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Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders (AWR-310)

Natural Disaster Awareness for Community Leaders (AWR-310)

Delivery Date:
09/24/2015
Time:
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (US/Eastern)
Location:
Valhalla, New York
Instructor(s):
Christopher Tarantino
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Course Description
Status:
FEMA Certified
Description:

Community leaders have the opportunity to enhance their community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against all forms of disasters. This course helps to enhance understanding of natural disasters, risk assessment in the context of disaster management, prevailing emergency management procedures and operations, and the different vulnerability factors that exist within the community.

This course also provides community leaders with an understanding of the necessary plans and tools needed in planning for natural disasters, and will help them to better understand and identify individuals and groups best equipped to address response and recovery requirements in the case of an actual disaster.

Course Modules:

  • Disaster Risk and Resilience
  • Social Capital
  • Growing Social Capital
Target Audience:
  • Citizen/Community Volunteers
    • Religious Organizations
    • Business Community
    • Civic Groups
  • Emergency Managment
  • Government Administrative
    • Elected Officials
    • Community Outreach
Course Level:
Awareness
Prerequisites:

None. This is an introductory course. 

Requirements:

None

Course Flyer:
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ASFPM Credit Units:
3.5 Continuing Education Credits
IACET Credit Units:
0.3 Continuing Education Units
IAEM (E) Credit Units:
4.0 Emergency Management Training Credit Hours
Registration Information
Seats Available:
1
Registration Closes:
09/24/2015
Host Agency:
Westchester County Department of Emergency Management
Contact Person:
Mary Wrobel
518-242-5003
mary.wrobel@dhses.ny.gov
Special Note:
PM Training
Participants must register on The Statewide Learning Management System (SLMS) https://www.nyslearn.ny.gov/ will be used for course registration if you already have an account within SLMS please choose SLMS Login, if you are new to the system please choose “First Time Logging in”. Please click on the link below for information on how to validate/obtain an account within the New York State Learning Management System http://www.dhses.ny.gov/training/slms/SLMS_ExternalUserRegistration.pdf
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