FES 3823 - Planning Methodology for Hazard Mitigation

College of Public Safety Administration

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Fall 2022 (610)

Requisites

Admission to Public Safety Administration (Bachelor of Applied Science) (PSA-BAS) or
Admission to Emergency Management (Advanced Technical Certificate with Financial Aid Eligibility) (EAM-ATC)

Course Description

This course will provide the student with an overview of society’s need for planning for disastrous situations. The lessons will discuss the best practice and proper methodologies required when developing land for farming or construction and disaster preventative measures. The course will also focus on mitigation measures which are required to reduce risk from natural and technological hazards. In addition, the course will provide the student with an understanding of interagency cooperation between emergency responders such as fire departments, police departments, and emergency medical personnel and the emergency manager to prevent or reduce injury and damage from a disaster.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the essential principles for hazard mitigation by:
    1. describing man-made and natural events.
    2. identifying the organizations involved with hazard mitigation.
    3. researching plans for hazard mitigation.
    4. discussing the complexity of hazard mitigation.
    5. discussing innovative plans to forecast and prevent hazards.
  2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of developing strategic plans for hazard mitigation by:
    1. describing the complexity of disasters.
    2. discussing the need for a prepared response to situations.
    3. identifying methods to reduce damages.
    4. identifying policies and procedures regarding response to hazardous situations.
    5. researching the need for land-use planning and building code standardization.
    6. identifying the appropriate response to a situation.
    7. identifying the hazards that will cause the most damage to property and human life.
  3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of innovative research methodologies to assist with hazard mitigation by:
    1. comparing natural hazards with technological hazards.
    2. discussing the need for a collaborative approach to hazard mitigation.
    3. identifying research methods which will result in best practices of hazard mitigation.
    4. discussing appropriate hazard mitigation efforts.
  4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of technological advances in hazard mitigation by:
    1. researching the technology trends and issues of hazard mitigation.
    2. discussing the need for extensive training in hazard mitigation.
    3. developing a model community using the technology trend results.
  5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and need for disaster preparedness, recovery, and response by:
    1. identifying the response methodologies for disasters.
    2. describing the factors that influence a disaster response.
    3. discussing the complexity of disaster recovery.

Criteria Performance Standard

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

History of Changes

SCNS assigned new prefix and #; originally was FFP 3834. 3 Year Review 2008. C&I Approval: 09/14/2004, BOT Approval: 10/19/2004, Effective Term: Spring 2005 (345).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2022 (610)

Related Programs

  1. Emergency Management (EAM-ATC) (585) (Active)
  2. Public Safety Administration (PSA-BAS) (655) (Active)