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Purpose of Seminar:
Minimizing the impact of the very worst disasters is what this course is all about. This
course will help building and facility management teams plan for these events so that
damage to people and property can be minimized, and building or facility operations can
get up and running again in the shortest time possible.
Who should take this course?
This seminar is a must for anyone involved with building and facility management, emergency
response, safety or security. Attendees come from a wide variety of industries, company
sizes and job titles, so if you’re not sure you’ll fit in or benefit from the class, don’t
worry – you will – as long as your responsibility includes keeping the occupants of your
facility safe and your operations up and running in the event of any disaster.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course students will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion
and 1.4 CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) approved by the Maintenance Training Association
of the Americas indicating that the student has learned to:
- Identify Both Man-Made and Natural Threats to Buildings and Facilities
- Define the Scope of Potential Loss of Life and Property
- Apply Principles of Risk Analysis as it Relates to Disaster Preparedness
- Identify and Understand Government Emergency Response Protocol: Incident Command Systems
- Prepare and Implement Plans for Mitigation of an Incident
- Prepare and Conduct a Disaster Exercise Plan
- Identify and Apply Major Components of a Community Disaster Plan
- Implement Pre-Incident Planning Procedures Relative to Specific Incidents
- Provide for the Continuity and Full Recovery of Operations
- Apply Incident and Post-Incident Procedures During a Mock Incident
Course Outline / Agenda
Being prepared for a disaster makes all the difference in the world. It can literally be
the difference between life and death for the people in our trust, as wells as the property,
businesses & community services we work at. Minimizing the impact of the very worst disasters
is what this course is all about.
Through lecture and practical exercises students attending this seminar will learn about
the potential disasters – both natural and man-made - that threaten them and their work.
They’ll also learn how to mitigate potential losses and implement recovery plans so that
they can get on living and working with minimal disruption.
Students will work with pre-incident planning, and incident and post-incident response
models, to gain the skills necessary in developing site-specific disaster strategies.
Through risk analysis they will be able to identify the proper procedures for preparing
for - and responding to - a major disaster.
Course Administration and Program Overview
- - What you will learn
- - Program requirements
Types of Disasters and Emergencies
- - Natural events
- - Hurricane
- - Earthquake
- - Tornado
- - Blizzard
- - Flood
- - Fire
- - Others?
- - Man-made events
- - Riots
- - Terrorist attacks
- - Explosions
- - Arson
- - Accidents
- - Toxic Spills
- - Others?
- - Defining your unique situation
Risk Assessment
- - Risk assessment matrix
- - Practical exercise
- - Identifying threats
- - Ranking probability
Incident Command Systems
- - Identifying local emergency management services
- - How they operate
- - How to communicate with them
- - How to coordinate your efforts
Pre-Incident Planning
- - National alert system
- - Levels
- - Responsibilities
- - Exercise
- - The basic design
- - Testing your capability in an imminent or other predictable event
Mitigation
- - Strategies for building a mitigation program
- - NFPA requirements
Community Disaster Plans
- - Overview of community disaster plans
- - What they do / don’t do
- - How your organization works within the plan
Pre-incident Exercise
- - Risk assessment matrix review
- - Prioritizing needs
- - Creating the plan
Continuity of Operations
- - Minimizing Disruption
- - Assessing the risks
- - Examining alternatives
- - Developing a plan
- - Getting back to work
Incident and Post-incident Exercises
- - Hazard incident affecting a facility
Post-incident Debriefing
- - Lessons learned
- - What worked / what didn’t
- - Intelligence gathering
- - Updating action plans
- - Dealing with employee PTSD
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