106 KAR 1:210. Local emergency
management training.
RELATES TO: KRS 39A.050(2)(l),
39B.020(3)(d), 39C.050(1), (2)
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS
39A.050(2)(m), 39A.070(3), 39C.050(1), (2)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS 39A.050(2)(l) requires the division to institute emergency management
training programs. KRS 39B.020(3)(d) requires a local director to attend
required training. KRS 39C.050(1), (2) requires local emergency management
agency personnel to complete required training. This administrative regulation
establishes training requirements for a local director and other local
emergency management agency personnel.
Section 1. Definitions. (1)
"Emergency Management Development Program" means the training
curriculum established in Section 2(2) and (3) of this administrative
regulation.
(2) "Emergency management
training" means a seminar, workshop, course, class, or instruction
conducted, sponsored, specified, offered through, or approved by the division.
(3) "Federal fiscal year"
means a period beginning October 1 of a calendar year and ending September 30
of the following calendar year.
(4) "Local staff member"
means a deputy director, paid or volunteer, or a person appointed to a local
emergency management agency pursuant to KRS 39B.070(3), and specified in KRS
39C.050(2).
(5) "Successfully complete"
means to attend or participate in emergency management training and acquire and
submit to the division a copy of an instructor-provided training completion
certificate or record.
Section 2. Local Director Training
Requirement. (1) Within thirty (30) days of appointment pursuant to KRS
39B.020(1), a local director shall successfully complete an orientation
conducted by the division, covering Kentucky’s emergency management system and
programs administered by local directors in Kentucky.
(2) Within the first full federal
fiscal year following appointment pursuant to KRS 39B.020(1), a local director
shall successfully complete the following:
(a) A correspondence or Internet
training course or an introductory course conducted by the division, covering
incident command and incident management system basic concepts;
(b) A correspondence or Internet
training course covering mitigation benefits, methods, resources and planning;
(c) A training course of at least
four (4) hours covering emergency operations center basic concepts;
(d) A training course, conducted by
the division, covering rapid assessment of disaster scenes and proper damage
and reporting procedures; and
(e) A training course of at least
eight (8) hours covering hazardous materials "first responder awareness
level" emergency response competencies as defined by the U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, to include instruction on employer and community
operating procedures.
(3) By the second full federal fiscal
year following appointment, a local director shall begin study to successfully
complete the following:
(a) A training course, conducted or
approved by the division, covering principles of the integrated emergency
management system, including interagency teams, coordination methods, and emergency
or disaster case studies;
(b) A training course, conducted by
the division, covering development of a local emergency operations plan
consistent with the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan;
(c) A training course of at least
twenty-four (24) hours, covering exercise assessment, design, delivery and
evaluation skills, including a practical application component;
(d) A training course of at least two
(2) hours covering local emergency planning committee member duties and
Kentucky’s system for implementation of the federal "Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act";
(e) A training course of at least
twelve (12) hours covering hazardous materials "first responder operations
level" emergency response competencies as defined by the U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, to include instruction on Commonwealth of
Kentucky hazardous materials response plans;
(f) A training course, offered or
approved by the division, of at least eight (8) hours covering the eight (8)
component elements of an incident command system and incident management
system, to include practical application;
(g) A training module, offered by the
division, covering the incident command system and incident management system
competencies for the on-scene incident commander level as defined by the U.S.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration for hazardous materials emergency
response; and
(h) A training course of at least
four (4) hours covering requirements and procedures for obtaining and
implementing state and federal disaster assistance programs.
(4) A local director shall
successfully complete:
(a) At least two (2) of the courses
specified in subsection (3) of this section in each consecutive federal fiscal
year until all courses are successfully completed;
(b) All courses of the Emergency
Management Development Program within the first five (5) full federal fiscal
years following appointment pursuant to KRS 39B.020(1);
(c) The emergency management training
conducted annually in each federal fiscal year at a Governor’s Emergency
Management Workshop; and
(d) At least thirty-two (32) total
hours of emergency management training in each federal fiscal year following
appointment or reappointment pursuant to KRS 39B.020(1) or 39B.020(3).
(5) In meeting the annual training
requirement established in subsection (4)(d) of this section, a local director
shall receive credit for:
(a) Emergency management training
completed in compliance with subsections (2) and (3) of this section;
(b) No more than two (2) hours per
emergency management training correspondence course or Internet training course
successfully completed, not to exceed a total of four (4) hours annually;
(c) No more than four (4) hours per
division-sponsored emergency management training course a local director
instructs, not to exceed a total of eight (8) hours annually; and
(d) The training required by
subsection (4)(c) of this section.
Section 3. Local Staff Member
Training Requirement. (1) In each full federal fiscal year following
appointment a deputy director shall successfully complete at least sixteen (16)
hours of training selected from:
(a) Emergency management training
listed in subsection (2) of this section;
(b) No more than two (2) hours per
emergency management training correspondence course or Internet training course
successfully completed, not to exceed a total of eight (8) hours; and
(c) No more than four (4) hours per
division-sponsored emergency management training course a deputy director
instructs, not to exceed a total of eight (8) hours.
(2) Except as provided in subsection
(1) of this section, a local staff member shall successfully complete at least
twelve (12) total hours of emergency management or administrative training in
each full federal fiscal year following appointment.
Section 4. Request for Training
Credit. (1) In meeting the annual emergency management training requirement
specified in Section 2(4)(d) or 3 of this administrative regulation, a local
director or local staff member may request credit for training not conducted or
sponsored by the division.
(2) To request credit for training
not conducted or sponsored by the division, a local director or local staff
member shall:
(a) Complete a KyEM Form 300,
"Request for Training Credit" for each training course or
instructional offering for which credit is requested; and
(b) Submit a completed KyEM Form 300,
"Request for Training Credit", to an area manager for transmittal to
the director.
(3) A local director or local staff
member may be eligible to receive emergency management training credit under
this section if:
(a) A completed KyEM Form 300,
"Request for Training Credit" is approved, in writing, by the
director; and
(b) The training approved for credit
is successfully completed.
Section 5. Training Documentation. A
local director or local staff member shall submit documentation of all
successfully completed emergency management training to an area manager within
thirty (30) calendar days of receipt following completion of training.
Section 6. Incorporation by
Reference. (1) "Request for Training Credit, September 2000" is
incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected,
copied, or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Office of the
Director, Division of Emergency Management, State Emergency Operations Center,
100 Minuteman Parkway, Boone National Guard Center, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601,
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (27 Ky.R. 1980; Am. 2839; 3075; eff.
5-14-2001.)
