Kansas Division of Emergency Management

• Training Schedule
• Registration: Go to KS-TRAIN to register for Kansas Emergency Management courses or for information on courses offered by other agencies through KS-TRAIN.
• 2008-2009 Training Plan
  • Emergency Managers: Your regional 2008-2009 training requests are due by July 18, 2008.
• Requesting Courses: All requests for emergency management training will be submitted through the county emergency manager
  • Click here to see the list of regional Emergency Managers listed by counties

Homeland Security Training Program

The Department of Homeland Security/FEMA provides a wide variety of awareness and skills courses for all state and local first responders through the members of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC). NDPC courses are available free of charge. Courses can be delivered on-line, at the NDPC facility, or in Kansas. Each provider has individual application forms, but all applications should be sent to Paula Phillis at Kansas Emergency Management (2800 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66611; fax: 785-274-1914).

NDPC Providers Websites:

• Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP)
• New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center) (NMIMT)
• Louisiana State University (LSU) (Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education)
• Texas A&M University (National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center)
• U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site (National Exercise, Test, and Training Center) (NTS)

Emergency Management Institute

The Emergency Management Institute provides general emergency management training on-line and at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD.

• Independent Study
• Resident Courses
• Intergrated Emergency Management Course (IEMC)
• Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEPP)
• EMI Enrollment Form - all EMI enrollment forms must be submitted to Kansas Emergency Management Training Office for Authorization

National Incident Management System (NIMS) & Incident Command System (ICS) Training

For the latest NIMS information, check out FEMA's National Integration Center - NIMS Integration Division

NIMS on-line courses:

• Introduction to NIMS, IS-700
• Itroduction to the National Response Framework, IS-800.B
• Introduction to Incident Command System, ICS-100/IS-100
• Basic Incident Command System, ICS-200/IS-200

For additional Independent Study courses visits the FEMA Independent Study site

Field delivery of ICS-300 & ICS-400 is provided by Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, and Kansas Emergency Management may provide these courses oupon request through the county emergency manager.

Hazardous Materials Training

Hazardous Materials courses are offered by Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute and Kansas Fire Marshall's Office.

For questions please contact the State Training Officer, Paula Phillips at 785-274-1413 or Isabel Herrera at 785-274-1412.