Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
The Professional Emergency Manager Diploma encompasses the foundational knowledge necessary for the student to address successfully the threats or hazards facing organizations today. Students examine issues that arise prior to, during, and after a disaster or emergency and develop disaster relief plans for local, municipal, and government agencies. This award builds on foundational knowledge by exploring the different branches of the emergency services field and prepares students to take on additional responsibilities by providing education in management, finance, writing, and oral communications.
After completing this award, students will have completed the required prerequisite training for the Minnesota Emergency Manager and Critical Infrastructure Planner certifications through the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and various prerequisites to attended training at the national level through the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium. Additionally, students who complete the Federal Emergency Management Agency�s Professional Development Series will earn a certificate from FEMA.
Award Outcomes
- Display a core understanding of emergency management theory and concepts
- Identify the components of the incident management system and integrate into daily work assignments and emergency operations
- Demonstrate principles and best practices in incident management
- Explain the theory and history of critical infrastructure and homeland security and apply lessons learned to modern problems
- Recognize the roles and interactions of public and private organizations in relation to emergency management and determine how they could be best utilized
- Explain the unique and varying roles, training, subcultures, and historical development, of public safety agencies
- Apply basic supervisory and management skills
- Demonstrate effective oral and written communication
- Use basic mathematical and calculations to create and complete financial documents