{"id":71754,"date":"2024-04-08T13:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=71754"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T20:31:14","slug":"eoc-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/eoc-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Partnership seeks to prepare students for a career in emergency management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Navigating the intense atmosphere of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during the Tunnel Fire\u2014a 2022 Coconino County wildfire that burned more than 26,000 acres\u2014was challenging for even experienced emergency professionals. Now, those lessons are being used to train the next generation of emergency managers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Coconino County Emergency Management is collaborating with Northern Arizona University&#8217;s Career Ready initiative, along with its emergency management degree program and the Office of Emergency Management, to offer an unparalleled educational opportunity to a dozen students.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From April 18-20, students will be immersed in the environment of a real-world EOC, drawing on data and insights gleaned from significant emergencies in northern Arizona. With the Tunnel Fire serving as a case study, participants will tackle a range of scenarios mirroring those faced by EOC personnel, acquiring essential skills and knowledge that will pave the way to careers in emergency management.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The course begins with FEMA\u2019s Incident Command System\/Emergency Operations Center Interface class, which teaches the fundamentals of communication and collaboration between on-scene incident management teams and the EOC&#8217;s command and general staff.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guided by Coconino County&#8217;s emergency managers, students will then assume command and general staff roles, bringing the EOC to life in a comprehensive functional exercise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thanks to support from NAU Yuma&#8217;s Elevating Excellence initiative, students participating in this project will receive financial assistance to offset travel expenses.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This immersive training session will take place at the Coconino County Emergency Operations Center in Flagstaff, where emergency management experts from across northern Arizona will converge to mentor and guide students through this transformative experience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/eoc-class\/\">Navigating the intense atmosphere of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during the Tunnel Fire\u2014a 2022 Coconino County wildfire that burned more than 26,000 acres\u2014was challenging for even experienced emergency professionals. Now, those lessons are being used to train the next generation of emergency managers.\u00a0 Coconino County Emergency Management is collaborating with Northern Arizona University&#8217;s Career&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":61953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1814],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nau-announcements"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}