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EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s<br />

<strong>Emergency</strong> response to criminal and<br />

terrorist Incidents (g357)<br />

The primary goals of this course include increasing<br />

safety by describing hazards that may exist at<br />

crime scenes, enhancing evidence preservation and<br />

rescue ef<strong>for</strong>ts, and fostering cooperative working<br />

relationships among all responders through role<br />

and responsibility clarification. The course uses a<br />

combination of instructor-led discussions and video<br />

presentations and concludes with an exercise.<br />

Selection Criteria: The audience <strong>for</strong> this 6 to 8 hour<br />

course consists of persons who will respond to a<br />

criminal or terrorist event. This course is a joint<br />

training ef<strong>for</strong>t that includes firefighters, emergency<br />

medical services, law en<strong>for</strong>cement, public works, and<br />

others with emergency management responsibility<br />

from a local community. It is recommended that<br />

this course be taught to groups from the same<br />

jurisdiction <strong>for</strong> maximum benefit.<br />

Evacuation and re-entry planning<br />

course (g358)<br />

This 12-hour course is designed to provide<br />

participants with the knowledge and skills needed<br />

to design and implement an evacuation and re-entry<br />

plan <strong>for</strong> their jurisdictions. It uses a community’s<br />

vulnerability analysis and evacuation plan. It also<br />

addresses evacuation behavior and recommends<br />

methods to make evacuation and re-entry more<br />

efficient.<br />

This course does not address the decision to evacuate<br />

or re-enter.<br />

Selection Criteria: The persons responsible <strong>for</strong> planning,<br />

implementing, and carrying out evacuations<br />

within a jurisdiction must attend this course as a<br />

team. This includes, but is not limited to, local and<br />

State government emergency program managers,<br />

emergency planners, and response personnel.<br />

93<br />

workshop: partnerships <strong>for</strong> creating<br />

and maintaining spotter groups (g365.3)<br />

This 5-hour workshop emphasizes the valuable<br />

service that spotter groups provide to protect<br />

lives during hazardous weather and flooding. This<br />

activity is intended to promote the creation and<br />

enhancement of spotter groups across the country.<br />

It includes a wide variety of tools and approaches<br />

to help make spotter groups a key part of effective<br />

community warning systems. This workshop should<br />

be delivered jointly by emergency management and<br />

National Weather Service staff.<br />

Selection Criteria: State and local emergency managers<br />

and National Weather Service staff.<br />

mass fatalities Incident response (g386)<br />

This course prepares local and State response<br />

personnel and other responsible agencies and<br />

professionals to handle mass fatalities effectively<br />

and to work with the survivors in an emergency<br />

or disaster.<br />

This course covers incident management, mass<br />

fatalities, planning be<strong>for</strong>e and operations during<br />

an incident, establishing the morgue, family<br />

assistance support operations, and assistance from<br />

the Federal government. The course concludes<br />

with a tabletop exercise.<br />

Selection Criteria: The course is designed <strong>for</strong> a wide<br />

audience, encompassing the range of personnel with<br />

a role to play in mass fatality incidents. Coroners,<br />

medical examiners, funeral directors, heads of first<br />

response agencies (fire, police, EMS, etc.), planners,<br />

and emergency management coordinators will<br />

benefit from this course.<br />

Course Length: 17 hours<br />

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