G235 Emergency Planning

G-235: Emergency Planning

Course Length: 16 Hours (2 days)

As course material is now provided through electronic means it is highly recommended students bring a computer, capable of reading a USB flash drive, to the course. Students should also bring a copy of their Emergency Operations Plan (EOP).

Course Description: This program is designed to provide emergency management personnel (planners) with the ability to write comprehensive emergency management plans in concert with Federal, State, local, and tribal plans.

Student manuals and other course material may be downloaded at any time from the PEMA web page (www.pema.gov).

Objectives

At the end of this course, the students should be able to:

• Describe how recent disasters have changed the way governments at all levels should plan.
• Explain how the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 helps State, local, and tribal governments determine and structure their planning requirements.
• Relate emergency planning to National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance and integration.
• Associate planning principles and concepts to the overall planning process.
• Identify how the steps in the planning process can improve both deliberate and crisis action planning.
• Implement the planning process model for future planning efforts.
• Determine which Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) format is best suited to their jurisdictions.