Description
This course explores planning methods for preparing public safety personnel, agencies, organizations and communities for disasters. The purpose for this course is to provide the student with an understanding of emergency operations planning at the municipal, county, state and federal levels, with attention to emergency planning in business, schools and non- governmental organizations. Course topics include laws and policies related to emergency planning, municipal and county emergency planning, state emergency planning, emergency support functions, mutual aid and the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, federal emergency planning: the Federal Response Framework, Recovery Framework and related doctrine.