HSE 210 - Contingency Planning/Incident Management

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course provides instruction on how to develop an emergency response contingency plan for a facility or community. Students learn that the steps for emergency preparedness include analyzing the hazards, writing and implementing the contingency plans, training employees for an emergency, and evaluating the effectiveness of the contingency plan. Students will develop and implement the Incident Management System through both practical and theoretical case scenarios.

Prerequisite(s): HSE 280
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Devise an emergency management plan with all its key elements.
Describe the organization and coordination required both within a community emergency response organization and between the response organization and private industry.
Explain the importance of various training exercises and drills not only within private industry but with outside resources and the community as well.