#BU-04-35 An Introduction to Emergency Planning and Preparedness
About Course
Coventry UniversityDescription
Explore the key steps in emergency planning
When preparing a community for an incident, creating plans for identified risks and implementing mitigation measures is key.
Responding to a fire is different to responding to a flood. Different actions and different resources are needed for each of these scenarios.
This course will introduce you to some of the key concepts of emergency planning. You will explore the relationship between the type of emergency and the type of response in order to understand how these dependencies shape the emergency plan.
What topics will you cover?
- Introduction to emergency planning and preparedness terminology.
- How to identify effective emergency planning and preparedness.
- The relationship between the type of emergency and the plan.
- The emergency planning cycle.
- How to prepare an emergency plan.
Who will you learn with?
An Emergency Planner, specialising in crowd safety. Course Director for the MSc degrees in Emergency Management & Resilience, Disaster Management & Resilience, and Crowded Places & Public Safety.
Who developed the course?
Coventry secured gold in the UK Government’s 2017 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and is University of the Year for Student Experience in The Times & The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019.
What Will I Learn?
- Describe what is meant by emergency planning and preparedness.
- Investigate and evaluate emergency plans.
- Design and develop emergency preparedness frameworks.
- Produce an emergency plan.
Topics for this course
Welcome
Why is good emergency planning and preparedness important?
Welcome to the course00:03:53
Learning at Coventry
Explanation of the terminology00:01:39
Poor emergency planning and its consequences
Responding to different types of emergency
I have to admit, the course initially seemed long, however, there is very useful information regarding past and current Safety measures to take regarding Emergency planning.
Enjoyed getting more information on how to do incident and investigations the Tutor was very good and clear.
This course is perfect because it breaks down everything to the lowest level and puts all the theory you learn into practice!
It make me improve my safety knowledge and skill surely.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- Anybody with an interest in emergency planning and preparedness. If you’re looking to study the full MSc Emergency Planning Management and Resilience degree, or are working in or planning a career in the emergency planning and preparedness world, this course is for you.
- Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.