Course Offering
Community Mass Care Management (APS Elective Course)
Start Date:05/16/2012
End Date:05/17/2012
Hours:14
Facility:Cape Girardeau County Health Dept
Lodging:Drury Lodge
Sponsor(s):Missouri State Emergency Management Agency
Description:This 2-day course is aimed to equip emergency management staff and voluntary agency personnel with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform as effective mass care coordinators in a broad range of disaster situations. The course covers how to assess and size up mass care needs; how to plan for mass care; recruitment, training, and exercises for mass care personnel; and actions to take in short-term and long-term mass care operations (response and recovery). This course is one of the Advanced Professional Series (APS) Elective courses. For more information on the APS please go to http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/APS.