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Critical Incident Command & Emergency Management Planning

Length of Seminar: 2 Days
Instructor: Charles G. Gonglik

Course Overview:
To help your agency, school or entity prepare for the unexpected emergencies that can erupt at any moment; such as, Terrorist Activity, Major Explosions, Chemical Spills, Barricaded Persons, Plane Crashes, etc. Introduce what is needed for proper planning, procedure and policy decisions. Demonstrate how your agency should interact during a multi- agency response situation and how to protect your agency against liability incidents.

Introduction To Hazard Emergency Operation Planning: This session will familiarize the student with the different planning techniques associated with a single or multi-agency response to a critical incident. They will learn how your agency can manage both the critical incident and the normal day to day emergencies. It will show methods how to recover and return your agency to normal operations.

Leaders and Teams For Critical Incident Management: This session will show what is needed to identify the leaders for the management team and how to develop your team.

Past Incidents: Incidents such as Oklahoma City, World Trade Center and other large scale emergency response situations will be discussed to gain insight into the problems that were encountered by the responding agencies.

Liability Issues - Policy & Procedures: The student will learn what documentation is needed to protect their agencies from unwarranted civil action and United States Supreme Court decisions regarding agencies actions.

Incident Command System: The student will learn the principles behind the Incident Command System and how to implement them. They will also learn why the system fits any emergency encountered.

Post Incident Stress: This session deals with how to identify the post traumatic stress and have available the resources to confront this critical issue.

Media: The student will learn the critical elements of public relations during emergency management situations.

Practical Exercises: The students will participate in table top exercises, using the applicable training to manage the situations.

Why Attend?
Regardless the size of your community, the potential for a critical incident is there.

Through a combination of both classroom and practical exercises, this three day training module will help you to develop, plan and prepare for both man made and natural disaster planning.

Whether it is a school basketball game, barricaded persons, county fair, plane crash, explosion, tornadoes, floods or a chemical spill, the need for proper planning, procedures, policy decisions and multi-agency cooperation is essential in response to critical incidents.

Upon Completion:
The attendees will have been provided the knowledge and demonstrate:

• Hazardous Emergency Operation Planning
• How to Develop Leaders and Management Teams
• The Need for Training From Incident Critiques
• The Need for Policy & Procedures
• The Need for Liability Management
• The Need for a Post Traumatic Stress Resources
• The Need for An Incident Command System and How to Implement Them
• The Critical Elements of Public Relations With The Media