Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Esasları
	English	Principles.of Disaster & Emergency Management
Course Code	AFY 511E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hikmet İskender
Course Objectives		Concepts and definitions: emergency, disaster, emergency and disaster management, history of disaster, all hazards natural disasters (atmospheric and hyrological disasters, geological and seismic disasters), technological disasters (dam failures, fires, traffic incidents, hazardous materials, nuclear accidents) hazard and hazard analysis / disaster management phases (prevention, preparedness, response, recovery mitigation,) / resource management: need to supplement resources, private sector resources, all stakeholders and roles: (public, private sector, central and local government), framework of an integrated emergency and disaster management system: coordination, cooperation, communication, and capacity building, chain of command system in disaster management, applications and case studies, emergency and disaster management proficiency.
Course Description		• To give a global view for the principles of emergency & disaster management • To define all the needed phases of emergency and disaster management and the participants and their roles • Depending on the emergency manager and his responsibilities do define the trends and behaviors in emergency &disaster management in the past, nowadays and the needs in the future from this viewpoint or framework, thus to give an idea of life long learning and to get experience.
Course Outcomes		A successful student will be able, 1. to understand the crisis management and the modern disaster and emergency management , thus the difference between them. 2. to define the integrated disaster and emergency management and its five important phases. 3. to understand the phrases such as planning, coordination, communication, logistics, press and media relations etc. related to the disaster and emergency management. 4. to know emergency plans, their importance, to review and update them. 5. to know emergency operation centers (EOC), incident command system (ICS) and their interface. 6. to know emergency managers, government, private sector, citizens, non-governmental organizations and their roles and responsibilities in emergencies. 7. to understand and design the exercises, leadership, motivation and program surveying.
Pre-requisite(s)		-
Required Facilities
Other		-AFY511E Principles of Disaster management Course Success Evaluation Criteria: • 70% attendance, • HW (15 points), MT (35 points), FE/TP (50 points) • Timely submission of homework, • Getting at least 30 points in total from Homework and Midterm Exam.
Textbook		-FEMA Higher Education Project – Prototype Associate’s Degree Course Materials, G230. -FEMA (2021) IS_230 Principles of EM/DM -FEMA (1997), Multi Hazard : Identification and Risk Assessment, 369 pp. -FEMA (2000) Principles of Emergency Management,
Other References		-FEMA, NIMS Major Components, (2021) -Erdoğan N., Uluslararası müdahaleli depremlerde saha koordinasyonu, A4 Ofset Matbaa (2008). -HAZTÜRK, Strategies for an Earthquake Loss Estimation Program for Turkey (2005).

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