HLND 2000 - Introduction to Emergency Management

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives:

1. Identify the history of emergency management in the United States.
2. Describe how FEMA evolved during the 1980s, 1990s and the early 21st century.
3. Identify the contributing factors that have resulted in the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students given a prescribed natural or technological risk to a specific community, will be able to develop a hazard and risk assessment which identifies community vulnerability.

Objectives:

1. Given a community profile, develop a vulnerability and risk assessment consistent with the National Fire and Emergency Training Center’s criteria for disaster planning.
2. Identify a system used to provide for damage assessment immediately following a natural or technological disaster.
3. Given a list of vulnerable fixed sites, identify the possible short-term and long-term effects of a catastrophe to a community.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will, given a case scenario, identify the disciplines of hazard mitigation.

Objectives:

1. Identify the tools of mitigation.
2. Identify the impediments to mitigation.
3. Identify counterproductive mitigation measures.
4. Describe the federal mitigation programs.
5. Describe at least three examples of nonfederal mitigation grant programs.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will, given a case scenario, be able to demonstrate the ability to determine the necessary resource requirements and provide and manage a proper response.

Objectives:

1. Establish incident priorities and resource requirements for the local response.
2. Establish goals for volunteer groups.
3. Establish incident priorities and resource requirements for state and federal assists.
4. Develop a communication plan among responding agencies consistent with the principles of the incident command system.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the recovery stage of disaster management.

Objectives:

1. Describe the elements of the National Response Plan.
2. Identify a minimum of four National Voluntary Relief Organizations.
3. Describe FEMA’s Individual Assistance Recovery Programs.
4. Prepare a public press announcement.
5. Define the role of the United Nations System in international disaster recovery.

1. Introductions/Course Overview
2. The Historical Context of Emergency Management
3. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment
4. Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
5. Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response
6. Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery
7. Disciplines of Emergency Management : Preparedness
8. Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications
9. Mid-Term Exam
10. International Disaster Management
11. Emergency management and the New Terrorist Threat
12. Case Study Analysis
13. Table Top Exercises
14. Table Top Exercises
15. The Future of Emergency Management
16. Final Exam