Online Class: Disaster Preparedness 101

Taking this course will help you prepare a fully functional disaster preparedness plan--one that includes packing lists, a communication plan, a financial plan, and even a technology plan.

Self-Paced, Online Class
Libraries of Middlesex - Metuchen Public Library
 
  • 15
    Lessons
  • 17
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 7
    Hours
    average time
  • 0.7
    CEUs
 
 

Course Description

Disaster Preparedness: Your Comprehensive Guide to Safeguarding Your World

Imagine a tempest is roaring outside, or the ground trembles beneath your feet. In that pivotal moment of uncertainty, will you feel an overpowering sense of dread or a calm confidence, knowing you're prepared? Disasters, whether natural or man-made, often strike with little warning. However, your response can be calculated, effective, and decisive. Welcome to our comprehensive disaster preparedness course, crafted not just to educate, but to empower.

Life, with all its unpredictabilities, has its fair share of storms — both metaphorical and literal. From the unsettling tremors of earthquakes to the furious might of hurricanes, the power of Mother Nature is undeniable. But equally formidable are man-made crises like chemical leaks, fires, or even unforeseen terrorist attacks. The looming question remains: are you equipped to confront these challenges head-on?

This course is your all-encompassing shield against such uncertainties. We don't merely skim the surface; we dive deep, arming you with knowledge, foresight, and pragmatic solutions:

  1. Assessing and Recognizing Threats: Understand the unique challenges your locale presents, be it natural disturbances or human-induced crises.

  2. Meticulous Planning: Forge an all-encompassing disaster blueprint. From packing lists to communication strategies, ensure that you have a robust roadmap in place.

  3. Financial and Technological Readiness: In our increasingly digital age, safeguarding your financial and technological assets is paramount. Learn the best practices to protect and access them during emergencies.

  4. Holistic Safety: Our approach isn't just individualistic. We consider the entire spectrum of your world, including the safety of pets and those with special accessibility needs.

  5. Safe Rooms and Their Potency: Delve into the protective sanctuaries of safe rooms, understanding their design, benefits, and essentiality.

  6. Empowerment Through Knowledge: Gain comprehensive insights into potential hazards, response strategies, and recovery processes.

The reality of life is its unpredictability. Yet, through meticulous preparation, we can transform fear into empowerment, uncertainty into assurance. Embarking on this course is not just an educational endeavor; it's a commitment to safeguarding your world. Let's proactively embrace readiness, ensuring that when adversity strikes, resilience reigns. Join us in this mission, and together, let's create fortresses of safety amidst life's storms.

 

Course Lessons

  • Lesson 1: Introduction to Disaster Preparedness

    A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that causes serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society causing widespread human, material, economic, and/or environmental losses that exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own level of resources.
  • Lesson 2: Getting Prepared: The Essentials

    What items do you consider essential? How about what your family members will need? Everyone will have something different listed when it comes to deciding on what is essential to have when a disaster happens.
  • Lesson 3: Key First Aid, Health, and Decontamination Information

    When disaster hits, very likely, there may be injuries, such as scrapes, cuts, or broken bones.
  • Lesson 4: Seeking Shelter

    This lesson will cover material to provide you with basic guidance on seeking and preparing for shelter.
  • Lesson 5: Preparing a Safe Room

    Another measure that you can take is to prepare a safe room inside your house. Often, these are used in areas where tornadoes and hurricanes are at high risk.
  • Lesson 6: Alerts and Warnings

    This lesson will focus on the different types of alerts and warnings that are commonly used, what they mean, and how they are broadcasted.
  • Lesson 7: Internal and External Communications

    You must consider every avenue when the emergency or disaster strikes.
  • Lesson 8: Medical and First Aid Needs

    To fully plan your medical and first aid needs, you have to gather key and important information.
  • Lesson 9: Being Prepared Financially During a Disaster

    There are many things to consider and putting together a solid financial plan takes some deep thought and consideration.
  • Lesson 10: Mobility and Transportation

    This lesson will discuss what you need to do to be prepared for an emergency, as well as what to do if the disaster strikes when you are driving or mobile.
  • Lesson 11: Introduction to Disaster Preparedness

    If you are an individual with medical needs and/or disabilities, and you need to have accessibility and there are functional concerns, you need to add more strategies to your emergency preparedness plan.
  • Lesson 12: Search Organization Preparedness

    An effective first responder readiness program needs a reasonable vision, significant targets and objectives, characterized deliverables, courses of events, and consistent surveys.
  • Lesson 13: Emergency Preparedness for Schools

    Schools must plan thoroughly for their preparedness in an emergency. This lesson will go over the basic steps school officials should take when planning for an emergency.
  • Lesson 14: Emergency Preparedness for the Office

    To have your business ready for a disaster, it will take coordination between administration, organization representatives, and multiple offices, and HR is required while dealing with the issues identified with when facing imminent harm or danger.
  • Lesson 15: Being Ready for a Technological Disaster

    Recovery methodologies should be created for information innovation (IT) frameworks, applications, and information.
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Describe what types of disasters you should get prepared for.
  • Describe key first aid, health, and decontamination information.
  • Describe seeking shelter.
  • Describe preparing a safe room.
  • Describe internal and external communications process in a disaster.
  • Determine medical and first aid needs.
  • Describe being prepared financially during a disaster.
  • Describe emergency preparedness for schools.
  • Describe emergency preparedness for the office.
  • Describe being ready for a technological disaster.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

Additional Course Information

Online CEU Certificate
  • Document Your Lifelong Learning Achievements
  • Earn an Official Certificate Documenting Course Hours and CEUs
  • Verify Your Certificate with a Unique Serial Number Online
  • View and Share Your Certificate Online or Download/Print as PDF
  • Display Your Certificate on Your Resume and Promote Your Achievements Using Social Media
Document Your CEUs on Your Resume
 
Course Title: Disaster Preparedness 101
Course Number: 9770489
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: This course is online and available in all 50 states including: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and Washington.
Last Updated: May 2024
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Class
CEU Value: 0.7 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams