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Fall 2009 Emergency Service Management Residency:
“Understanding Emergency Service Management: A Service Contract” ________________________________________________________________________
The Metropolitan Center’s Staten Island unit is pleased to announce a fall 2009 Emergency Service Management Residency, “Understanding Emergency Service Management: A Service Contract”.
Residency Goal & Topic Areas
The goal of this residency is to explore emergency management from a theoretical perspective, to better understand how to plan for and ensure the health and well being of a vibrant, open, civil society. We will explore the growth of this area in the public sector. What drives it? How has it developed in recent years? We will move beyond the simple concept of protecting society and define what it means to commit to serving society. What does it entail? Why is it worthwhile? Participants will gain perspective, insight and planning skills to strengthen their role as future leaders in emergency management.
Four Residency Topic Areas Include:
- Spanish for First Responders
- A Historical Inquiry: Government Responses to Emergency
- Security and Mass Transit: Readiness, Responders, and Recovery
- Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
Convenient concurrent scheduling offers participants the option to register for one or up to four of the topic areas. See schedule below for more information.
Who Can Attend?
This residency is open to students college-wide and will be offered in the fall 2009 term. The studies are comprised of group and blended learning, including an online component. Students throughout the state and from any content area are invited to enroll.
Schedule and Academic Information
 | Date | Credits | Notes |
Kick Off Event
Location:
500 Seaview Ave
Staten Island, NY | Saturday, 9/19/09 from 9:30 to 2:30 | N/A | Will feature keynote speakers, panel, lunch, and a meeting with instructors for study - group review, as well as computer lab workshops.
Students taking, 1, 2, 3, or 4 studies are expected to attend the opening event. |
STUDY GROUP 1
Spanish for First Responders
Location:
500 Seaview Ave
Staten Island, NY | Meets every other Saturday starting 9/26 from 9:30 to 12:30 | 4 Intro, Liberal | Meets Gen Ed in Foreign Language |
STUDY GROUP 2
A Historical Inquiry: Government Responses to Emergency
Location:
500 Seaview Ave
Staten Island, NY | Meets every other Saturday starting 9/26 from 1-4 pm | 4 Advanced, Liberal | Meets Gen Ed in American History |
STUDY GROUP 3
Security and Mass Transit: Readiness, Responders, and Recovery
Location:
500 Seaview Ave
Staten Island, NY | Meets every other Saturday starting 10/3 9:30 to 12:30 | 4 Advanced | |
STUDY GROUP 4
Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
Location:
500 Seaview Ave.,
Staten Island, NY and online, through the Center for Distance Learning | Blended on-line study meets every other Saturday starting 10/3 from 1-4 pm | 4 Advanced, Liberal | Students should register for CHS-264094-02 to be part of the residency. |
Closing Event
Location:
500 Seaview Ave
Staten Island, NY | Saturday 12/12/09 from 9:30 to 2:30 | N/A | Will showcase speakers, panel, and final project presentations.
Students taking, 1, 2, 3, or 4 studies are expected to attend the closing event and to submit final projects to fulfill requirements. |
Note: There are no meetings on 11/21, 11/28, 12/5.
Course Descriptions for Residency Topics
STUDY GROUP 1: Spanish for First Responders
Intro, 4 liberal credits, Gen Ed in Language
Meets every other Saturday starting 9/26 9:30 to 12:30
Location: 500 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY
Description: The purpose of this study is to provide first responders with the oral, written, and listening skills necessary for dealing with common problems, and, most especially, emergencies. Students will be expected to master key words, phrases, and complete sentences that would facilitate communication in a crisis situation.
STUDY GROUP 2: A Historical Inquiry: Government Responses to Emergency
Advanced, 4 liberal credits, Gen Ed in American History
Meets every other Saturday starting 9/26 1-4 pm
Location: 500 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY
Description: In this study, students examine why and how federal and state governments have responded to a variety of emergencies through the course of American history since 1877. Students consider the nature and extent of government responsibility when natural and human-made catastrophes have occurred and how government involvement has been justified over the years. By examining such subjects as the Triangle Fire, the influenza epidemic of 1918, the Great Depression, Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11, students acquire an understanding of the resources governments have developed and how governments have attempted to prevent calamities in the future.
STUDY GROUP 3: Security and Mass Transit: Readiness, Responders, and Recovery
Advanced, 4 credits
Meets every other Saturday starting 10/3 9:30 to 12:30
Location: 500 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY
Description: Participants in this study examine the ways in which transit systems have been targeted for attack and how enforcement and responder personnel have prepared for and managed such strikes. Students consider strategic and technical approaches to prevention and recovery.
STUDY GROUP 4: Community Risk Reduction for the Fire and Emergency Services
Register for CHS-264094-02 (Note: choose section 02 if you are part of the residency!)
Advanced, 4 credits, Liberal
Blended on-line study meets every other Saturday starting 10/3 1-4 pm.
Location: 500 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY and online, through the Center for Distance Learning
Description: Examine the fire department as a part of the complex organization of the community. Investigate how departments interact with their communities, review community profiles and structures and consider the variables within particular community types. Focus on the sociological, economic and political characteristics of communities, including how these characteristics influence the fire problem. Students need a working knowledge of statistics and an understanding of environmental variables and socioeconomic factors in fire casualties.
Additional Study Group 4 Course Information: Recommended: previous study in Statistics, Economics/Macro, Economics/Micro, The American Political System, College Writing, Communication Decisions, Advanced Fire Administration, Introduction to Sociology or equivalents, and introductory studies in psychology and sociology. In addition, please note, this course was renamed effective the September 2008 term and was formerly known as The Community and Fire Threat. Students who have successfully completed 264094, The Community and Fire Threat, should not enroll in this course.
For More Information
Contact Program Assistant: Brenna Manuel at: 1-718-667-7524 ext. 1792 or brenna.manuel@esc.edu
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