federal reimbursement of disaster response expenses. Previously, the City of San Diego was questioned regarding two wildfire cleanup contractors who failed to use NIMS/ICS standards in accounting for their expenses, leaving San Diego liable for several million in un-reimbursed 2007 wildfire cleanup costs.
Individuals getting IS-340 certification will be better able to participate in local emergency planning commission activities regarding the use of local emergency management funds. After all, all that tax money for spending does come from us.
Lesson 2 of the IS-340 course is a fairly comprehensive introduction to federal laws such as CERCLA (Superfund) and other public right-to-know acts about possible contamination in our neighborhoods. Superfund was mentioned in Dave Rice's "Hey, Come Back and Clean This Up."
IS-340 at FEMA EMI