Multi-Hazard Emergency Management For Schools

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This course provided a comprehensive review and analysis of the importance, construct and need for planning, practice, training and testing of our comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (EOP).

Our cohort included groups from Unalaska, Alaska (aleutian islands-Dutch Harbor); Humble,Texas; Aurora, IL; and Stevens Point, WI, presenting a broad based perspective on emergency planning.

In order to maintain a high state of readiness to ensure life safety, Incident stabilization and preserve property, we need to put the plan into action through ongoing practice of drills, tabletops and full scale exercises.

Course Length:
4 full days. Travel days are Sunday and Friday.

Course Description:

This 4-day course provides school district teams with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to review, enhance and sustain an all-hazard school emergency plan (EOP). This course focuses on the phases of incident management and explains how to utilize the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the foundation for planning and building partnerships with outside agencies such as law enforcement, fire and emergency management. In addition, this course will provide participants with opportunities to exercise the school (EOP) emergency plan using Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines as well as guidance on how to sustain the school (EOP) emergency plan through action planning sessions.
The course includes the following units:

• Unit 1: Course Introduction
• Unit 2: Getting Ready for Planning
• Unit 3: Understanding the Situation
• Unit 4: Developing the School Emergency Operations Plan
• Unit 5: Developing Procedures and Functional Annexes
• Unit 6: Developing Hazard- and Incident-Specific Annexes
• Unit 7: Incorporating NIMS into the School Emergency Operations Plan
• Unit 8: Training and Exercising the School Emergency Operations Plan
• Unit 9: Establishing an Action Plan for Sustainability
• Unit 10: Course Summary

Course Goal:

1. Establish an action plan for sustainability.
2. Build partnerships among the State and other disaster response and recovery organizations.
3. Apply skills to develop positive working relationships.

Prerequisite:

Completion of IS-100.SCa (or IS-100.SC) Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100, for Schools is required. In addition, completion of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (IS-700.A/700) is also required.

Target Audience:

School administrators and local first responders interested in comprehensive planning for K-12.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs):

EMI awards 2.8 CEUs for completion of this course.

Location:

National Emergency Training Center (NETC), Emergency Management Institute (EMI), Emmitsburg, Maryland.
For further enrollment information, please refer to the EMI website at http://training.fema.gov/Apply. For course information, contact the EMI course manager, Dawn Warehime at (301) 447-1309, 1-800-238-3358 (ext. 1309), or email Dawn.Warehime@dhs.gov.