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Emergency Management Training for First Responders

416 -- 300 hours

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Assess the pre-impact conditions that produce disaster vulnerability within communities.
• React effectively to threats from the environment.
• Write a professional emergency plan, understanding the components of the plan, the principles that guide the planning process, and resources that can be used in the planning process.
• Assemble an emergency planning team, motivate the team members, and train the team.
• Balance local needs with federal laws and requirements.
• Protect lives in the initial steps of hazard detection, warning, evacuation, and sheltering.
• Best care for those who have been affected by disasters.
• Manage public relations, donations, and volunteers during a disaster.
• Explore the role of technology in the support of emergency planning, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts.
• Identify the major categories of disasters.
• Assess risk and vulnerability and identify hazards.
• Follow the process for hazard mitigation planning.
• Apply appropriate mitigation tools and techniques to reduce vulnerability.



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