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Emergency Manager Orientation
Description
This comprehensive course assists individuals who are currently or aspire to fulfill the function position as an Emergency Manager. The course will assist with defining the role and origins of emergency management, including understanding your role while identifying major responsibilities of an emergency manager. The course will look at the administrative aspects of emergency management and response to include:
- Mitigation examines vulnerability assessment and mitigation tools
- Preparedness focuses on emergency operations plans,
- Response discusses Emergency Operations Centres, handling the media, and
assessing damage, - Recovery discusses types of assistance and considerations for recovery, and
- Managing the program which will offer assistance with staffing, budgetary, and
training issues for emergency management.
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites required for this course.
Target Audience
- Members of emergency management and health/safety program committees;
- Emergency Management Managers, Coordinators, Administrators and Responders; and
- Personnel responsible for developing, maintaining and implementing emergency
management or response within their organization (for example: Emergency Services, Private and Public Sectors, Indigenous, Governmental and Non- Governmental Organizations, etc.)
Certification
Examination requiring 75% for award of Certificate of Completion.
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