Memorandum
Date: March 7, 2023
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Rob Howe, Sheriff/Coroner/Director of Emergency Services
Subject: Approve Out of State travel for Emergency Services Assistant Alma Perez to attend the Emergency Management Institute in Maryland from June 11-June 17, 2023
Executive Summary: The Lake County Sheriff's Department respectfully requests your Board's authorization to send Emergency Services Specialist Alma Perez to the Foundations of Emergency Management (E101) 40-hour training course to be held at the FEMA's Emergency Management Institute (EMI) in Emmitsburg, Maryland June 12-16, 2023. This course is required to obtain the National Emergency Management Basic Academy certification and is facilitated by the Nation's leading emergency management training staff. EMI covers course costs including airfare, transportation, lodging, and the course once per year. Students are responsible to travel to their home airport and pay for a meal ticket. There are eleven prerequisite courses that Perez has already completed.
The vision of EMI is "to strengthen the field of emergency management by establishing an Emergency Management Professional Program (EMPP). The EMPP provides a framework for acquiring the knowledge, skills, and abilities to enter and progress through the field and to meet the challenges of a dynamic and complex environment." The goal of the Basic Academy is to support the early careers of emergency managers through a training experience combining knowledge of all fundamental systems, concepts, and practices of cutting-edge emergency management. ." As a rural County, in-person training of this caliber is often inaccessible. Because EMI provides much of the costs associated, Specialist Perez will be better equipped to fulfill her job duties and will be more engaged in the field of emergency management, ultimately enhancing Lake County Office of Emergency Services and the County of Lake. As the lead emerge...
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