Emergency Planning and Response
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Emergency Planning and Response 1:
- Career opportunities, job trends.
- Basic emergency planning.- Knowledge and concepts of public safety.- Role of volunteer agencies in emergency preparedness/response.
- First Aid and CPR certification.
- Exposure to real life personnel in the Emergency Planningand Response field.- Field trips to the Fire Academy.Emergency Planning and Response 2:
- Emergency Management leadership/administrative structure.
- National Response Plan and Homeland Security.
- Critical infrastructure protection.
- NIMS and FEMA Certifications.
- Legal and ethical issues.
- Hazmat identification, decontamination, and treatmentprotocols.- Learn skills of GPS for tracking.- Field Trip to the Emergency Operations Center.Emergency Planning and Response 3:
- Psychological impacts during emergency situations.
- Simulations of disasters and response.
- Armed service agencies as First Responders.- Concepts of Search and Rescue.- Land, air, and water contamination and response.- The role of science in disasters: natural and man made.- Terrorism aspects and the role of First Responders.- Basic concepts of Fire Fighting.
- Employment skills.
- Assessment and plan responses for table top simulation.
- Internships in First Responder fields.- Dual Enrollment - Emergency Medical Responder- Project Based demonstration of 4 year skills.- Policies and procedures related to public policy.- Communication skills.- Disaster Day - Full scale disaster simulation.