Disaster Resilience Essentials for Water and Wastewater Utilities

Course Description

Prerequisites

• You must be a United States citizen to register for this class. If you are not a United States citizen, please contact TEEX at [email protected]or call 800-723-3811 for more information on the approval process.
• Participants must have a FEMA Participant Identification Number (SID) to register for this class. To obtain a SID, register online at cdp.dhs.gov/femasid.

Course Completion Requirements

Participants must provide information for all required fields, including their U.S. citizenship/permanent resident information, in addition to meeting all other attendance and course completion requirements. If this information is not provided, the participant will be considered incomplete and will not receive a certificate of completion.

Citizenship and FEMA Student ID Requirement

Participants must be U.S. citizens in order to attend this class. A
FEMA Student ID is required to register for and participate in any
training provided by FEMA agencies. All FEMA training providers,
registration systems, and enrollment procedures are required to use this
FEMA SID, which can be obtained at the FEMA website.

Participant Must Provide

• A photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook, opens in a new tab] for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
• Electronic
  device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop to complete the
  pre-test, evaluation, and post-test online in the class.

Online Course Technical Requirements

To successfully complete this online course, participants must have:

• Computer tower or laptop (the use of a mobile devise is not recommended)
• Broadband or high-speed internet connection with at least 2.0 Mbps bandwidth (bi-directional, i.e. sending and receiving)
• Current version of web browser:
  • Recommended: Mozilla Firefox 52 or higher, Google Chrome 80 or higher
  • Alternatives: Internet Explorer 11, Safari 11 or higher
• Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or higher

Attendance Requirements

To meet attendance requirements, participants must review each training module and complete all required course assignments, activities, quizzes, and Post-Test. Participants are required to score a 70% or better on the Post-Test in order to receive a course certificate of completion. Participants have three attempts to pass the Post-Test.

Recommended

The following recommended courses can be found online at: http://training.fema.gov/IS/.

• IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100;
• IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response;
• IS-700.B: An Introduction to the National Incident Management System;
• IS-800.D: National Response Framework, An Introduction; and
• IS-2901: Introduction to Community Lifelines.

Upon successful completion, you will be able to:

• Outline prevention and protection measures.
• Recognize the importance of mitigation measures.
• Identify procedures and resources for disaster response.
• Identify disaster recovery resources and activities.

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Suggested Audience

This course is intended for local government employees in the areas of critical infrastructure, water and wastewater, and public works, as well as city managers, emergency management staff, and related stakeholders with interdependencies to the water and wastewater sector.

Continuing Education And Professional Credits

• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

Other Information

As part of a Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) cooperative agreement training program, this course is available at no direct cost to state, county, and local government agencies.

At the completion of this course, you will be required to pass a comprehensive final exam in order to print a certificate of completion.

Government Programs

• GSA contract number: GS-02F-0003P. GSA customers, to register please contact [email protected] or call (800) 723-3811
• For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact [email protected] or call (800) 723-3811
• This project was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number (EMW-2024-CA-05013) administered by DHS/FEMA. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the author and do not represent the official position or policies of DHS/FEMA.
  FEMA’s National Training and Education Division (NTED) offers a full catalog of courses at no cost to help build critical skills that responders need to function effectively in mass consequence events. Course subjects range from CBRNE / Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism, cybersecurity, natural disasters, and other functions of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. NTED courses include multiple delivery methods: instructor-led (direct deliveries), train-the-trainers (indirect deliveries), customized (conferences and seminars), and web-based. Instructor-led courses are offered in residence (i.e., at a training facility), virtually, or through mobile programs, in which courses are brought to state and local jurisdictions that request the training.
  NTED certified courses can be found at: www.firstrespondertraining.gov