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This 20-hour self-paced course (originally designed as a 50-hour instructor-led course, with a $350 fee) is designed to cover Emergency Management threats and hazards associated with water and is based on the book Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water. You do not need to purchase the book or e-book version to complete this course, but it is highly recommended. The e-book’s price varies, but is somewhere around $75 and includes the ability to download it and then click through reference links, etc.
The course will follow the disaster phase cycle of preparedness (protection/prevention), response, recovery, and mitigation. It will also outline distinct actions and missions to reduce or eliminate adverse impacts from both threats and hazards. Students will find connections to allied fields such as meteorology, hydrology, homeland security, healthcare, and more. The course examines many of the distinct differences and variances within the specific scope of water-related incidents, crises, emergencies, and disasters. It provides examples and practical strategies for protection/prevention, response, recovery, and mitigation against adverse impacts to people, property, and organizations. It also covers the organization used by emergency management practitioners (incident command system elements, disaster cycle phases, etc.), which will help align the academic world of emergency management education to both the practice and the training in the emergency management field.