The NIMS Integration Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
December 2005
Fact Sheet


IS-800 NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN TRAINING IN FY06

Who must take IS-800 NRP before the end of FY06?  All federal, state, territorial, tribal and local 
emergency managers or personnel whose primary responsibility is emergency management must 
complete must this training.

IS-800 National Response Plan (NRP): An Introduction is a Web-based awareness level course 
that introduces the key elements of the National Response Plan so that its implementation can be 
supported at all levels of government. 

Specifically, officials who must take the course include:

*	Personnel in federal departments and agencies with emergency management responsibilities 
under the NRP;

*	Officials in state and territorial governments with emergency management responsibilities, 
personnel from emergency management agencies, and personnel from agencies who support 
and interact with the NRP's 15 Emergency Support Functions (ESF); and

*	Officials in tribal and local jurisdictions with overall emergency management responsibilities 
as dictated by law or ordinance, officials with overall emergency management responsibilities 
through delegation, and officials primarily involved in emergency planning.

The course is designed to be taken online as an interactive Web-course or course materials may 
be downloaded and used in a group or classroom setting. Answer sheets may be obtained from 
the Emergency Management Institute by calling the Independent Study Office at 301-447-1256. 

To take the course online or obtain course materials see http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/is800.asp. 
As of Nov. 27, 2005, almost 75,000 persons had completed the course.



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