IPEM Application Process

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

• Submit a copy of the highest educational degree received
• Training Requirements
• Illinois Professional Development Series Certificate^*
• EOC Management and Operations
• ICS/EOC Interface
• Damage Assessment
• Debris Management
• IS 393.A - Introduction to Mitigation
• Hazardous Materials Awareness
• Emergency Response to Terrorism - Basic Concepts
• IS 700.a NIMS, An Introduction
• IS 800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction
• ICS 400^**
• 12 hours of IEMA/FEMA/IESMA sponsored training and/or conferences^***

*	Reference the Illinois Professional Development Series link on the IEMA website.
**	Either Command and General Staff or All Hazard Incident Management Training can be used to substitute for ICS 400.
***	Only 8 hours can come from FEMA Independent Study courses.

• Written Essay
  The written essay is designed to allow the applicant to demonstrate a working knowledge of 5 Emergency Management topics from the list included below. The list of essay topics are included on the IPEM Application Form. After selecting the 5 topics, the applicant will provide a double spaced, not to exceed one(1) page in length, detailed narrative on each topic. Each page will include the chosen topic listed at the top followed by the detailed narrative. Do not include your name or other personal information on any of the pages.


• Exercise Requirements
  Detailed 1-2 paragraph description of the specific exercise design, controller or evaluator function that the applicant was assigned. The description should provide detail 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.

  Members of the exercise design team, controllers, and evaluators:

  • 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 Director or the IEMA central or regional office verifying that the applicant performed the identified tasks.


• Submit your completed IPEM 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:
  • Copy of highest educational degree received
  • Completion certificates for IPEM training requirements that are not included on the IEMA training transcript.
  • Copy of IPEM required exercise documents
  • Copy of IPEM required written essays
• Submit your IPEM 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.