[1] The MEMS program curriculum includes online Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) NIMS and ICS courses offered free of charge through FEMA's Emergency Management Institute's (EMI) Independent Study Program.

Those with Senior and Master level qualification will be able to lead and plan incident response efforts of increasing complexity.

[2] The MEMS Badge was designed by the academy's founder and first Commandant (Emeritus), LTC (WA) George H. Heart, Ret., and depicts the historic United States Civil Defense eagle of World War II rampant on a bound laurel wreath, the ancient symbol for victory.

The Master MEMS Badge has a five-pointed star in a circular laurel wreath added above the eagle.

For the older BDU's, there are full-sized subdued black or white on olive drab sew-on patches.