FFP 2800 - Emergency Management Public Education Programs

College of Public Safety Administration

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2021 (595)

Course Description

This course provides a study of the design, development and delivery of public disaster safety education and programs including: methods of identification of disaster safety programs; the selection of target programs and strategies to affect reduction; methods of designing and implementing information and education programs; methods of evaluating a program's impact. Studies include theoretical and practical skills training in individual, group and mass media communications, instructional skills, planning priorities, and evaluation techniques.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will understand how to design emergency management public education programs by:
    1. identifying community hazards.
    2. integrating preparedness measures with community needs.
    3. identifying community population.
    4. identifying community resources.
    5. coordinating design with other agencies.
  2. The student will demonstrate how to implement emergency management public education programs by:
    1. utilizing the media such as:
      1. print
      2. radio/television.
    2. coordinating strategies with federal/state agencies.
    3. employing appropriate techniques for the target population.
  3. The student will understand methods of delivering emergency management public education programs to target populations by:
    1. delivering programs.
    2. identifying cost effectiveness.
  4. The student will demonstrate how to manage emergency management public education programs by:
    1. developing a budget.
    2. identifying potential donors.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of this course the student will, with a minimum of 70 percent accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

Effective Session 19962 We asked the SCNS to accept this course as EAM 2005, but they rejected the whole EAM prefix and sent this back as FFP 2012, effective Session 19982. 3 year review 2000 refmt. # chg/field review eff 20021. 3 Year Review 2004. 3 Year Review 2008. C&I Approval: 11/19/1996, BOT Approval: 12/17/1996, Effective Term: Fall 2008 (400). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2021 (585).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2021 (595)

Related Programs

  1. Emergency Administration and Management (EAM-CT) (625) (Active)
  2. Homeland Security and Emergency Management (EAM-AS) (640) (Active)
  3. Public Safety Administration (PSA-TR) (670) (Active)