Emergency Response Management & Risk Assessment
Introduction
Emergency Response Management & Risk Assessment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This introductory course presents the basic theories, principles, and approaches to comprehensive emergency management. The main purpose is to introduce students to the discipline of emergency management, and to familiarize students with fundamental concepts, methods, and issues in mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
will be presented. Upon completion of this course students should be able to:
• Critically reflect on the relationship of humans with planet earth, and the interaction of natural hazards with human risk and vulnerability.
• Understand the need for emergency/disaster management, and how they interlink with sustainable development. • Discuss emergency and disaster situations affecting people across the world today.
• Explain the framework of comprehensive emergency management and its mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery phases.
• Understand the variety of hazards that exist and discuss hazard-specific and all-hazard approaches to emergency management.
• Explain various aspects of emergency preparedness in theory and practice, including government preparedness and public education, and obstacles to effective preparedness measures.
• Describe the main activities of the emergency response phase, such as early warning, evacuation, needs assessment, and search and rescue.
• Understand the main concepts, functions and activities associated with disaster recovery, with an emphasis on reconstruction efforts and fostering resilience.
• Explain the main players, processes and agreements shaping emergency mitigation and responses internationally.
• Articulate the function of Emergency Operation Centres (EOCs) and the Incident Management System (IMS) in disaster management.
• Critically reflect on the role of media, social media, and disaster communications in disaster/emergency management.