Emergency Management Professional AAS

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Program Code: AAS.EMP

Help build a culture of preparedness and ready communities for catastrophic disasters with the Emergency Management Professional (EMP) AAS at CCC. This program is ideal for incumbent workers looking to benchmark their experience while engaging in meaningful learning opportunities. The degree is also designed to provide the foundational skills to enter the field of homeland security and emergency management.

The EMP AAS guides students to understanding the interactions between the evolving social, built, and physical environments that are creating greater risk complexities. Through a diverse curriculum, students will identify what foundations are needed for emergency management professionals to address evolving risks.

For information contact Dan LoFaro at daniel.lofaro@clackamas.edu.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

demonstrate critical thinking to identify and reduce disaster risk through a proactive, anticipatory and innovative approach for guiding public policy and the application of homeland security and emergency management framework and principles;
identify the social determinants of risk, as both the risks for and the effects of disasters are socially produced;
demonstrate knowledge in scientific processes, geographic configurations, social-cultural issues and interdependent relationships as they pertain to emergency management;
explain communication and facilitation modes including evolving technologies and methods for disaster risk awareness, assessment, measurement and reduction for a broad spectrum of stakeholders;
identify civic and legal processes, ethical considerations, policies and politics important in Emergency Management;
develop an individual learning development plan.

Emergency Management Professional Core Requirement

Complete the following Core Requirements

COMM-140
Introduction to Intercultural Communication
4

EMP-201
Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management
4

EMP-202
Threat and Hazard Assessment for Emergency Management Professionals
3

EMP-204
Foundations of Emergency Planning
4

EMP-206
Hazard Mitigation
3

EMP-208
Disaster Response and Recovery
4

EMP-210
Developing and Managing Volunteer Resources
4

EMP-212
Public Health and Medical Emergency Management
3

EMP-214
Technology in Emergency Management
4

EMP-216
Emergency Management Laws and Ethics
2

EMP-218
Public Information Officer and External Affairs
2

EMP-220
Introduction to Emergency Management Public Administration and Policy
2

EMP-222
Terrorism Awareness and Response
2

EMP-224
Science of Disasters
2

EMP-226
Business Continuity Fundamentals
4

GIS-101
Principles of Geospatial Technology
2

Complete the following Medical Technician Focus Area

BI-231
Human Anatomy & Physiology I
4

EMT-101
Emergency Medical Technician Part I
6

EMT-102
Emergency Medical Technician Part II
6

EMT-105
Introduction to Emergency Medical Services
3

EMT-109
Emergency Response Communication/Documentation
2

MA-110
Medical Terminology
4

Management Focus Area

Complete the following Management Focus Area

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Any BA, CJA, EC, EMP, EMT, FRP, GIS, or HS course
5

BA-120
Project Management Fundamentals
4

BA-123
Leadership & Motivation
3

BA-223
Principles of Marketing
4

BA-224
Human Resource Management
4

BA-251
Supervisory Management
3

PSY-101
Human Relations
3

Fire Service Administration Focus Area

Complete the following Fire Service Administration Focus Area

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Any BA, CJA, EC, EMP, EMT, FRP, GIS, or HS course
4

FRP-200
Basic Incident Command System (I-100, I-200, IS-700, IS-800)
4

FST-202
Principles of Emergency Services
3

FST-204
Fire Protection Systems
3

FST-206
Fire Behavior and Combustion
3

FST-212
Fire Prevention
3

FST-214
Building Construction for Fire Protection
3

FST-216
Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Safety and Survival
3

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Focus Area

Complete the following Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Focus Area

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Any BA, CJA, EC, EMP, EMT, FRP, GIS, or HS course
3

BA-120
Project Management Fundamentals
4

GEO-100
Introduction to Physical Geography
4

GIS-101
Principles of Geospatial Technology
2

GIS-201
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
3

GIS-202
Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
3

GIS-205
Cartography and Map Making
3

GIS-232
Data Collection & Application
2

GIS-238
GIS Web Mapping and Services
2

Criminal Justice Focus Area

Complete the following Criminal Justice Focus Area

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Any BA, CJA, EC, EMP, EMT, FRP, GIS, or HS course
7

CJA-101
Criminology
4

CJA-110
Introduction to Law Enforcement
3

CJA-122
Criminal Law
4

PSY-219
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
4

SOC-204
Introduction to Sociology
4

Wildland Fire Focus Area

Complete the following Wildland Fire Focus Area

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Any BA, CJA, EC, EMP, EMT, FRP, GIS, or HS course
6

FRP-130
Introduction to Wildland Firefighting (S-130/S-190/ICS-100/IS-700/L-180)
2

FRP-131
Advanced Firefighter Training (S-131/S-133)
1

FRP-200
Basic Incident Command System (I-100, I-200, IS-700, IS-800)
4

FRP-211
Portable Pumps and Water Use (S-211)
2

FRP-244
Wilderness II: Basic Land Navigation (S-244)
3

FRP-246
Wilderness IV: Backcountry CPR/First Aid/AED
2

FRP-249
Followership to Leadership (L-280)
2

FRP-250
Wilderness VI: Basic Tool Use and Care
1

FRP-270
Basic Air Operations (S-270)
1

FRP-294
Intermediate Incident Command System (I-300)
2

Total Credits Required: 90-92