Disaster Response and Recovery ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course provides an in-depth understanding of major principles of Disaster Response and Recovery. Learning will focus on two disaster phases which are components of Comprehensive Emergency Management approach namely Response and Recovery. During the Response phase, multiple agencies and communities work towards saving lives, minimizing further damage, and stabilizing impacted communities. This process includes interdependent communication, coordination, continuity, and collaboration between agencies and communities. Specific Response activities include search and rescue, sheltering, critical infrastructure repair, debris and volunteer management. Recovery is a multi-agency process through which multiple agencies and communities work towards restoration, rebuilding, rehabilitation and resilience activities. Some activities covered in this course include business continuity planning, social psychological recovery, identifying and securing recovery resources. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: n/a.