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- Discuss the history of emergency management in the United States.
- Explain the importance of maintaining a continuous planning process.
- Outline the guidelines for developing an emergency plan.
- Describe the private sector’s role in emergency management.
- Identify natural hazards that affect the United States.
- Relate technological hazards to their causes and effects.
- Discuss man-made hazards and how they impact the private sector.
- Summarize how hazard risks are assessed by security professionals.
- Examine mitigation tools available to emergency planners.
- Recall federal and private sector disaster mitigation programs.
- Describe FEMA’s Whole Community concept and the National Disaster Prevention Framework.
- Explain how businesses and non-governmental organizations prepare for emergencies.
- Identify the elements of an Active Shooter Response Plan.
- Discuss the purpose of the Incident Command System, (ICS) and how it functions.
- Recognize how the federal government provides assistance in the aftermath of a declared disaster.
- Paraphrase how the National Response Framework works, and how it coordinates the efforts of organizations in the sector.
- Summarize how to develop a long-term recovery plan for the private sector.
- Discuss the purpose and objective(s) of an effective disaster communications strategy.
- Identify the audiences who should receive disaster communication.
- Explore disaster communications using social media.
- Relate emerging challenges and opportunities related to emergency management practices.