FEMA Establishes National Disaster & Emergency Management University
FEMA is expanding the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) into a newly created university in order to deliver an expanded curriculum to help emergency managers continue to build capacity today to meet the hazards of tomorrow.
The National Disaster & Emergency Management University, or NDEMU, will offer comprehensive education and training programs spanning various disciplines within disaster and emergency management across the entirety of an emergency manager’s career, closing an identified gap in mid- and advanced career professional development that exists between EMI’s traditional technical training and the theoretical-based education programs.
The new NDEMU will include three schools:
- The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) will continue as a branded school within NDEMU to provide foundational training and development for early career emergency managers. EMI was founded in 1951 as the Civil Defense Staff College.
- The School of Disaster Leadership will focus programs for mid- and advanced career emergency managers seeking professional development and continuing education.
- The School of National Resilience will combine training on emergency management with additional focus on risk reduction for a broad sector of hazards from public health, climate, and national security risks.
