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May 16, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HSPS 214 - Disaster Response and Recovery Operations
PREREQUISITES: HSPS 101 - Introduction to Homeland Security , HSPS 111 - Principles of Emergency Management .
PROGRAM: Homeland Security/Public Safety
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2019
Focuses on the consideration of future approaches to reducing damage from natural hazards, aimed at breaking the cycle of disaster/rebuilding/disaster through pre-disaster hazard mitigation programs and policies. These proactive approaches seek to stem the tide of losses from repetitive damage incurred by development within known hazard areas, such as floodplains, storm surge areas, and earthquake fault zones. Review of disaster policies that focus on preparation, mitigation, and recovery of past disasters.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Understand the overlap between response and recovery.
- Describe the disaster response process.
- Distinguish between accidents, emergencies, and disasters.
- Describe preparedness activities.
- Understand governmental response and action at all levels of government.
- Describe hazards to public safety.
- Recognize which approach is most applicable for any given disaster situation.
- Define response, recovery, mitigation and preparedness.
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of the different response agencies.
- Describe post-disaster operations.
- Describe the different federal response plans and framework.
- Describe disaster declarations.
- Evaluate and select the appropriate protective action for the affected population.
- Understand the process for seeking federal disaster declarations.
- Know how to set up an Emergency Operations Center and work closely with others in it.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Disasters plans
- Declarations
- Planning process
- Mitigation pre- and post-disaster operations
- Recovery
- Human behavior
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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