Emergency Management Training for First Responders

Certificate Program

The growing number of disasters in recent years has placed the field of emergency management in the spotlight. The demand for skills in this field is growing out of necessity and provides many opportunities in both the public and private sector for job seekers.

This multimedia-rich program reflects the practitioner and applied knowledge base, particularly lessons learned at local and state government levels. It is an emergency management program to address all phases of emergency management—the social and environmental processes that generate hazards, hazard/vulnerability analysis, hazard mitigation, emergency response and disaster recovery, emergency response, disaster recovery, as well as emergency planning.

This highly interactive program will give you a solid understanding of emergency management principles and practices. It uses a combination of online presentations, interactive activities, animation, and reading assignments. Presentations provide basic concepts and information. Animated scenarios lead through a disaster where you assume different roles and answer questions about how to proceed through the scenario. The reading assignments provide you with the additional information needed to complete the activity. Students will also work one-on-one with their expert facilitator on essay style activities that require personal in-depth responses to the scenario based emergency situations.

The end result is an excellent understanding of the field of emergency management.

In addition to the online program access and expert facilitator, each student will receive five top Emergency Management textbooks which will be used extensively to complete the program. Upon registration, you will be given six months to complete this program. If you need more time, a six month extension is available upon request at no additional charge.

Program Objectives

• 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.

Who Should Attend

The intended audience for this program is individuals who have either no or minimal knowledge of the emergency management field, and would like to learn the skills necessary to get an entry-level position.

Program Highlights