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Emergency Management Course Information
What is Emergency Management?
The discipline and the profession of applying science, technology, planning, and management to deal with extreme events that can:
- injure or kill large numbers of people;
- do extensive damage to property and disrupt community life.
As a process it involves preparing, mitigating, responding and recovering from an emergency. Critical functional components include planning, training, simulating drills (exercises) and coordinating activities.
Undergraduate study option
Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management
Postgraduate study options
Postgraduate programmes focus on psychological, societal and behavioural factors, to advance government emergency situation initiatives
Career opportunities
Emergency managers work in local or central government departments, district health boards, civil defence emergency management groups, not-for-profit groups, or as members of an emergency response or recovery team.
Last updated: 05 Dec 2011 4:30pm