EM 420 - Research Applications in Emergency Management

Institution:

Western Illinois University

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Description:

Introduction to research methods in emergency management including scientific method and model and hypothesis development and testing. Utilization of real-time and historic databases for immediate, intermediate, and long-term research needs for hazard and risk assessment and other planning purposes. Prerequisite: EM 305. Weapons of Mass Destruction in Health Science. (3) Provides an overview of weapons of mass destruction from the health sciences and emergency management perspectives. Examination of various forms of weapons of mass destruction and discussion of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention practices facing future professionals is included. Prerequisites: Chem 101 and EM 304, or permission of instructor. Business and Industry Emergency Management. (3) Provides an analysis of governmental emergency management, legal requirements, employee and business disaster awareness and preparedness, public policy considerations, and coordination of community outreach. Prerequisite: EM 304 or permission of instructor. ( formerly OS 477) Disaster and Fire Defense Planning. (3) Covers disaster and fire defense planning, and the interrelationship between those two areas. The concepts and principles of community risk assessment and regional and cooperative procedures and plans, and the relationship of structural, climatic, and topographical variables to group fires, conflagrations, and natural disasters will be discussed. Prerequisites: acceptance into the Open Learning Fire Service Program for inservice fire/ safety personnel by the Director of Nontraditional Programs, or permission of the instructor. ( formerly OS 478) Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials. (3) The role of the fire service in planning for, responding to, and managing hazardous material incidents. Prerequisite: permission of the Director of Nontraditional Programs.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wiu.edu

Phone Number:

(309) 295-1414

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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