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StudiGuide 43: Emergency Management in California
Study Guide for the California Police Academy (P.O.S.T.) Written Examination
Created byMichael Rubacha
Last updated 1/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Students will be able to understand the basic concepts of Emergency Planning in California.
- At the end of this StudiGuide course, students will be able to understand the California Criminal Justice System.
- Students will have an understanding of Terrorism Awareness
- Students will be able to have a better understanding for the testing and passing of the (POST) basic police academy written examination.
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Course content
10 sections • 41 lectures • 1h 9m total length
Requirements
- Students should have a copy of the state of California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST) workbook and review it prior to starting a StudiGuide course.
Description
This StudiGuide course provides a practice review-testing resource for police academy cadets (based on the state of California’s Commission on Peace Officer Standard and Training 'POST' requirements) to help understand and pass the POST written examinations.
RECALL:
• the definition of terrorism
• the history of the Incident Command System (ICS)
RECOGNIZE terrorism indicators and counterterrorism measures
IDENTIFY:
• typical terrorist methods, motivations and tactics
• domestic terrorist groups
• special interest terrorist groups
• international terrorist groups
• the Department of Homeland Security threat levels
• law enforcement prevention/deterrence actions
• public safety information sharing resources
• the concepts of a threat and vulnerability assessment
• local critical infrastructure sectors
• threat assessment rationale
• the intelligence cycle
• intelligence resources
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• routes of exposure and the assessment of WMD exposure
• the components of the R.A.I.N. Concept, Recognize, Avoid, Isolate and Notify
• biological WMD agents
• the characteristics of nuclear/radiological WMD agents
• the characteristics of incendiary devices
• the types of chemical WMD and toxic industrial chemicals / materials
• the effects of toxic industrial chemicals / materials
• the types and characteristics of explosives and improvised explosive devices
• the importance of WMD job aids for First Responders, Louisiana State University (LSU) WMD Response Guide and Emergency Response Guide (ERG)
• response strategies and decontamination issues
• the phases of a WMD incident
• the basic on-scene actions at a WMD incident
• incident response priorities of Life versus property, Crime scene protection and Preservation of evidence
• types and levels of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and decontamination considerations
• law enforcement, First Responder roles and responsibilities associated with responding to a critical incident
• the features of ICS
• the five functional components of ICS
• the components of the State of California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)
• the components of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Selected information from this written examination will also appear on your End-of-Course Proficiency Test.
Who this course is for:
- Students who want to maximize their study time while attending a police academy in the state of California.
- Students who want a clearer understanding of the material they will be tested on while attending a police academy.
- Our StudiGuides are an eLearning experience that short-cuts the normal "study groups" at home with the fundamental, straight forward, no-nonsense knowledge required, in a practical setting; your home, vehicle or other study place.