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IS-559: Local Damage Assessment

Course Date

10/31/2011

Course Overview

This course provides information and resources that will enable participants to plan an effective damage assessment program and conduct rapid and effective damage assessments in order to save lives, protect property and the environment, and begin the process of recovery and mitigation.

Course Objectives:

  • Explain basic concepts related to damage assessment.
  • Describe how risk and vulnerability assessment information is used for damage assessment planning.
  • Explain the process for planning the damage assessment program.
  • Describe how training and exercises are used to enhance the damage assessment program.
  • Describe basic operations of local damage assessment.
  • Describe damage assessment after-action activities.

Primary Audience

Local officials who are responsible for assessing, collecting, and reporting damages during and after any event that causes damage of private, public, and critical infrastructure

Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites are:

  • IS-100.b Introduction to the Incident Command System
  • 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
  • IS-120.a An Introduction to Exercises
  • IS-130 Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning

CEUs:

0.2

Course Length:

2 hours