Assignment:
Catalog Description
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the need to plan for the possibility of a terrorist event on the local level. A terrorist event could take place that restricts or retards the state and federal government's response to a local community. The course will give the student the tools needed to prepare a local agency for immediate response to an event in his or her community. The course will give an introduction to the National Incident Management System and will provide the student with the information necessary to ensure local government compliance with federal law.
Text(s)
Walsh, D. W., et al. (2012). National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice. (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-8187-3. ISBN-10: 0-7637-8187-8
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC
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Saint Leo University Core Value:
Community. Saint Leo University develops hospitable Christian learning communities everywhere we serve. We foster a spirit of belonging, unity, and interdependence based on mutual trust and respect to create socially responsible environments that challenge all of us to listen, to learn, to change, and to serve.
Course Goals/Objectives
As a result of this course, students will
1. Describe the role of the Saint Leo University core value of Community in designing a local response to terrorism.
2. Relate lessons learned from past incidents and exercises to the needs of local jurisdictions.
3. Recognize the importance of planning for a terrorist attack
4. Obtain the knowledge to prepare a response and containment plan in the event of a terrorist attack.
5. Evaluate existing local plans for response and containment of a terrorist attack.
6. Plan and conduct a training exercise involving a local response to a hypothetical terrorist attack.
7. Obtain the necessary knowledge to prepare a local agency for compliance with the National Incident Management System requirements.
8. Articulate the responsibilities and authority of local government in a terrorist situation.
9. Develop expertise necessary to prepare a local agency for compliance with the National Incident Management System requirements.
Topics
• Assessing the terrorist threat
• Developing the situation and assumptions about a terrorist threat
• Direction and control for terrorist incidents
• Communicating during terrorist incidents
• Disseminating warnings during terrorist incidents
• Emergency public information
• Taking protective action during a terrorist incident
• Planning for mass care following a terrorist incident
• Planning health and medical needs in a terrorist incident
• Managing resources in a terrorist incident
• Roles and responsibilities in a terrorist incidentCourse Policies
Students with Disabilities:
Appropriate academic accommodations and services are coordinated through the Office of Disability Services, which is located in Kirk Hall Room 121. Students with documented disabilities who may need academic accommodation(s) should email their requests to [email protected] call x8464.
For more information, please review the Policy and Procedure Manual on the Disability Services web page.