emergency management training

Resilience Based Risk Assessments

$597/student +gst

Course Description

Wildfires, flooding, and other emergency situations have a major impact on community members’ physical, mental, spiritual, and financial well-being, and on a Nation’s sovereignty and cultural integrity. This course is designed specifically to help Indigenous emergency managers conduct a resilience based risk assessment to determine vulnerabilities and develop a continuity of operations, services, and support for their Nation administration or department.

This course is also relevant to health departments, child and family services, corporate development organizations, education, and other Indigenous-led groups.

Location and Dates

To Be Determined - Please email us to let us know you would like to register.

Delivery and Length

Number of days allocated to the course: 2

Morning Breaks: 9:30am – 9:45am

Lunch Breaks: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Afternoon Breaks: 2:30pm – 2:45pm

Activity to close session: Class discussion

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Define and apply core resilience based risk assessment concepts.

2. Develop a comprehensive assessment.

3. Leverage local knowledge, cultural traditions, and Indigenous practices to shape the program.

4. Identify and engage key partners to foster sustained collaboration.

5. Identify timeline and steps to complete the implementation of the assessment and report.

Prerequisites

Introduction to Emergency Management or Keeping Our People Safe

Required Texts and Materials:

Learner Guide, Facilitator Guide, PowerPoint Presentation, Field Assessment

Other Resource Materials and Reference Texts:

Hazardscape Resource Hub

Course Details:

Module Outline:

Module 1: Resilience and Risk

• Importance of assessments

• Tools

• Key Vocabulary

Module 2: Your Culture and Knowledge

• Assess where your knowledge and culture supports resilience and risk

• Field assessment guide

• Community-focused improvements

Module 3: Emergency Management Partners

• Working with external partners and agencies.

Module 4: Assessment Report and Communication

• Drafting and communicating your findings.

Assessments:

Presentation of your assessment and findings.

Policies:

Attendance: Participants must attend a minimum of 90% of instructional time.

Respect: All interactions among participants and between participants and the instructor must be marked by respect for individual and collective knowledge, wisdom, and experience.