HSEM 200 Emergency Operations Center (2 credits)
Prerequisite HSEM 102 and HSEM 110 with at least a 2.0 grade in each of these classes..
Course Description
This course provides the student with skills and knowledge to manage an Emergency Operations Center (EOC), acquire and control resources, and interface with on-scene responders within Incident Management Systems. Topics include EOC design, preparing, staffing and operating, jurisdictional setting, and the critical link between Incident Management Systems and emergency management operations. Prerequisite: HSEM 110 Basic ICS/NIMS.
Course Content
A. Introduction to Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
B. Functions of the Emergency Operations Center
C. Jurisdictional Setting of the Emergency Operations Center
D. Staffing and Operating the Emergency Operations Center
E. Designing an Emergency Operations Center
F. Incident Management Systems
G. Public Information Officer (PIO) Operations/Information Management
Student Outcomes
A. Introduction to Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
B. Functions of the Emergency Operations Center
C. Jurisdictional Setting of the Emergency Operations Center
D. Staffing and Operating the Emergency Operations Center
E. Designing an Emergency Operations Center
F. Incident Management Systems
G. Public Information Officer (PIO) Operations/Information Management
Degree Outcomes
Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and generate ideas; construct informed, meaningful, and justifiable conclusions; and process feelings, beliefs, biases, strengths, and weaknesses as they relate to their thinking, decisions, and creations.
Program Outcome: Graduates recognize how to access and disseminate information through multiple agencies in order to forecast the risks, types, and orders of magnitude of terrorist threats most likely to confront the nation/state.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
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