EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Program Description
The Emergency Management program is designed to prepare students with the strategic managerial skills necessary to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from any potential man-made or natural disaster event. Students will utilize ECC’s multi-scenario incident command simulator and gain hands-on classroom experience employing comprehensive emergency management knowledge.
Additionally, the constant threat of terrorism and events surrounding situations such as the attacks on the World Trade Center, the documented rise in the number of weather-related disasters and increasingly complex world events with regard to other natural and human-induced disasters provides strong evidence for the immediate and long-term need for welleducated and highly qualified emergency managers.
Students completing the Emergency Management curriculum will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to contribute to the four phases of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Students will be knowledgeable and have an understanding of how individuals, private sector businesses, not-for-profit organizations and all levels of government should mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Students completing the program will be able to face the specific challenges encountered by community leaders and managers.
Traditional students, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel, homeland security officers, safety officers, engineers, scientists, nurses, health care practitioners and social workers in both the public and the private sectors will enhance career opportunities and be better prepared to offer practical strategies and methodologies for effective response.
Learning activities will include: fundamentals in emergency planning; leadership and influence; decision making and problem solving; incident command; national response framework; exercise programs; emergency operations center; simulator training and internships. Graduates will be able to engage, facilitate and encourage community and organizational emergency preparedness to newly recognized national standards.
Degree: Associate in Applied Science
Hegis: 5508
Curriculum Code: 1741
Total Degree Credits: 66.0-67.0
Campus Location: City
Business & Public Service Division