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Administration of Public Assistance for Community Recovery R0335

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical
Training Specialist

Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type
6-day on-campus
Continuing education units
3.7
ACE recommendation
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, two semester hours in emergency management, fire science, public safety administration, or finance.

The purpose of this six-day course is to help students increase the administrative alignment of their organizations, people, processes and documentation to meet Federal standards for Public Assistance recovery. The objective of this course is to familiarize the students with the FEMA Public Assistance Grant Program. The objective of the program is to provide assistance to States, Local Governments, Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories and certain Private Nonprofit (PNP) organizations to alleviate suffering and hardship resulting from major disasters or emergencies declared by the President.

Course topics include:

  • The Stafford Act.
  • National Incident Management System documentation, policies and procedures related to FEMA’s Public Assistant Grant Program.
  • FEMA’s expectations for Public Assistance reimbursement of labor and equipment, materials, rented equipment, and contract costs post-disaster/emergency.


The course methodologies include activities/discussions, disaster/emergency case study analysis, and individual/group projects.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/pcm/pcm_r0335.pdf PDF 91KB
https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_r0335.pdf PDF 6269KB
Syllabus

Selection criteria

Representatives from States, Local Governments, Indian Tribal Governments, U.S. Territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.) and certain PNP organizations who are or may be involved in any part of response and recovery efforts through the Public Assistance processes for their agency and community.

Prerequisites

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online. Chief’s signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.

Post-course requirements

None

Upcoming offerings

Dates Availability Location Contact(s) CCP Train-the-Trainer?
October 17 - 22, 2021 Application period closed Emmitsburg, Maryland
March 6 - 11, 2022 Application period closed Emmitsburg, Maryland
July 10 - 15, 2022 Apply on 10/15/2021 - 12/15/2021 Emmitsburg, Maryland

Student comments

This course is very beneficial to anyone involved in a disaster process.

U.S. Fire Administration
U.S. Fire Administration
U.S. Fire Administration
16825 S. Seton Ave.
Emmitsburg, MD 21727 USA
800-238-3358

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