Institute for Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness
Fall 2009 schedule
All classes are held at 901 South Media Line Road Media, PA 19063
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DCCC has the training you need
For police and fire personnel, emergency medical service providers, government officials, office managers, private businesses, transportation providers, utility providers, school administrators, and the community at large.
- Increase your awareness of issues, policies and procedures in emergency management
- Address planning, unified command, risk hazard identification and assessment
- Increase your ability to lead or assist in the incident command process
- Enhance your skills and credentials as a responder
- Gain insight into the impact of environmental, safety and health concerns on emergency management
- Improve your communications and coordination efforts with other responders
- Practice your emergency response skills through hands-on projects, tabletop exercises and drills
Emergency Preparedness Certificate Programs
Certificate in Homeland Security
Security since September 11, 2001 has taken on new meaning in our everyday lives. The security of our transportation systems, our ports, our business and industry and how we routinely address our security issues have been altered. Security concerns have ratcheted up in our inability to move about freely, to live like we did prior to that fateful day in September 2001.
Security is no longer an alarm system or a security officer patrolling the premises. Security has taken on new meaning and new methodologies in today’s world. The ability to identify security risks, analyze their potential and work to mitigate the associated risk while allowing the freedom of movement for employees, student or the general public is now a sophisticated business model.
- What are the security issues we face today in keeping us safe?
- What is risk in the security arena?
- How do we analyze risk?
- What role does the security officer play in the security process?
- What is security on a global basis?
The Certificate in Homeland Security will provide answers to these issues, discuss these topics at length, analyze the potentials and venture into the new world of security. The coursework includes:
- Introduction to Security
- Security Issues in Today’s World
- Elements of an Effective Security Program
- Security Risk Analysis
- The Role of the Security Officer and Facility Security Plans
Certificate in Firefighter Safety
In the past two year period, more than 200 firefighters nationally have died in Line-of-Duty incidents. Thousands more have been injured, many seriously. None of us has any desire to be part of those statistics. We all know that whether we are in the process of responding to an emergency, working at the scene or returning to the station afterwards, there are inherent risks involved.
- How do we deal with those risks?
- What steps can we take to prevent such incidents?
- How do we keep risk to a manageable level?
Our experience has shown that we need to be alert for the various factors that lead to job-related injury or illness. These questions and many others will be addressed as part of the NEW Certificate in Firefighter Safety. The coursework includes:
- Firefighter Safety Seminar
- Basement and Garage Fires
- Residential and Garden Apartment Fires
- Strip Mall and Supermarket Fires
Certificate in Emergency Management
This program will prepare the individual to participate in the planning and management of response to a localized emergency incident. The coursework includes:
- Introduction to Emergency Management
- Introduction to the Incident Command System
- Risk Identification and Assessment
- Introduction to Emergency Planning
- Leadership in an Emergency
- Drills and Exercises
Advanced Certificate in Incident Management
This program will prepare the individual to participate in the command and management structure of response to a localized emergency incident. The coursework will follow the objectives of the Federal ICS /NIMS coursework and DCCC's Incident Management course (EMS 204). The coursework includes:
- Introduction to Incident Command and NIMS (ICS 100-200-700)
- Introduction to Organizational Roles, Resource Management
and Unified Command (ICS 300) - Intermediate Incident Management (ICS-320)
- Introduction to Area Command and Multi-agency Coordination (ICS-400)
This project is supported by Grant No. 2008-DD-BX-0359 awarded to Delaware County Community College by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions expressed in the seminar do not represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.