Emergency Management and Public Safety Policy
How governments prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and emergencies.
GOVT-440 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Government Studies
Course content
- 1Hazards and riskComing
- 2The emergency management cycleComing
- 3Emergency management law in the United StatesComing
- 4Incident command systemsComing
- 5Roles of each level of governmentComing
- 6Wildfires, floods and extreme weatherComing
- 7Public health emergenciesComing
- 8Critical infrastructureComing
- 9Risk communicationComing
- 10Recovery and rebuildingComing
- 11Building resilienceComing
- 12Lessons from major emergenciesComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How governments prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters and emergencies.
Part of the Arts & Social Sciences stream, typically taken in year 4.