Training Resources

KEMA offers access about these training resources as a member benefit. Please contact the individual course sponsors with questions.

Kentucky Emergency Management Training - https://www.kyem.ky.gov/emergency-management-professionals/training-calendar

FEMA Independent Study Courses (Online) - https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx?lang=en

Emergency Management Institute (Emmitsburg, Maryland) - https://training.fema.gov/emicourses/schedules.aspx

FEMA National Training and Education

FEMA, in conjunction with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, provides Indirect, Mobile/Non-Resident, Resident, and Virtual course offerings through NDPC's centers. These courses are offered at no costs to first responders. The NDPC centers are:

• National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (University of Hawaii) - Specializes in natural hazards and coastal community preparedness.
• Counterterrorism Operations Support (Nevada National Test Site) - Radiological and nuclear WMD terrorism training.
• New Mexico Tech Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (Socorro, New Mexico) - Preparedness and response to incidents involving explosives.
• Security and Emergency Response Training Center (Pueblo, Colorado) - Hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction response for all forms of surface transportation.
• TEEX National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center (College Station, Texas) - Emergency operations center, incident command, emergency medical services, public works, and cybersecurity training.
• LSU National Center for Biomedical Research (Louisiana State University) - Law enforcement, biological incidents, and terrorism against agriculture and food sources.
• Center for Domestic Preparedness (Anniston, Alabama) - provides a variety of first responder trainings to 17 disciplines.

Course offerings for the NDPC can be found at this link: https://www.firstrespondertraining.gov/frts/schedule