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National Centre for Emergency Management Studies
The National Centre for Emergency Management Studies (NCEMS) trains you to handle many emergency situations.
At NCEMS, you’ll learn how to respond to crises like floods, bushfires, storms, biosecurity threats and pandemics.
Our training covers the 4 key phases of emergency management: prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. This ensures you can manage and reduce risks effectively.
Contact our team on (02) 7920 8831 or email us to learn more.
Tailored training
At NCEMS, we offer professional development and accredited courses in crisis management and public safety. These meet your needs and include group enrolments with tailored programs and practical training led by experienced instructors.
Our courses run at different times throughout the year and can also be delivered on demand. Course lengths range from 8 hours to 10 weeks. To find out more, please enquire about the course you want.
Course options
Public Safety (Emergency Management)
Advanced Diploma
Advance your career in emergency management with practical skills and knowledge. Learn online and face-to-face. Become a leader in incident, emergency and disaster response in your community and organisation.
Manage the Public Information at an Incident
Statement of Attainment
Boost your role in an incident management team and gain the skills to distribute timely, targeted and tailored public information in a crisis. Enable others to make informed decisions and contribute to reducing the impacts of crises.
Australasian Inter-service Incident Management System (AIIMS)
Course
Prepare for emergency situations and acquire the skills to support your business or community. Gain the confidence to manage emergency incidents using the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS).
Exercise Management for Emergencies
Statement of Attainment
Learn the project management steps for designing, delivering and assessing the successes of a simulated scenario exercise. This training is essential for personnel responsible for community safety, training staff and ensuring service continuity.
Introduction to Emergency Management
Statement of Attainment
This course serves as an induction or refresher for those working in the sector. It focuses on applying emergency management concepts, principles and local arrangements to organisational policies and procedures.
Planning for complex incidents
Statement of Attainment
This course covers the roles and responsibilities of the Planning Section according to the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS). It's suitable for those working in all-hazards industries or those in emergency management.
Coordinate Emergency Planning
Statement of Attainment
Do you work with communities and the emergency management sector to plan for disasters? Planning is a key element of preparing for disasters and emergencies. This unit gives you with the skills required to undertake emergency planning.
Manage Recovery Functions and Services
Statement of Attainment
Develop the skills to effectively manage a range of recovery functions and services in the aftermath of emergencies. Cover areas such as financial assistance, personal support programs, health services, rebuilding programs and business continuity.
Prepare High-Level Written Communication
Statement of Attainment
Learn to write business cases, grant applications, policies, media releases and ministerial responses. Develop expertise in key operational documentation critical for emergency management organisations and support roles during crises.
Support for volunteers
Volunteers are vital to emergency services and provide key support during crises. But Australia faces fewer volunteers because of:
- heavier work demands
- changing personal priorities
- cultural globalisation.
These factors reduce the time people can give to volunteering.
To help, NCEMS offers flexible, easy-to-access emergency management training. This includes many non-accredited courses for volunteers.
Help for regional communities
Towns in regional NSW face unique challenges that make emergencies more likely. This strains local economies and affects businesses and livelihoods.
Studying emergency management at NCEMS helps you support your community during crises.
Our training gives you the skills to:
- respond effectively to crises
- aid recovery efforts
- protect the economic and social wellbeing of regional towns.
Environmental responsibility
As technology changes education and business, environmental sustainability is key in emergency management.
At NCEMS, we include an environmental strategy in our programs that meets stakeholder needs while protecting natural resources for the future. We address immediate crises alongside long-term environmental health.
Our approach makes sure emergency management supports both today鈥檚 and tomorrow鈥檚 needs. By balancing emergency responses with sustainability, we prepare you to manage emergencies responsibly.
Frequently asked questions
Crisis Management
This term means different things in different industries. It usually refers to managing problems with technology or communication systems. For example, an IT team may handle a crisis if the intranet or payroll system goes down.
Emergency Management
This involves coordinating responses to disasters that affect communities or industries. It covers threats like fires, floods, biosecurity risks, terrorist attacks, pandemics and plagues. The goal is to protect life and property.
Incident Management
This focuses on the tasks emergency teams carry out during a disaster. It includes actions to meet the immediate needs of communities.
Emergency services
Learn the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System (AIIMS). Get training in public information, operations, planning, logistics and control roles. Courses include Inter-Agency Liaison Officer and Exercise Management for Emergencies.
Business organisations
Build skills in business continuity, political awareness and clear communication during disruptions and emergencies.
Support staff
This pathway is for people who support emergency services without formal qualifications. Our Basic Wildfire Awareness course helps you care for vulnerable people and animals during disasters.
NCEMS offers training in different formats:
- in person
- online through connected learning
- a mix of both.
Training is available at over 130 秀色直播locations or online.
To discuss a customised solution for your organisation, email us at NCEMS@tafensw.edu.au
NCEMS teachers come from the public safety sector. You鈥檒l learn from professionals who share current knowledge and real-world experience.
As 秀色直播staff, they meet the high standards of ASQA and the NSW Department of Education.
All teachers hold a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) and relevant industry qualifications.
We can tailor training to suit your organisation. Choose in-person, online or blended delivery.
To discuss a customised solution, email us at ncems@tafensw.edu.au.
Become a volunteer
Volunteers are the backbone of emergency management. If you’re thinking about volunteering, contact:
For course information or questions, call (02) 7920 8831 or email us.