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Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Disaster Response Operations and Management—Upper Division College Course

Documents below are in MS Word or Adobe PDF format.

  • Title Page - Preface - Table of Contents - 42KB Word

  • Session 1: Course Introduction and Overview - 181KB Word

  • Session 2: The Nature of Disaster - 89KB Word

  • Session 3: Overview of Disaster Response Operations and Management - 116KB Word

  • Session 4: Actors, Roles and Responsibilities I - 102KB Word

  • Session 5: Actors, Roles and Responsibilities II - 77KB Word

  • Session 6: Actors, Roles and Responsibilities III - 73KB Word

  • Session 7: Response Myths, Exaggerations and Realities - 69KB Word

  • Session 8: The Traditional Approach to Disaster Management - 86KB Word

  • Session 9: The Professional Approach to Disaster Management - 82KB Word

  • Session 10: Hazard Detection and Plan Implementation - 101KB Word

  • Session 11: Warning- 109KB Word

  • Session 12: Evacuation - 95KB Word

  • Session 13: Sheltering - 99KB Word

  • Session 14: Search and Rescue - 125KB Word

  • Session 15: Emergency Medical Care and Triage - 178KB Word

  • Session 16 - Mass Fatality Management - 128KB Word

  • Session 17 - Managing the Media - 173KB Word

  • Session 18 - Donations Management - 150KB Word

  • Session 19 - Volunteer Management - 117KB Word

  • Session 20: Damage Assessment and Disaster Declaration - 212KB Word

  • Session 21: Debris Management - 155KB Word

  • Session 22: Individual and Public Assistance - 120KB Word

  • Session 23: Critical Incident Stress Management - 186KB Word

  • Session 24 - Midterm Exam - 68KB Word

  • Session 25-32: Responding to Natural Disasters - 135KB Word

  • Session 33: Responding to Technological Disasters - 128KB Word

  • Session 34: Responding to Acts of Terrorism - 160KB Word

  • Session 35: Assisting Special Populations - 120KB Word

  • Session 36: Decision Making and Politics - 119KB Word

  • Session 37: Communications and Coordination - 123KB Word

  • Session 38: Record Keeping, Transportation and Legal Issues - 141KB Word

  • Session 39: Incident Command - 120KB Word

  • Session 40: Emergency Operations Centers - 106KB Word

  • Session 41: National Incident Management System (NIMS) - 118KB Word

  • Session 42: Using Technology in Response - 120KB Word

  • Session 43: Preparing for Response Operations and Management - 128KB Word

  • Session 44: Improvisation, Creativity, Flexibility and Successful Responses - 106KB Word

  • Final Exam - 70KB Word

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