The Agriculture Emergency Programs Section is responsible for reducing the vulnerability to or the impact from any disaster, disease, or terrorist attack on the agriculture community of Alabama. This section is tasked with:

• Increasing the agriculture emergency response capabilities of the department
• Preparing for and responding to agriculture emergencies
• Educating and working with agriculture stakeholders on biosecurity, food safety, and agricultural emergency response
• Working with federal, state, and local partners to help protect Alabama’s agriculture
• Developing and exercising agriculture emergency response plans
• Supporting the Alabama State Emergency Operations Plan
• Managing the Agriculture Emergency Operations Center
• Establishing disaster animal shelters
• Serving as the Alabama Emergency Management Agency’s agriculture emergency liaison
• Providing GIS mapping support to the department

While ADAI Emergency Programs works with a wide variety of agencies and groups to complete it's mission, here are links to some of our frequent partners:

• Alabama Cooperative Extension System
• Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
• Alabama Department of Environmental Management Emergency Response
• Alabama Department of Human Resources
• Alabama Department of Public Health Center for Emergency Preparedness
• Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Radiation Control
• Alabama Emergency Management Agency
• Alabama Forestry Commission
• ALEA Agricultural and Rural Crime Unit
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• USDA Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination
• The Salvation Army

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BEFORE TAKING A COURSE: You will need a FEMA SID number in order to register for any of the classes below. If you do not have a FEMA SID or you do not know your FEMA SID, click here.

AFTER TAKING A COURSE: Please send a copy of your Certificate of Completion to your supervisor and Brie Lowery at brie.lowery@agi.alabama.gov.

ICS AND NIMS COURSES

• ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System
• ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
• ICS-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
• ICS-400: Advanced ICS for Command and General Staff
• IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction
• IS-702: NIMS Publication Information Systems
• IS-703: NIMS Resource Management
• IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid – An Introduction
• IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction
• G-191: Incident Command System/ Emergency Operations Center Interface
• G-402 Incident Command System (ICS) Overview for Executives/Senior Officials
• G-775: Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations

If you are interested in ICS 300/400, G191, G402, and G-775, please contact Brie Lowery at brie.lowery@agi.alabama.gov or 334-240-7278.