Training & Certification

Thank you for your interest in teaching for the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management. We strive to provide the best training available to our State and rely on our instructors to achieve this goal. In order to assure the best instruction is provided, certain requirements have been established for one to become an instructor for us. We hope the following information is helpful and we look forward to working with you in the future. 

All Instructors wishing to teach for Emergency Management must submit a General Instructor application and proof of completion of the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements for General Instructors are as follows: 

• Course completion of course wishing to instruct
• Formal adult instructor training (40 hour minimum) through accredited agencies and or institutions (college courses, NWCG Facilitative Instructor M-410 course, EMI E/L/or K-141 Instructional Presentation and Evaluation Skills, DHS OGT Instructor Training Certification Course, or an equivalent such as OSFM General Instructor Level II or equivalent).
• Instructional Prerequisites per individual course A course may have prerequisites other than the minimum requirements. Those prerequisites are usually found in the Instructor Guide for the individual course. 

For those wishing to teach ICS classes, a separate ICS application must be filled out. Please fill out the corresponding application, and attach proof of completion of course, proof of methodology and proof of any other prerequisites and send to your county Emergency Management office who, after approval, will in turn send the application to your state area coordinator. 

For additional questions, please contact NCEM Training at NCEMtraining@ncdps.go

Thank you for your interest in teaching ICS for the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management. We strive to provide the best training available to our State and rely on our instructors to achieve these goals. In order to assure the best instruction is provided, certain requirements have been established for one to become an instructor for us. We hope the following information is helpful and we look forward to working with you in the future.

All Instructors wishing to teach Incident Command System (ICS) classes for Emergency Management must submit an ICS Instructor application and proof of completion of the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements for an ICS Instructor can be found with the ICS application and detail exactly how to complete the application and submit it. Different pre-requisites that fall in line with Federal requirements have been established to teach ICS classes and therefore the application packet for an ICS instructor differs from a General Instructor.

For additional questions, please contact NCEM Training at NCEMtraining@ncdps.gov

Agency and Institution Responsibilities:

• If an agency or institution wishes to utilize grant funds provided by NCEM, it is the Agency or
• Institution’s responsibility to verify through NCEM Training that the Instructor is eligible to instruct a course.