Illinois Administrative Code
Title 29 - EMERGENCY SERVICES, DISASTERS, AND CIVIL DEFENSE
Part 301 - POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCIES
Subpart E - ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION OF ESDAS
Section 301.510 - Accreditation of ESDAs
Universal Citation: 29 IL Admin Code § 301.510
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, March 28, 2025
a) The following ESDAs are eligible to apply for IEMA accreditation:
1) Mandated ESDAs; and
2) Non-mandated ESDAs determined biennially
by the IEMA Director, or his/her designee, to have demonstrated justification
to IEMA for accreditation eligibility based on the following political
subdivision criteria:
A) Heightened, greater
than average disaster vulnerability;
B) An increased need for ESDA services in the
political subdivision due to all of the following:
i) Population size and
concentration;
ii) Insufficiency of
county ESDA resources to meet the emergency management needs of the political
subdivision; and
iii) A high
concentration of emergency management resources in the political subdivision
existing prior to the accreditation eligibility review;
C) Evidence that the ESDA coordinator
provides to the political subdivision a paid emergency management work effort
as coordinator of at least 50% of the political subdivision's standard
full-time work week, not including exercise hours; and
D) Documentation of the emergency management
services provided to the political subdivision by the ESDA, including, but not
limited to, documentation of emergency operations plans, training, exercises,
and actual responses, during a minimum of the past 5 years.
b) For IEMA accreditation, eligible applicants, determined in accordance with subsection (a), shall satisfy all of the following requirements:
1) Submit a copy of the political subdivision
ordinance creating the ESDA affixed with the official seal by the clerk of the
political subdivision.
2) Submit
documentation of the ESDA coordinator's Notice of Appointment card.
3) Submit evidence that the political
subdivision supports a paid emergency management work effort of at least 50% of
the political subdivision's standard full-time work week, not including
exercise hours.
4) Submit
documentation that:
A) An ESDA coordinator
appointed after January 1, 2002 has completed, within 12 months after the date
of appointment, the IEMA New Coordinators Workshop Course and the Principles of
Emergency Management Course or courses determined by IEMA to be consistent with
or at least as stringent as these courses; and
B) After the first year of appointment, or
for ESDA coordinators appointed prior to January 1, 2002, the ESDA coordinator
has biennially completed 48 hours of professional development training, of
which a minimum of 24 hours is IEMA-sponsored professional development
training. The IEMA-sponsored professional development training program shall,
at a minimum, be consistent with and at least as stringent as the FEMA
Professional Development Series. Coordinators may receive credit for up to 24
hours of non-IEMA-sponsored professional development training, including, but
not limited to, emergency management conferences, independent study courses,
college courses or internet courses, but only if such training is consistent
with or at least as stringent as training in the IEMA-sponsored professional
development training program and is pre-approved for a specific number of
credit hours in writing by IEMA prior to the training.
5) Complete an EOP that meets the
requirements of Subparts B and C.
6) Conduct an exercise in accordance with the
requirements of Subpart D.
7)
Complete and submit all current National Incident Management System (NIMS)
compliance documents as established by IEMA.
c) The term of accreditation shall be at least two years but not longer than four years, with beginning and ending dates indicated on the accreditation document issued by IEMA. IEMA may extend an existing term of accreditation as long as the total term of accreditation does not exceed four years. Eligible ESDA applicants may seek accreditation renewal by satisfying the requirements of subsection (b).
d) IEMA shall issue an accreditation document, including extensions of an existing term of accreditation, under signature of the IEMA Director.
Disclaimer: These regulations may not be the most recent version. Illinois may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
