Emergency Management for Homeland Security

Catalog description

Examines the core principles of emergency management: prevention, mitigation, communication, response, and recovery. Focuses on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 2011 Whole of Community approach to emergency management. Will assess emergency management's civil defense legacy to the current all-hazards role applied at the federal, state, and local levels. Students will examine the role of emergency managers in the homeland security framework through case studies. Incorporates real-world catastrophes that may occur immediately prior to/during the course semester.