Emergency Planning and Response

Emergency Planning and Response 1:

- Career opportunities, job trends.

- Basic emergency planning.

- Knowledge and concepts of public safety.

- Role of volunteer agencies in emergency preparedness/response.
- First Aid and CPR certification.

- Exposure to real life personnel in the Emergency Planning

and Response field.

- Field trips to the Fire Academy.

Emergency Planning and Response 2:

               - Emergency Management leadership/administrative structure.
               - National Response Plan and Homeland Security.
               - Critical infrastructure protection.
               - NIMS and FEMA Certifications.
               - Legal and ethical issues.

- Hazmat identification, decontamination, and treatment

protocols.

- Learn skills of GPS for tracking.

- Field Trip to the Emergency Operations Center.

Emergency Planning and Response 3:

- Psychological impacts during emergency situations.
- Simulations of disasters and response.

- Armed service agencies as First Responders.

- Concepts of Search and Rescue.

- Land, air, and water contamination and response.

- The role of science in disasters: natural and man made.

- Terrorism aspects and the role of First Responders.

- Basic concepts of Fire Fighting.

               Emergency Planning and Response 4:

               - Employment skills.
               - Assessment and plan responses for table top simulation.

- Internships in First Responder fields.

- Dual Enrollment - Emergency Medical Responder

- Project Based demonstration of 4 year skills.

- Policies and procedures related to public policy.

- Communication skills.

- Disaster Day - Full scale disaster simulation.

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Emergency Planning and Response

Vision:

Mission: