IS-15.A Special Events Contingency Planning for Public Safety Agencies
Course Overview
This five hour web-based course will provide public safety agency personnel information related to pre-event planning, forming the planning team, event hazard analysis, and responding to incidents during special events in their community. Though relevant special events statutes/ordinances and codes must be considered by public safety agency personnel engaged in special event planning, an extensive job aid manual is included in the course and available for download on the course web page.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant should be able to:
Define special event.
Identify a special event contingency planning team.
Conduct a hazard analysis for a special event.
Describe how the incident command system (ICS) can be used in response to an incident at a special event.
