EMAP 1440 Disaster Exercise Design and Evaluation

Twelve-step process in the development of emergency management exercises, beginning with assessing a jurisdiction's exercise needs and continuing through criteria-based evaluation and after-action reporting.  Provides students with detailed information concerning the system for command, control, and coordination of emergency response.  This course is equivalent to the Texas Department of Emergency Management and the Federal Management Agency course G920.

Semester Hours

4

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

2

End-of-Course Outcomes

Describe the twelve-step process in disaster exercise design; identify the four types of emergency plan exercises; describe the purposes for exercise design; and utilize evaluation tools developed in this course.