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First
Responder Chaplains offers a variety of
chaplaincy-directed training. This section
discusses the subject-matter that is covered
in the advanced First Responder Chaplain
courses.
A large
majority of these courses were developed by
the Federal Department of Homeland
Security, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and the Emergency
Management Institute.
In our
discussions with representatives of the
Department of Homeland Security, it was
highly recommended that we integrate these
courses into our overall program so that our
senior chaplains and management will be able
to interface and function seamlessly with
the various government entities.
The courses
are challenging but will aid and support you
into becoming world-class First Responder
Chaplains.
The
First Responder Chaplain Association has
chosen to structure our senior programs in
the following manner:
CHAPLAIN LEVEL III – TECHNICIAN
Participants who successfully complete this
course will be able to provide the following
activities within the confines of the
material covered. This course permits
Technician Level Chaplains to issue
directives in the field in an actual
emergency situation traumatic event.
Additional duties may include communication
and joint activities with other governmental
agency leadership.
1.
Introduction To Community Emergency
Response Teams
- 317
2.
National Incident Management System
- 700
3.
Developing, Management and
Utilization of Volunteers
- 244
4.
Principles of Emergency Management
- 230
Introduction To Community Emergency Response
Teams
Community-based preparedness planning
allows us to prepare for and respond to
anticipated disruptions and potential
hazards following a disaster. As
individuals, we can prepare our homes and
families to cope during that critical
period. Through pre-event planning,
neighborhoods and worksites can also work
together to help reduce injuries, loss of
lives, and property damage. Neighborhood
preparedness will enhance the ability of
individuals and neighborhoods to reduce
their emergency needs and to manage their
existing resources until professional
assistance becomes available.
Studies of behavior following disasters have
shown that groups working together in the
disaster period perform more effectively if
there has been prior planning for disaster
response. These studies show that organized
grassroots efforts may be more successful if
they are woven into the social and political
fabric of the community¾neighborhood
associations, schools, workplaces, places of
worship, and other existing organizations.
Effective response therefore requires
comprehensive planning and coordination of
all who will be involved¾government,
volunteer groups, private businesses,
schools, and community organizations. With
training and information, individuals and
community groups can be prepared to serve as
a crucial resource capable of performing
many of the emergency functions needed in
the immediate post-disaster period. The
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
program is designed to help communities
prepare for effective disaster response
through training and planning.
Subjects
Covered:
Unit 1.
Disaster Preparedness
Unit 2.
Fire Safety
Unit 3.
Disaster Medical Operations Part 1
Unit 4.
Disaster Medical Operations Part 2
Unit 5.
Light Search And Rescue Operations
Unit 6.
CERT Organization
Unit 7.
Disaster Psychology
Unit 8.
Terrorism and CERT
Unit 9.
Course Review and Disaster Simulation
Examination
Training in disaster response should not be
a one-time event. Awareness, commitment,
and skills must be reinforced through
follow-up training and repeated practice to
maintain the edge necessary for effective
response in the face of a disaster. To
maintain your skill level and continually
improve performance, you and your team
members should participate in continuing
supplemental training when offered in your
area. Working through practice disaster
scenarios with other teams will provide
opportunities not only for extended practice
but for valuable networking with teams in
the local area.
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National Incident Management System
Lesson
Overview
On February
28, 2003, The President issued Homeland
Security Presidential Directive–5. HSPD–5
directed the Secretary of Homeland Security
to develop and administer a National
Incident Management System. NIMS provides a
consistent nationwide template to enable all
government, private-sector, and
nongovernmental organizations to work
together during domestic incidents.
This lesson
will describe the key concepts and
principles of NIMS, and the benefits of
using the system for domestic incident
response. At the end of this lesson, you
should be able to describe these key
concepts, principles, and benefits.
What Is
NIMS?
NIMS is a
comprehensive, national approach to incident
management that is applicable at all
jurisdictional levels and across functional
disciplines. The intent of NIMS is to:
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Be
applicable across a full spectrum of
potential incidents and hazard
scenarios, regardless of size or
complexity.
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Improve
coordination and cooperation between
public and private entities in a variety
of domestic incident management
activities.
NIMS
Compliance
HSPD-5
requires Federal departments and agencies to
make the adoption of NIMS by State and local
organizations a condition for Federal
preparedness assistance (grants, contracts,
and other activities) by FY 2005.
