Canonical opportunity record
IS-130.A: How to be an Exercise Evaluator
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Emergency Management Institute Independent Study Program · federal
A FEMA Independent Study introduction to emergency-management exercise evaluation and improvement planning.
- Opportunity types
- independent study course
- Domains
- emergency management, exercises, evaluation
- Audiences
- emergency management professionals, homeland security professionals
- First seen
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- Access level
- Prerequisites
- Eligibility
- FEMA lists IS-120.c An Introduction to Exercises as a prerequisite.
- FEMA SID and Login.gov are required for the online final exam and course credit.
- Free to start
- FEMA says Independent Study courses are open to all and free of charge.
- Complete IS-120.c, then open FEMA's IS-130.A interactive web-based course.
- Who may take this first step
- FEMA identifies emergency-management and homeland-security professionals as the primary audience and lists IS-120.c as a prerequisite.
- Account or registration
- A FEMA SID and Login.gov are required for the online final exam and course credit.
- What the learner receives
- Introductory course instruction and, after a successful exam, a portal completion record.
- Later costs
- unknown
- Funding or sponsorship
- No funding or sponsorship requirement is stated on the reviewed course pages.
- Portable evidence
- A completion record can document the course and listed CEUs.
- Employer recognition
- Employer recognition varies and is not guaranteed.
Delivery and commitment
- interactive web based: FEMA provides an interactive web-based course.
- Commitment: FEMA lists a course length of 2.75 hours.
Outcomes and limits
Outcome type
continuing education
FEMA lists 0.3 CEUs for IS-130.A.
Does not mean: The introductory course is not a professional evaluator certification or authorization.
Pathway and purpose relationships
- FEMA places IS-130.A in the NSEC awareness curriculum and identifies it as a prerequisite for later exercise pathways.
- Strengthen a Team or Community: Moves from exercise basics to FEMA's introduction to evaluation and improvement planning.
- Strengthen a Team or Community: IS-120.C: An Introduction to Exercises
- Strengthen a Team or Community: CISA Tabletop Exercise Packages
Evidence beside this record
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FEMA describes IS-130.A as a free 2.75-hour Independent Study introduction to exercise evaluation and improvement planning, requires IS-120.c, and lists 0.3 CEUs.
Limit: FEMA's course information does not establish a professional evaluator certification or authorization.
What that does not establish: Introductory evaluator training does not replace role-specific experience or additional exercise training.
Context: Exercise evaluation practices involve varied public, private, and voluntary-sector roles.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: How to be an Exercise Evaluator IS-130.A — Course Overview; Prerequisites; CEUs; Course Length · Source verified
- Federal Emergency Management Agency: NDEMU | Get Started — Apply to Independent Study courses; Enroll with FEMA SID; Using your FEMA SID with Login.gov · Source verified