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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY. Jackson State University Department of Technology Jackson, Mississippi. NEW CONCENTRATION. Start Spring 2011. Emergency Management. The Emergency Management major focuses on disaster prevention, planning, preparedness, response,mitigation, and recovery.

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

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  1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY Jackson State University Department of Technology Jackson, Mississippi

  2. NEW CONCENTRATION Start Spring 2011

  3. Emergency Management The Emergency Management major focuses on disaster prevention, planning, preparedness, response,mitigation, and recovery. The curriculum designed to provide students with a global outlook, interpersonal skills, and emergency management knowledge . Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks., It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs, Advance your career in the rapidly-growing field .

  4. JOBs Examples: Emergency Planner, Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director), Emergency Preparedness Program Specialist, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Emergency Services Director, Emergency Management Program Specialist, Emergency Response Team Leader, Emergency Services Program Coordinator, Hazard Mitigation Officer

  5. Departmental Mission Statement: • The mission of the Department of Technology is to provide a • nationally accredited program, which serves the technical, • managerial, and communication needs of persons desiring • to enter or advance professionally in an industrial technology • related career. The JSU Technology Program will: • Prepare our graduates to meet employer expectations for competent professional, and ethical practice. • Prepare our graduates to pursue advanced studies in the areas of technology or other fields. • Prepare our graduates to adopt and continuously practice life-long learning and continuing education

  6. Emergency Managementis an On-Going Process • Life Cycle Assessment

  7. Emergency Management (Disaster Management) • The disaster life cycle describes the process through which emergency managers prepare for emergencies and disasters, respond to them when they occur, help people and institutions recover from them, mitigate their effects, reduce the risk of loss, and prevent disasters such as fires from occurring.

  8. Life Cycle of Disaster • Mitigation: includes any activities that prevents an emergency, reduces the chance of an emergency happening or lessens the damaging effects of unavoidable emergences. (MINIMIZING THE EFFECTS OF DISASTER)

  9. Life Cycle of Disaster • Preparedness: A variety of measures aimed at insuring the community is prepared to reacts to any hazard that threatens the country. (PLANNING HOW TO RESPOND)

  10. Life Cycle of Disaster • Response: It is action taken immediately before, during and just after a disaster or major emergency. The goal of the responder is to save lives, minimize property damage and enhance the beginning of recovery from the incident. (EFFORTS TO MINIMIZES THE HAZARDS CREATED BY A DISASTER)

  11. Life Cycle of Disaster • Recovery: It is the activity that returns infrastructural systems to minimum operating standards and guides long term efforts designed to return life to normal or improved levels after a disaster. This is a very daunting phases of Emergency Management because it requires personal and community motivation. (RETURN THE COMMUNITY TO NORMAL)

  12. Terrorism

  13. Terrorism

  14. Earthquake/ Landslide

  15. Hurricane/Flood

  16. Debris Field: Coastal Mississippi

  17. For any queries feel free to contact Dr. Pao-Chiang Yuan Dr. Jessica .L Buck Program Coordinator Program Recruiter pao-chiang.yuan@jsums.edujessica.l.buck@jsums.edu Phone- 601-979-2489 Phone– 601-979-1145 Emergency Management Technology Department of Technology College of Science ,Engineering & Technology Jackson State University 1400 J. R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217

  18. JOIN US! • NEW CONCENRATION • FUTURE CAREER

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