Jurisdictions can comply in the short term
by adopting the Incident Command System.
Other aspects of NIMS require additional
development and refinement to enable
compliance at a future date.
Subjects
Covered:
Unit 1:
What Is the National Incident Management
System
(NIMS)?
Unit 2: Command and Management Under
NIMS—Part 1
Unit 3: Command and Management Under
NIMS—Part 2
Unit 4: Public Information
Unit 5: Preparedness
Unit 6: Resource Management
Unit 7: Course Summary
Examination
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Developing, Management and Utilization of
Volunteers
It is designed for
emergency management professionals with
current or potential responsibility for
managing volunteers or volunteer programs.
This course offers
training in identifying volunteer resources
and recruiting, assigning, training,
supervising, evaluating, and motivating
volunteers. The course also focuses on
coordinating with voluntary agencies (VOLAGs),
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD),
community-based organizations (CBOs), such
as church groups or food banks, professional
groups, such as physicians and mental health
counselors, and business and industry. It
also addresses special issues, such as
spontaneous volunteers, stress management
for volunteers, and legal issues, such as
workers’ compensation, insurance, safety and
risk management, and liability.
Unit 1 Course Introduction
provides an overview of the course goals
and objectives, and instructions on how
to take the course.
Unit 2 Volunteers in Emergency
Management
introduces the different types of
volunteers and volunteer programs. The
unit also addresses the benefits and
challenges of involving volunteers, and
compares creating a volunteer program to
coordinating with Voluntary agencies (VOLAGs).
Unit 3 Working with Individual
Volunteers
covers the key tasks involved in working
with individual volunteers and the
volunteer coordinator’s role in
developing and maintaining an effective
volunteer program.
Unit 4 Working with VOLAGs, CBOs, and
Other Groups
examines the role of a voluntary
agency/community-based organization
coordinator in identifying needs and
coordinating with various groups to
identify community needs and ensure that
those needs are met during an
emergency. This unit also covers the
role that Voluntary Organizations Active
in Disaster (VOAD) plays as an umbrella
organization for coordinating with the
various agencies.
Unit 5 Special Issues
points out some of the universal special
issues in volunteer management,
including spontaneous volunteers,
volunteer stress management, and legal
issues such as safety, liability,
insurance, and Workers’ Compensation.
Unit 6 Course Summary
summarizes key concepts from
the entire course.
Examination
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Principles of Emergency Management
When an
emergency or disaster strikes, you work as
part of a complex emergency management
network that calls upon many functions,
resources, and capabilities. Your ability
to function effectively relates to your
understanding of how the emergency
management system works and how your agency
fits into the network. This course will
present the fundamental emergency management
principles and provide opportunities for you
to apply what you learn.
Emergency
management involves participants at all
governmental levels and in the private
sector. Activities are geared according to
phases before, during, and after emergency
events. The effectiveness of emergency
management rests on a network of
relationships among partners in the system.
The goal of
this course is to introduce you to the
fundamentals of emergency management as an
integrated system, surveying how the
resources and capabilities of all functions
at all levels can be networked together in
all phases for all hazards.
Unit 1
Course Introduction offers an
overview of the
course content.
Unit 2 Overview of the
Integrated Emergency Management
System, presents an overview of the
integrated
emergency management system.
Unit 3 The Emergency
Management Cycle, describes the
phases of the emergency management cycle.
Unit 4 The Plan as Program
Centerpiece, focuses on
community- specific risks and describes the
hazard
analysis process, and links hazard analysis
to the EOP.
Unit 5 Planning and
Coordination, addresses resource
requirements, how to supplement resources,
the ICS-
EOC interface, and the connection between
planning and
emergency management
Unit 6 Functions of an
Emergency Management Program
presents the core functions of an emergency
management program.
Unit 7 Emergency Management
Program Participants
examines the role of the local
emergency program
manager and relationships with State and
Federal
emergency managers.
Unit 8 Applying Emergency
Management Principles provides
practice in applying emergency management
principles
in a problem-solving activity.
Unit 9 Course Summary
summarizes the course content.
At the conclusion of this unit, you will
have an opportunity
to evaluate the course and your success in
meeting your
personal learning goals.
Examination
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