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Inclusive Emergency Planning Certificate

This non-credit certificate in emergency preparedness is for emergency planners in emergency medical services, healthcare, public health, and public safety. It focuses on including the diverse needs of all members in the community in planning for mitigation, response, and recovery. Learn how to:

  • Appraise the scope of population diversity to mitigate the impact of threats and hazards on these individuals
  • Examine the access and functional needs of those individuals
  • Recommend how to incorporate access and functional needs into emergency management functions in preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation
  • Support organizations and communities to address gaps in preparedness for the impacts of threats and hazards to preserve and promote public health and safety

Courses

This certificate is completed as a series of courses (10 total) offered through the DelValle Institute and the College of Advancing and Professional Studies.

Required Courses

The following courses are offered by the DelValle Institute for $0.

Courses Location More Information & Registration
Basic Risk Communications Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org
Advanced Risk Communication Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org
Continuity of Operations (COOP): Awareness Online http://delvalle.bphc.org
Continuity of Operations: Planning for Community Health Centers Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org
Continuity of Operations: Planning Made Practical Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org
Shelter Operations and Functional Needs Support Services (FNSS) Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org
Emergency Planning for the Diverse Needs of Communities Boston http://delvalle.bphc.org

Electives

Choose 3 of the following online courses (offered by the College of Advancing and Professional Studies):

Courses More Information & Registration
Reconstruction after the Cameras Have Gone caps.umb.edu/corporate/
Social Vulnerability Approach to Disaster caps.umb.edu/corporate/
Practical Project Management caps.umb.edu/corporate/
Independent Study caps.umb.edu/corporate/

More Information

For additional certificate information, please contact:

Professor Adenrele Awotona
University of Massachusetts Boston
crscad@umb.edu

S. Atyia Martin
Boston Public Health Commission/Boston EMS
delvalle@bostonems.org

In Collaboration

This certificate is offered by the College of Advancing and Professional Studies in collaboration with:

  • the Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD) at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

  • the DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness, a program of the Boston Emergency Medical Services, a bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission