Public Safety Management

1. Identify the roles and recognize the interactions of various emergency management and public safety providers within the context of the communities they serve.
2. Analyze and categorize the historical, economic, psychological, ethical, legal, social, and political forces that influence human behavior and their effects on society.
3. Integrate emergency management principles, regulations, budgeting, and research into managing disasters throughout all phases of the emergency life cycle.
4. Create plans for all-risk emergency preparedness utilizing data analysis based on local, tribal, state, territorial and federal government initiatives that reflect effective risk assessment strategies and consider socio-cultural, economic, international relations and political influences.
5. Integrate equity into all facets of disaster policy, programs, and practice with the goal of increasing cultural competence and mitigating the harmful impacts of bias on underserved groups in local communities.
6. Assess opportunities to strengthen resilience in communities that have been impacted by emergencies through understanding of whole community approach to risk reduction.
7. Design effective leadership, management, and communication strategies to meet the needs of stakeholders throughout a variety of emergency management phases.
8. Assess the impact of critical thinking skills, written and oral communication skills, and technological competencies on the public safety realm in conjunction with the student’s career and personal philosophy.
9. Develop a personal and professional philosophy that reflects an ethical obligation to social justice and contributes to self-growth, respect for others, and professional commitment to disaster and emergency management, community crisis and public safety needs in the 21st century.

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