Learn to Lead and Manage Emergencies

Columbia Southern University (CSU) presents the Interagency Emergency Response and Leadership Symposium.

Topics

• Leadership Facilitation Skills
• Interagency Emergency Planning and Response

When: TBD
Where: Orange Beach, Alabama

Registration Fee: $150/$125 CSU Student & Learning Partner

Registration is limited to 50 particpants.

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For questions, please contact events@columbiasouthern.edu.

This two-day symposium focuses on enhancing leadership facilitation skills and also reviews 
the essential coordinating mechanisms necessary for interagency collaboration, planning and
 response to complex crises and domestic emergencies.

DAY ONE: Leadership Facilitation Skills

Howard Cross: Instructor, National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD

• Describe the characteristics of great facilitators
• Learn the steps for assessing personal effectiveness and impact on others
• Identify the stages of team development and how to use them to the benefit of the group Recognize key rewards as motivational influences
• Use continuous improvement as a model for reducing emergency responder deaths, injuries, and unsafe practices
• Use conflict management as a tool for success
• Learn advanced facilitation skills for working with individuals and groups

DAY TWO: Interagency Emergency Planning and Response

Tom Shannon, Deputy Fire Chief/Emergency Manager, Scottsdale, AZ Fire Department

• Identify and distinguish between the different types of hazards and disasters including their impact and interaction
• Describe and differentiate between the alternative disaster management theories of the traditional and professional models
• Explain and discuss the key roles and responsibilities of disaster participants, along with the components for effective interagency cooperation for disaster operations
• Define Incident Command and explain the structure/organization of the Incident Command System and how this interacts with the Emergency Operations Center and the National Incident Management System
• Describe the concepts associated with Unified Incident Command and Interagency Operations during a major community emergency
• Work in teams to analyze and evaluate relevant case studies and how effective leadership skills, multi-agency planning and interagency collaboration can all contribute to positive and successful outcomes