Training Requirements

Training is to be completed in specified time upon Appointment of office pursuant to KRS 39B.020(1).

• Within (30) days
  • EM Director Orientation
• Within 1st full Federal Fiscal Year
  • Incident Command and Incident Management System Basic Concepts
  • Mititigation benefits, methods, resources and planning
  • Basic EOC
  • Damage Assessment
  • Hazardous Materials Awareness
• Within 2nd Full Federal Fiscal Year
  • Principles of Emergency Management
  • Emergency Planning
  • Exercise Design and Evaluation
  • LEPC Orientation
  • Hazardous Materials Operations
  • NIMS 300
  • NIMS 400
  • Disaster Assistance Programs
• Within 5th Full Federal Fiscal Year
  • Governor's Emergency Management Workshop (when offered)
  • Emergency Management Training (atleast 32 hours)
• Conditions
  • No more than (4) hours annually of correspondence or Internet Courses
  • No more than (8) hours annually of division-sponsored Emergency Management training that a local director instructs.

• Within each full federal fiscal year following appointment a deputy director shall successfully complete 16 hours of training from:
  • Incident Command and Incident Management System Basic Concepts
  • Mititigation benefits, methods, resources and planning
  • Basic EOC
  • Damage Assessment
  • Hazardous Materials Awareness
• Conditions
  • No more than (4) hours annually of correspondence or Internet Courses
  • No more than (8) hours annually of division-sponsored Emergency Management training that a local director instructs.
• Shall successfully complete at least twelve (12) total hours of emergency management or administrative training in each full federal fiscal year.