**[IDT-452 Current Trends in Emergency Management]{.underline}**

3 Semester Credit Hours

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Drabek, Thomas E., Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for
Local Government. International City Management Association (ICMA)

[Catalogue Description]{.underline}

This course was designed to provide students the knowledge of emergency
management and the philosophy of emergency planning for community,
business and industry. Students will develop a management perspective on
issues, concerns, and constraints effective to emergencies that
responders must think about today.

Prerequisite: None

Course Objectives

The student will be able to:

> 1\. Cite the fundamentals of emergency planning and the Comprehensive
> Emergency Management (CEM) concept
>
> 2\. Explain the reason why the planning process is essential to
> effective community emergency response.
>
> 3\. Recognize some basic environmental legislation, hazardous material
> planning and employee protection.
>
> 4\. Describe the major components of Tide Dl Superfund Amendments and
> Reauthorization Act (SARA).
>
> 5\. Describe the fundamentals of the emergency management system
>
> 6\. Differentiate the organizational structure of the Local Emergency
> Planning Committee (LEPC) and the State Emergency Response Commission
> (SERC).
>
> 7\. Explain why both government and the business community should form
> a partnership in dealing with emergencies.

[Course Outline]{.underline}

I. Introduction to Emergency Planning and Tide HI

A.  The Need For Emergency Planning

    1.  Overview

    2.  Need for Planning

    3.  Common Pitfalls in Planning

B.  The Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM) Approach

    1.  Overview

    2.  Comprehensive Emergency Management Factors

    3.  Functional Approach to CEM

C.  Understanding Super Fund Reauthorization Act (SARA Tide ffl)

    1.  The Legislative Base of Tide m

    2.  Other Tide III Provisions

    3.  Organizational Structure, Member Selection, and Role Definition
        for the LEPC and SERC

D.  Community Awareness And Public Responsibility

> 1\. What is involved in Community Right-to-Know

2.  What Preventive Measures Can the Community Take to Avoid a Disaster

II\. The Assessment Phase of Contingency Planning

A. Hazard Analysis

> 1\. Development of Data Using Hazards Analysis

2.  Identification and Classification of Hazardous Materials

3.  Vulnerability Analysis

4.  Risk Analysis

> B. Capability Assessment

1.  Transportation Capability Assessment

2.  Fixed-Site Capability Assessment

III\. The Planning Phase of Contingency Planning

> A. Introduction to Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning
>
> 1\. Essential SARA Planning Requirement
>
> 2\. Effective Methods of Coordination and Group Management

B. Determination of The Appropriate Response Level

> 1\. Response revels for Three Basic Types of Emergency Conditions
>
> 2\. Evacuation as a Protection Action
>
> 3\. Limitations of Evacuation
>
> 4\. Other Protection Actions
>
> C. Coordination With Plans of Other Agencies and Organizations
>
> 1\. Mechanisms of Communication
>
> 2\. Importance of Coordinating Plans
>
> 3\. OSHA/EPA Requirements and CAER Standards

IV\. The Implementation Phase of Contingency Planning

A. Integrating Other Response Plans

> 1\. Overview
>
> 2\. OSHA Regulation and SARA Title ffl
>
> 3\. Industry Emergency HAZMAT Planning
>
> B. Legislation
>
> 1\. Overview of Federal Regulation
>
> 2\. State and Local Codes
>
> C. Using the Media to Educate the Community
>
> 1\. Planning the Education Program
>
> 2\. Public Information Officer
>
> D. Risk Communication
>
> 1\. Public Perceptions
>
> 2\. Risk Communication Strategy
>
> 3\. Common Approaches to Risk Communication

V. The Evaluation Phase of Contingency Planning

> A. Evaluating Your Plan Through Exercises
>
> 1\. Developing the Exercise
>
> 2\. Conducting the Exercise
>
> 3\. Evaluating the Exercise
>
> 4\. Exercise Follow-up

GRADING REQUIREMENTS

1 Quiz 1 15%

2\. Quiz 2 15%

3\. Quiz3 15%

4\. Final Exam 30%

5\. Paper 25%

# BIBLIOGRAPHY

*Disaster Mitigation Guide for Business and Industry*. Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) 1990

*Disaster Planning Guide for Business and Industry*. Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) 1987

*Emergency Management Concepts: For Industry and Business*. Todd
Publications, John C. Hayen, 1988

*Emergency Management Principles and Practice for Industry Government*.
International City Management Association, Washington, D.C., 1991

*T.E. Drabek Hazardous Materials Contingency Planning.* Student Manual.
FEMA7EPA/DOT, SM 311. June 1995

*Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Guide*. National Response Team.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1988

*Integrated Emergency management*. Student Manual, Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)

*The Michigan Right to Know Law*. MIOSHA Handout, Michigan Department of
Labor. Michigan Department of Public Health