X-904, Working with ESF #4 on Stafford Act Incidents: Command & General Staff, N/A

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Incident Management Team (IMT) roles and responsibilities during hurricanes, earthquakes, and other national and human-caused disasters may be different than IMTs typically have been. The course covers the roles of IMTs, ESF #4 and FEMA, interactions between IMTs and ESF #4, and the management of incident resources during Stafford Act incidents.

This course provides command and general staff members with an overview of IMT operations during Stafford Act incidents; a brief introduction to ESF #4 and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) response operations; and describes some of the differences between the wildland fire operating environment and the non-fire incident operating environments.

Modules:

The course includes 10 modules:

Overview
Authorities and Framework
Agreements
National and Regional Response Structures
Mission Assignments
Responding to an ESF #4 Mission
Operational Environment
Best Management Practices
Wildfire and Aviation Mobilizations through FEMA
Course Summary

Instructions:

Complete the online course.
You will be directed to the National Fire Academy (NFA) Online website. You will need an NFA Online account to take this course; follow directions on the NFA Online website to obtain an account. Search for course title in the catalog and add the online course to your “To-Do-List.” The NFA Online learning management system will track your progress.

Access

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Browser Requirements

Attention All Students Taking NWCG Courses

You may be aware that many of the NWCG Courses (S190, S130, L180, etc.) on NFA Online Self Study are not working. We have learned that this is due to an update to ActiveX and the browsers/operating systems.

We apologize for the frustration this has caused all of you! We have been actively working on this issue since March 3rd. We have found a workaround using the CHROME Browser.

First before you begin, make sure you have the Adobe Flash Player installed and it is up to date. To download or update go to: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ If your Flash Player needs updated, you MUST restart your computer before opening the browser.

If you have not already done so, please download the latest CHROME Browser and follow the configuration settings below.

Important Notes:

You must configure CHROME each time you launch the content. CHROME will not save these Flash Player configurations permanently. Sorry, we know it’s a pain but that’s the workaround for now.
If you have already tried CHROME but it didn’t work, please clear your cache and cookies before proceeding with these configuration changes!

Step 1

Log into your NFA/NWCG Online Self Study account using the CHROME browser and do the following:

Allow Site to Run Flash:

Within CHROME, at the top right, click More then Settings.
Under "Privacy and security," click Site Settings.
Click Flash.
At the top, turn off Block sites from running Flash (recommended). It should have "ASK FIRST" enabled now.

Step 2

Launch the course you want to take and from the Content Window do the following:

To Run Flash on a Website:

To the left of the web address, click Lock or Info icon.
In the new tab, to the right of "Flash," click the Down arrow icon then Allow.
Click “Reload” to apply the Flash.

Functional Area:

Command

Primary Committee:

National Incident Management System Integration Committee

Steward: