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

3 credits

2250 minutes

PUBS106 (C or better)

None

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.

Course 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.
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
Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals: � Not Applicable
Assessment Methods for Course Learning Goals
Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Student: