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AWR-233 Volcanic Crises Awareness Course - May 2025 DHS&EM/NDPTC-HI

Full Description: Course Description
This course enhances the abilities of participants to support their organizations' preparedness and response efforts for future volcanic crises. It provides an understanding of: processes, impacts, and causes of volcanic hazards; current monitoring and hazard assessment tools and products; volcano warning and dissemination systems and methods; and community response to eruptions and volcanic crises.

Students will participate in a facilitator-led scenario-based group activity that challenges them to identify effective actions that will reduce the impact of a volcanic crisis in their community(s). Participants will apply their knowledge of the presented materials to actual preparedness, mitigation, and response issues. Through these exercises, participants will come to understand how organizational preparedness and community-level planning support the mitigation of volcanic hazards

Course Objectives
Describe the basics of eruption processes and identify differences with respect to other major natural hazards
Identify methods and techniques used to monitor active volcanoes
Explain factors that aid or hinder the development of awareness and preparedness in communities and institutions and appropriate public behavior during volcanic crises
Plan an effective, timely response to a complex and rapidly developing volcanic event

Signup Details: Register at:
https://ndptc.hawaii.edu/training/delivery/3988/
Registration code: 14302