HSM 101 - Introduction to Emergency Management
This course is intended to provide information that will enable persons just entering the profession or expanding their roles to have the ability to work with emergency management issues. The course provides an overview of the characteristics, functions, and resources of an integrated system and how various emergency management services work together in an integration of resources and capabilities. In addition, this course will provide and analysis of current actions and threats impacting emergency management. Emphasis will be placed on how this system is applied to all hazards for all government levels, across the four phases and all functions of emergency management. 3 Credits.