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GettinMyBA · #4 (**permalink**) 03-19-2008, 02:29 PM

Moderators, pls consider making this a sticky. I'm gonna get really detailed here:

All, this is great news for anyone who is planning on doing FEMA courses and having them sent to Excelsior via Frederick Community College (FCC)..... Don't do it! Excelsior accepts the FEMA credits when transcribed thru FCC and Clackamus Community College (CCC). We all know and talk about Frederick, but it didn't seem like anyone's tried CCC...

After a long conversation with Clackamus, I learned that they are $30 per course (not per credit!!) versus FCC's $60 per credit! Some of the FEMA courses are 2 credit courses which means $30 if done thru CCC and $120 if done thru FCC.

Here's how/what to do:
Don't bother going to Clackamas' main webpage - you'll never find what you need, but it's here if you want to see it. Go directly to their Criminal Justice/Emergency Management site and read that page (program introduction) fully.
- At the bottom of the page, click 'Program Overview' (a PDF file). They accept all the courses tagged with an 'F' in the first column. Note the EM numbers of the courses you took (or will take) - you will need those numbers on the registration form.
- Hit the 'back' button on your browser and then get the 'Emergency Management Registration Form' (also a PDF). Halfway down the page, the 6-digit course is the EM number of the course.

You should bank all your FEMA courses that you intend on completing ($30 per course, no additional fees). Once you are finished with all you'll do, then you pay only $5 to have a transcript sent to EC.

There's one additional step which I didn't quite understand fully... the woman said that FEMA will send u a certificate and you need to send the certificate on to them, I guess.

Anyway - the very helpful woman that I spoke to is named Diana Sheppard and she knows every nook & cranny of detail. She's at 503-657-6958, Ext. 2064

HOPE THIS SAVES A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF MONEY!!!!