Emergency Exercises-Design, Implementation and Evaluation

Catalog description

This course provides insight into the tasks, roles and responsibilities required to design and conduct an emergency management exercise that is a part of a long-term, carefully constructed plan in which exercises help the community prepare for disasters. Students will use a community needs assessment to develop the case for exercises, design an exercise, and outline an evaluation plan aimed at improving competence in all emergency functions. Students will also be introduced to the concept of a comprehensive exercise program used to improve on the four phases of emergency management. The course instruction will follow and meet the guidelines established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency exercise design and evaluation courses and the Department of Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program.