Advanced Level Certification

Overview

The Advanced Level certification is an advanced certification for emergency managers. This level of certification requires a total of 1000 hours of training.

All requirements for Advanced Level certification are in addition to meeting Intermediate Level certification requirements.

Those who have earned Advanced Level certification are entitled to use the ALEM designation.

Required Courses

Beginning May 1, 2024, the following will be the new required core training, and continue to strengthen an EM’s foundation of knowledge while aligning future EM Directors with the Alabama CLEM requirements:

  • IS-29.a Public Information Officer Awareness

  • IS-75 Military Resources in Emergency Management

  • IS-271 Anticamping Hazardous Weather & Community Risk

  • IS-393 Introduction to Mitigation

  • IS-552 The Public Works Role in Emergency Management

  • IS-772.a Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment Orientation

  • IS-1006 Documenting Disaster Damage & Developing Project Files

  • IS-1009 Conditions for Public Assistance Grant

  • IS-1010 Emergency Protective Measures

  • IS-2001 Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA)

  • IS-2200 Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions

  • ICS-300 ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents – (G300) – Post 2019 Update

  • ICS-400 ICS-400 Advanced ICS Command & General Staff – (G400) – Post 2019 Update

Additional Requirements

In addition to the required courses, this level of certification requires:

  • A total of 250 hours of 'core' curriculum (FEMA and other emergency management training). The required training courses count toward the 250 hour total.

  • A total of 100 hours of 'optional' training. Optional training includes other public safety and general management training and education.