Readiness: Training Identification and Preparedness Planning (RTIPP)

Course Description

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Enrollment Requirements

Participants must be U.S. citizens. 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 following website: https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid; or with TEEX assistance upon arrival for class.

Course Completion Requirements

Participants are required to score a 70% or better on the Post-Test and attend 80% of the course hours in order to receive a course certificate of completion.

Participant Must Provide

• A photo identification on the first day of class. See the Participant Handbook for approved forms of identification and additional guidelines.
• Laptop or tablet

Attendance Requirements

Class attendance is an essential part of the education process and participants in TEEX courses are expected to attend all class sessions and field exercises. The course requires participants to attend a minimum of 80% of the class hours as a component of successful course completion. During the course, your instructor will review any additional attendance requirements, for example a field exercise that cannot be missed.

Participants in a TCOLE credit course must complete the class in its entirety to receive TCOLE credit.

Recommended

Participants for this course should have significant expertise in their functional areas and in training management. They should have regular interaction with other response agencies and disciplines, some level of decision-making authority within their agencies, and general regional knowledge of the community.

Participants should have knowledge of the jurisdictional emergency response plan and mutual aid agreements as well as discipline-specific internal training processes. Experience with data collection and interpreting reporting tools is important, as is the ability to create an operational calendar at the conclusion of the assessment.

Although knowledge of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the Incident Command System (ICS), and the whole community approach is beneficial, it is not required for this course. The target audience is broadened by the whole community approach, though not all members of the private sector may have been exposed to ICS and NIMS. This course will identify the training needs of the whole community and use ICS and NIMS as the main training vehicle for integration and interoperability. 

It is recommended that participants take the FEMA independent study course:

• IS-120.C: An Introduction to Exercises, due to the focus on exercises in Module 6: Assess Capabilities.

If additional knowledge of ICS and NIMS is needed, it is recommended that participants take the FEMA independent study courses:

• IS-100.C: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100

• IS-200.C: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200

Upon successful completion, you will be able to:

• Explain how the RTIPP process will support their communities.
• Choose appropriate preparedness tools for analyzing capability gaps in their agencies.
• Form an assessment team to conduct a jurisdictional training assessment using the whole community approach and based on an understanding of jurisdictional characteristics.
• Write capabilities-based training goals for their agencies using Steps 3 and 4 of the RTIPP process.
• Complete prioritized multiyear training plans to address training goals in their agencies by using Steps 5 and 6 of the RTIPP process.
• Create multiyear training plans for jurisdictions in order to test and validate the community’s readiness.

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Suggested Audience

• Emergency Management
• Law Enforcement 
• Emergency Medical Services
• Fire Service 
• Hazardous Material Personnel 
• Public Works 
• Governmental Administration 
• Communications Personnel
• Health Care 
• Public Health 
• Private Sector 
• Non-Governmental Organizations

Continuing Education And Professional Credits

Note: Live Online Instructor-Led (webinar) courses are not eligible for TCOLE credit.

• 16.00 hours – Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE)

Other Information

• For deliveries on, or after, January 3, 2022, participants enrolled in an in-person, classroom-based course delivery will need access to a laptop or mobile device/tablet during the class session to complete course testing and evaluations electronically.
• Participants enrolled in a TEEX-Instructor Led Webinar must have access to a laptop or mobile device/tablet during the class session to participate in all course sessions as well as complete course testing and evaluations electronically.

Government Programs

• For DHS/FEMA Funded Courses, please contact [email protected] or call (844) 789-5673