News : Team leaders preparing for second year of FEMA Corps projects

FEMA Corps team leaders are in training for the second year of the program; members arrive Aug. 20.

The first FEMA Corps teams finished their projects and graduated June 13.

The team leaders (Green Shirts) for the second class of FEMA Corps teams arrived at the NCCC Campus in Vinton a week ago.

A total of 24 Team Leaders began their 11-month journey with FEMA Corps on Monday. Many of them are returning members from FEMA Corps’ inaugural class. Team Leaders will go through a month long, intensive training period together, in order to prepare them to lead teams of 10 to 12 Corps Members. Corps Members arrive on August 20.

Just like traditional NCCC, FEMA Corps is a team-based, residential program for 18 to 24-year-olds. Unlike the traditional course, however, FEMA Corps members provide logistical and administrative support in the areas of emergency management and long-term recovery activities with FEMA.

FEMA Corps is a new program built from the collaboration with Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). The program only began last year, and is solely dedicated to disaster response and recovery.