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Dec 05, 2024
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HS 202 - Introduction to Emergency Management Credits: 3 Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Description: This course will provide an overview of emergency management as a career field, discipline and approach to dealing with all-hazards emergency/disaster response. This course will examine major disasters in history and concepts, theory and terminology associated with emergency management.
Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: None. Recommended: None.
Course Category: Occupational This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter Check Course Availability
Course Competencies
- Explain terminology, concepts and theories associated with emergency management.
- Identify the roles and responsibilities and the various functions in emergency management.
- Apply emergency management in tabletop exercises.
- Demonstrate mastery of the FEMA standards for emergency management.
- Characterize the evolution of the Emergency Manager.
- Correlate the resources, mitigation and hazards associated with the Emergency Manager.
- Explain the incident command system.
- Compare preparedness, planning and exercises.
- Categorize disasters.
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