Critical Incident Education and Training

There will be a discussion meeting on Wednesday, October 20th, from 12-3 to engage in dialogue about designing metrics for the current critical incident analysis model.

The session will be led by Professor Betty Kirby, the author of several articles relating to the critical incident analysis model.

Participants include Frank Ochberg, John Ryan, James Hawdon, Ned Benont, Sal Guajardo, William Pammer, and Laura Agnich.

On Thursday morning, Professors Schwester, Wandt, Guajardo and Pammer will present a new technology available for the analysis of critical incident data. In a live presentation, the professors will demonstrate how simple and  powerful statistical analyses can be performed on data in the ACIA Archive. The technology, SDA, is a set of programs for the documentation and analysis of large datasets. SDA is developed and maintained by the Computer-assisted Survey Methods Program (CSM) at the University of California, Berkeley.

They will also demonstrate how these statistical tools can be used in critical incident education.

Faculty members from Hawaii, Michigan, Virginia and New York will convene the first meeting of the Panel on Critical Incident Education. The Panel consists of representatives of colleges and universities offering or preparing to offer undergraduate or graduate courses in critical incident analysis.

Faculty members will present courses involving critical incident analysis at the undergraduate and graduate level. A panel of students will offer their assessments and reactions.

Then the participants will examine ways to move forward by sharing course concepts and materials, and by offering joint online courses combining faculty and students from different campuses.

The Emergency Management Simulation Center consists of two simulation laboratories within the Haaren Hall Expansion Project at John Jay College. The Emergency Management Simulator is a 32-station environment that replicates a typical regional or organizational emergency operations center. The High-rise Simulator is a 24-station environment that replicates typical security and alarm control stations in high-rise buildings.  The Center also includes a 5-station observation and simulation … [Read More...]