Training & Exercises

This awareness-level offering is designed to develop a conversation on what are the risks, vulnerabilities, and disasters we may face as a community and builds upon this by discussing response actions that can be taken to protect yourself and those around you. During this session, participants discuss general concepts such as responding as a community; situational awareness; assessing your environment; guidance on evacuating, sheltering in place, and responding to a threat; and available resources in the community.

This general session is designed for those individuals who will either lead or participate in developing a Unit Emergency Response Plan (UERP) or Unit Continuity of Operations Plan (UCOOP). This session provides an overview of the planning documents and is designed to lay down a foundation for participants so that they may return to their units and have an effective and successful planning program. Topics discussed include navigating the unit planning templates, assembling a planning team, and other tips and guidance to guide you through this critical endeavor. 

FAU prides itself as a StormReady University, and as such, partners with the National Weather Service to bring the SKYWARN program to our community. This component trains individuals in becoming SKYWARN Storm Spotters and covers the basics of thunderstorm development; fundamentals of storm structure; identifying potential severe weather features; information to report; how to report information; basic severe weather safety

Hurricanes remain one of the deadliest and costliest of natural disasters. Nestled along the east coast, FAU is vulnerable to the impacts and cascading effects of tropical cyclones. This course provides for an overview and basic understanding of concepts designed around protecting, preparing, responding, and recovering from tropical cyclones.

The Department of Emergency Management complements Unit Emergency Planning by offering Unit Assessments. These sessions assess:

• Facility and unit layout and design
• Operations, occupancy, and procedures
• Unit personnel special skills and abilities
• Unit-specific inter/intra-dependencies

This training is designed for individuals who are assigned to the FAU Emergency Operations Team and is designed as an overview of FAU's emergency management program, the Emergency Operations Team, and various components associated with their assignment to the team.

This program provides and overview of FAU's Department of Emergency Management and the administered emergency management program designed on emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities to protect our students, faculty, staff, resources, and infrastructure in order to maintain or restore University operations. 

This training is structured for those individuals who have been assigned the responsibility of activating the FAU Alert System. This training will introduce individuals to the emergency notification & alerting program and associated capabilities.

This training curriculum has been developed for delivery to student workers assigned to the Division of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management. It is designed to cover various safety-related topics and the intricacies of their roles.

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) under FEMA offers self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. Key courses for those involved in emergency response and recovery at FAU are:

IS-100.HE Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education

IS-200.b ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700.a National Incident Management System (NIMS) An Introduction

IS-800.b National Response Framework, An Introduction

Additional courses can be accessed at FEMA Independent Study Program

These sessions allow participants to navigate a hypothetical scenario and discuss the "what ifs". These are designed and tailored to the specific participants and creates an environment where individuals can assess their prior planning and preparedness efforts. These have been and can be, accomplished at department, unit, team, and campus levels.