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Homeland Security Emergency Management AA degree

Find detailed information on the new Homeland Security Emergency Management AA degree.

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What is a Center of Excellence?

A Center of Excellence is a public-private coalition which provides training and education around the state related to an industry-specific discipline such as Homeland Security. It is a coalition of all 34 community and technical colleges, public agencies, and private sector organizations dedicated to delivering dynamic Homeland Security training statewide. The Center of Excellence for Homeland Security is located at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom. Read more...

Washington State Centers Of Excellence

There are 11 Centers of Excellence around the state. Each has a unique program of education and training that helps the state's economy grow. More information about each of the centers.

Hot Topics

• Children and Disaster
  Save the Children. The Disaster Decade: Lessons Unlearned For The United States. PDF “Commission Urges President and Congress to Make Children a Priority in Disaster Planning” from the National Commission on Children and Disasters. This Interim Report offers solutions to close gaps in disaster planning that neglect children.
• Secretary Napolitano’s Remarks On Preparedness At The American Red Cross
  http://www.dhs.gov/xother/gc_1254339231433.shtm
• Homegrown Terrorism - Senate Homeland Security Hearing
  Eight Years After 9/11: Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Archive Webcast and Prepared Statements
• The Administration’s Flu Vaccine Program
  From the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Administration’s Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety, and Distribution.
• Preparedness: State of Citizen and Community Preparedness
  From the House Committee on Homeland Security. “Preparedness: State of Citizen and Community Preparedness” Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response, October 1, 2009.
• Preparing the Latino Community for Public Health Emergencies
  Preparing the Latino Community for Public Health Emergencies
• Public Alert and Warning System
  Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Modernization and Integration of Public Alert and Warning System From the GAO:
• Leveraging Public Private Partnerships to Improve Community Resilience in Times of Disaster
  Abstract: Purpose – As noted in the Department of Homeland Security’s National Response Framework, disasters are inherently local and ultimately the responsibility of the lowest jurisdictional level present within the impacted area. Given these parameters, this paper aims to sharpen the concept of national resilience by recommending a framework which positions community resilience as an [...]
• Pandemic Planning at Pierce College
  From an email from Joann Wiszmann, Vice President Administrative Services. ————— Welcome Back! This email is intended to summarize some of the key points of the district’s plan for responding to possible impacts of Swine Flu and to provide employees with access to more information, if desired. During the summer, we worked on a Continuity of Operations Plan. [...]
• Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Management Course Revision Project Open Season
  Dr. Richard Sylves, University of Delaware, has now completed a complete first draft of his revision to the EM Hi-Ed College Course “The Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Management.” (Dr. Sylves is the author of the original “Political and Policy Basis” course, which was one of the first college courses developed via contract [...]