EMAC and Its Application for Public Health Emergency Response and Recovery Operations
On Demand
Course Overview
Course Quality Rating
TBD
Course Description
This course is provided by South Central Partnership and will require a secondary login and/or registration.
Adopted by each of the fifty states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, the District of Columbia, and ratified by Congress (Public Law 104-321), the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is an interstate mutual-aid agreement that provides a system and process for sharing of personnel, equipment, and other resources among states during emergencies and disasters. EMAC has traditionally been used by states for National Guard, firefighting, and other types of emergency management assistance. Recently, however, it was used with much success during the 2005 hurricane season to provide public health and environmental health assistance.This course will provide an introduction to EMAC – its organization, processes, and procedures. The presenters will also discuss how EMAC was used to provide public health and environmental health emergency response assistance during the 2005 hurricane season and how it can be used to mitigate resource shortfalls in future disasters. Finally, other key mutual- aid agreements will be briefly highlighted. NOTE: This course was originally delivered as a satellite broadcast.
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Target Audience
None listed
Learning Objectives
Having completed this course, the learner will be able to:
Summarize EMAC and its key features and characteristics
Identify the primary benefits and challenges using EMAC
Explain specific examples of how EMAC was used for public health and environmental health emergency
response during the 2005 hurricane season
List several other intrastate, interstate, and international mutual-aid agreements
Council of Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (COL)/COL Tier(s)
None listed
Professional/Disciplinary Competencies
Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competency Model
1.3: Facilitate collaboration with internal and external emergency response partners.
Format
Online/ Self-study
Credit /CEU
None available
Duration
2 hrs.
Specifications
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Course Publication Date
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