Community Resilience for Senior Leaders

This course examines the role of public information in all-hazards incident management and provides practical training in crisis communication techniques.  In a major incident, it is imperative that community leaders, incident managers, and Public Information Officers (PIOs) are prepared to communicate with the public through traditional and social media. The course consists of three modules.The first module reviews the topics of terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), national response structures, incident management, and government and agency roles.  Participants learn about the passing of information to the public in WMD terrorism, or other all-hazards incident and the function of joint information operations.The second module covers issues unique to interacting with members of the media to help you build more effective relationships and avoid common mistakes when providing information to the press and public. The module includes a mock press conference exercise in which the class is broken into groups to prepare for and conduct press conference exercise in which the class is broken into groups to prepare for and conduct press conferences based on fictional WMD, terrorism and all-hazards incident scenarios.  These scenarios are taken from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Planning Scenarios.The third module introduces the crisis communication life cycle and crisis communication planning.  A six-phase cycle is discussed, with public information objectives and key actions for managing each phase provided.  Participants learn how to create a crisis communication plan and develope a crisis communication team to execute it.   Show less

This workshop provides an interactive forum to better understand the roles and responsibilities of community leaders as related to all-hazard disaster preparedness, to share proven strategies and best practices, and to enhance coordination among whole of community partners.Participants will introduced.to a basic understanding of planning operational coordination and public information and warning through lecture and group discussions.  The participant will have the opportunity to work through a customized tabletop exercise focused on the strategic objectives faced by senior leaders.  The final activity of the class is the development of an action plan to improve the preparedness posture of the community/organization. Show less

This seminar uses one of four case studies to examine the dynamics of crisis leadership and decision making from an elected or community leaders prospective.  This four-hour seminar explores recent case studies to frame the discussion regarding methods to overcome leadership challenges in planning and responding to a large-scale incident.  The seminar’s outcome is developing individual and jurisdictional action plans to guide improved preparedness and emergency response. Available Case Studies:Hurricane Harvey: Chaos on the Gulf CoastMayhem at Mandalay BayThe Camp Fire: Crisis in CaliforniaFear and Realities: Managing Ebola in Dallas Show less

The goal of the Active Shooter Exercise Development Workshop is to provide first responder and city, county, and state officials with the knowledge, skills and abilities to lead an Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise.ScopePast Active shooter events have proven the need for realistic exercises delivered in the community. This course answers that need by providing a train the trainer (TtT) course on how to design and deliver a Tabletop exercise (TTX). This course will also provide template materials needed to deliver five (5) different TTXs, with one (1) of the five TTXs delivered in the afternoon of the training day.    Show less

Through guided discussions, individual and group activities, the AWR-330 Whole Community Emergency Management Planning Course helps participants identify and better understand the stakeholders and resources within their communities. Students will learn to develop strategies to better incorporate stakeholders into their emergency planning process, with a goal of increasing individual, community, and national resilience to all hazards.  Show less

The goal of this online course is to enhance the safety and security awareness of individuals responsible for organizing, supervising, and supporting after school activities and interscholastic athletics. This course focuses on developing prevention/mitigation, preparedness, and response strategies at after-school activities and interscholastic athletic events. Through interactive online learning modules, participants will develop an increased understanding of risk assessment and management, communications, mitigation and planning, professional development, and best practices. The expectation is for participants to gain an awareness-level knowledge of after-school activity and interscholastic athletic event risk management techniques.This course meets Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) requirements for Risk & Safety Management course #7821. Show less

Participants will learn how to create effective training plans for their agencies and jurisdictions using a whole community approach. Participants will learn a jurisdiction training assessment process in which an integrated assessment team creates a jurisdictional profile and evaluates the jurisdiction’s ability to fully implement their Emergency Operations Plans (EOP). Participants will then be able to identify and catalog training goals and identify ways to meet them by prioritizing training efforts, developing improvement plans, and implementing a course of action.This course meets Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) requirements for MGT-418 Readiness: Training Identification and Preparedness Planning course #78403. Show less