This is a demonstration article for the accreditation blog. There are approximately 30 Canadians who support emergency management program accreditation and who have been trained as Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) assessors.
As an EMAP trained assessor myself, I appreciate the value of being trained on how to conduct an assessment of an emergency management program. I also appreciate the model EMAP has developed which makes pursuing program accreditation through EMAP and very economical way to pursue ccreditation compared to some other options.
I added this blog entry for two purposes, (1) to add some material so you can better see how PTSC-Online can work and (2) to call upon all Canadian EMAP assessors to join our PTSC-Online community and contribute to the discussion on program accreditation.
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Bill:
What is the process for becoming an EMAP Trained Assessor?
Many thanks.
EMAP offers assessor training in the USA. Click here to go to the training section of their web site. A training session was held in Canada a few years ago in conjunction with the World Conference on Disaster Management at which approximately 30 Canadian assessors were trained or took retraining, including myself. With IAEM Canada, CSA and EMAP currently working toward accreditation to the Canadian Z1600 standard using the EMAP process, I assume training will be available in Canada, if and when this comes to fruition. You may want to contact John Ash for an update.
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