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2.00 Credits
Principles of Emergency Management is intended to provide information that will enable persons just entering the profession or expanding their roles to have the ability to work with emergency management issues. The course provides an overview of the characteristics, functions and resources of an integrated emergency management system and how various emergency management services work together in an integration of resources and capabilities. Emphasis will be placed on how this system is applied to all hazards for all government levels, across the four phases and all functions of emergency management. F/S (C, S)
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1.00 Credits
Public Safety Critical Incident Management provides students with information relevant to public safety forces (fire, police and emergency medical services) roles and responsibilities when responding to an emergency. Additionally, the course also provides information dealing with support service agencies and emergency situations. The course provides information to encourage cooperation of all groups and agencies at the scene of an emergency, with a key component focusing on the goals and critical tasks of each public safety agency operating at a given scene. F/S (C, S)
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1.00 Credits
Developing Volunteer Resources allows students to learn the necessary skills to be able to make appropriate volunteer assignments, structure programs to maintain or increase the skill levels of volunteers and motivate volunteers to both maintain readiness and operate effectively during emergency situations. F/S (C, S)
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide Resource Management Coordinators with the knowledge and skills they need to perform resource management functions within the overall framework of the emergency operations center (EOC). This performance- based course is intended to introduce local officials (i.e., representatives of local governments and leaders of local voluntary organizations) to the concept of donations management and their roles and responsibilities in the donations management process. F/S (C, S)
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3.00 Credits
The Public Information Officer (PIO) Basic course provides students with the basic skills needed to perform public information duties as they relate to emergency management. The course focuses on the definition of the job of the public information officer. The course assists participants with building the skills needed for this position, such as oral and written communications, understanding and working with the media and the basic tools and techniques PIOs need to do the job. F/S (C, S)
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3.00 Credits
Planning is an essential function of an effective emergency management program and serves as a tool for emergency professionals in improving disaster management and public safety policies. The Emergency Response Planning course provides emergency management and public safety personnel with the knowledge, skills and ability to develop or enhance their Comprehensive Emergency Management plans. The course will highlight the importance of building an integrated system for emergency planning that uses multi-agency teams to address mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. F/S (C, S)
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2.00 Credits
The Emergency Management Leadership course is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to lead and influence others in the demanding setting of emergency management by increasing their range of skills in a variety of interpersonal areas: conflict management, use of power group dynamics, leadership and influence. Students are taught to clearly identify problems and their root causes as an important step in the process to be able to determine the appropriate type of decision-making style. Using a suggested process of problem solving, participants will be able to apply creative solutions to both emergency and non-emergency situations in an emergency management situation. Students may not receive credit for both course and PSY 211. Prerequisite: ER 150. F/S (C, S)
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1.00 Credits
The Basic Incident Command System course is designed to increase the participants' knowledge and understanding of the Incident Command System. Utilizing lectures and small group activities, participants will acquire the ability to organize and manage an incident through implementing the ICS. The material covered during the course includes an introduction to the principles and features of ICS, organizational overview, incident facilities, incident resources and common responsibilities of key ICS positions. Prerequisite: ER 152. F/S (C, S)
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1.00 Credits
The Public Safety Emergency Response to Terrorism course provides the knowledge and skills needed by public safety forces that respond to terrorists acts. The course provides public safety and related support personnel the information to understand terrorism, its root causes and motivations. The course provides methods to enable students to recognize circumstances indicating a potential terrorist attack and to protect themselves from a variety of potential dangers. Prerequisite: Open to ER students only or POI. F/S (C, S)
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2.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic concepts and operations applicable in a disaster environment, particularly for major disasters, and enhance understanding of what the proper roles and responsibilities of various local and state emergency management officials. Students will study the many disciplines for response and recovery and discuss who they are, why they matter and how these roles and responsibilities relate to those carried out by the federal government. To foster multi-level partnership, the course emphasizes the problem-solving aspects of disaster operations as well as associated coordination requirements. Prerequisite: ER 150. F/S (C, S)
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