EPT 140 Emergency Management

Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course covers the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Topics include organizing for emergency management, coordinating for community resources, public sector liability, and the roles of government agencies at all levels. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of comprehensive emergency management and the integrated emergency management system.

Course is typically offered in Spring
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Analyze the role of emergency management in the public safety sector.
Distinguish the four (4) phases of emergency management.
Explore the roles of the various local, state, and federal agencies that emergency management must interface with during an incident.
Discuss how the roles and responsibilities of emergency management have changed.
Demonstrate the set-up of an emergency operations center.
Describe the organizational structure of emergency management.