IPEM Renewal Application Process

IPEM Renewal Application Form

Below is the list of requirements necessary to complete your IPEM renewal application:

• Training Requirements*

The list below identifies all training requirements that have been put in place since 2009.

• EOC Management and Operations
• ICS 400 Advanced ICS^**
• IS 393.a Introduction to Mitigation
• IS 700.a NIMS, An Introduction
• IS 701.a NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACs)
• IS 702.a NIMS Public Information System
• IS 703.a NIMS Resource Management
• IS 704 NIMS Communication and Information Management
• 72 additional hours of IEMA/FEMA/IESMA sponsored training and/or conferences. These could include:
  • The training hours for each of the training requirements listed above.
  • 12 hours credit for successfully completing up to 6 non-IPEM specific FEMA Independent Study courses at 2 hours each.
  • Additional non-IPEM specific courses listed on the IEMA training transcript.
  • Petitioning up to 36 hours of training received outside of IEMA/FEMA/IESMA training/conferences. These petitions must include transcripts or completion certificates along with a description and list of objectives for each course.
  • Petitioning credit for using successfully completed college level hours.

*All training certificates not included on your IEMA Training Transcript, must be submitted prior to your IPEM application submission. All training certificates should be sent to:

• Email: gene.felchner@illinois.gov
• Fax: 217-557-1978

**Either Command and General Staff or All Hazard Incident Management Training can be used in place of ICS 400.

• Exercise Requirements

  Narrative:

  Provide a detailed 1-2 paragraph description of the specific exercise position that the applicant was assigned. (The acceptable positions include: Exercise Director/Co-Director, Lead Evaluator, Lead Controller and MSEL/Injects Writing Team Member)^*** The description should also provide details on what the applicant learned from their involvement in the exercise. Add as much detail as needed to allow the IPEM Review Committee to have a thorough understanding of the applicant's involvement.

  Exercise Documentation:

  Copies of any specific items that your exercise involvement helped produce. These items could include, but not be limited to, the exercise objectives (which are included on the "Exercise Validation Form"), master sequence of events, copies of messages/evaluator comments and the after-action-report (ARP) and Improvement Plan (IP). All documents must be submitted using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) format.

  Letter from the Exercise/Co-Director or the IEMA central or regional office verifying that the applicant accomplished the tasks related to the position the applicant has identified they were assigned and the information included in the narrative.

  ***If substituting either a real world or pre-planned event for the exercise requirement, only provide the narrative and the real world or pre-planned event documentation requirements. The acceptable positions include: Command or General Staff positions.

  Real World/Pre-Planned Event Documentation:

  Attach a copy of the After Action Report / Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) utilizing Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) format.

  Attach copies of the ICS 203 and 207 from the Incident Action Plan identifying the Command or General Staff position that the applicant was assigned.

  Letter from the Incident Commander or the IEMA central or regional office verifying that the applicant accomplished the tasks related to the position the applicant has identified they were assigned and the information included in the narrative.



• Submittal Process
  
  Submit your completed IPEM Renewal Application Form to the IEMA Director, post marked no later than July 15th, for consideration of accreditation for that particular year along with the following items:
  
  

  • Completion certificates for IPEM training requirements that are not included on the IEMA training transcript.
  • If requested, required college level documentation as credit toward the 72 additional training hours required.
  • Copy of IPEM required exercise documents.

  Submit your IPEM renewal application packet to the following address:

  IEMA Director
  2200 South Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, Illinois 62703-4528
  Attn: IPEM Application

  Approved applicants will receive their certificate and plaque at the IEMA annual conference.