My son has to take a FEMA IS course!!

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Just about everyone who has anything to do with emergency services is required to take FEMA courses.

Well, I don't have any experience with that, and he's only 13, so it's just kind of interesting.

I do.

So, I was briefly excited hearing about them in here being potentially useful (I've taken a TON of those over the years)!!

I was in the CAP in the 80's. Lot of opportunity to do search and rescue and learn how the air force does things. Even got sent to an actual (if, abbreviated) military school. Pretty neat for a kid...

He is obsessed with it!!!  OMG, he loves it so much.  There are so many opportunities to do cool stuff, it's unbelievable.  He has flown a Cessna twice now, and is considering getting his pilot's license.  He can do it for free 5 times, and after that, only pays $10 per flight!!  Their mission at this point is to try to get kids to love flying, and then to help them get their pilots license for as cheap as possible.  Basically, they will help pay for everything, lots of pilots giving their time to train, etc.  It's awesome.