EM 200 Emergency Operations Center (2 credits)
Prerequisite EM 102 or EM 105 with a 2.0 grade or concurrent enrollment
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.
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
1. Explain the purpose and management of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
2. List the planning steps for designing a primary and alternate EOC.
3. Relate EOC operations to National Incident Management System (NIMS) requirements, including public information.
Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome
· Apply emergency management program guidance, processes, and protocols to emergency management initiatives that prepare individuals, communities, and organizations for disaster.
· Describe the technical application of emergency management program functions.
Core Learning Outcome
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.
Lecture Contact Hours 20
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 20
Potential Methods
A. Participation in Class Activities
B. Discussion Board
C. Exams and Quizzes,
D. Individual Assignments
E. Individual Projects
F. Written Paper
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