PUBS107 Emergency Management Exercise/Design and Disaster Recovery

Department of Social & Behavioral Science: Social & Behavioral Science Department Archive

  1. Course Number and Title

    PUBS107 Emergency Management Exercise/Design and Disaster Recovery Course No Longer Offered

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250 minutes

  4. Prerequisites

    PUBS106 (C or better)

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    None

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course prepares a student to design, plan, conduct, and evaluate exercises to determine community preparedness. Critical issues examined in this course will include: coordination, business recovery, damage assessment, hazard vulnerability analysis, risk management and agency interaction.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      The student will be able to:
      1. describe the theory of pre-planning;
      2. describe the concept of planning, designing, and conducting disaster drills and develop the appropriate documentation;
      3. identify and describe the process for evaluation of disaster drills and emergency management exercises;
      4. describe coordination and working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a declared disaster;
      5. describe the concept of continuity of services and conduct the appropriate exercise;
      6. describe disaster recovery and related issues;
      7. describe the concept of business recovery;
      8. identify resources available to provide assistance during disaster recovery;
      9. describe the concept of damage assessment and available resources; and
      10. identify and complete FEMA forms for disaster fund recovery.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      1. Introduction, Course Outline, Student Responsibilities
      2. Pre-Planning
      3. Disaster Drill Planning, Design, Implementation and Evaluation
      4. Interagency Coordination of Exercises
      5. Working with FEMA for Disaster Recovery
      6. Role of the Insurance Industry in Disaster Recovery
      7. Disaster Recovery Resources
      8. Continuity of Services
      9. Debriefing and Response Analysis
      10. Current Disaster Declaration Reviews

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals: � Not Applicable

    4. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

    5. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

        Textbook (s) approved by the Department

        Various Handouts Provided In Class

        See Course Format

    6. Teaching Methods Employed

      The instructor uses lecture, power point, video, and selected handouts for the class presentations.

    Review/Approval Date - 6/06; Archived 11/12