Lakeshore Technical College, Public Safety Division
Lakeshore Technical College, Public Safety Division
1290 North Avenue
Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015
Represented by John A. Hanson, email:
Lakeshore Technical College is launching an Associate Degree in Emergency Management (Fall of 2007) designed for current professionals and those just entering the career field. Using a blended learning format, you are able to acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively manage a comprehensive emergency management program as a result of a combination of online classes and just enough hands-on experiences in our state-of-the art campus facilities.
Our first courses will include “Fundamentals of Emergency Management” and “Introduction to Hazards”. These courses will foster abilities to prepare the learner for:
- emergency management functions at the local, state, and national levels
- determining the resource requirements and how to garner and maintain these resources
- advocate the importance of training/exercising
- apply basic terms used to discuss hazardous materials problems and explain how hazardous materials enter and move through the body and the environment
- explain the roles of Federal, State, and local governments in reducing hazardous materials risks and summarize the key provisions of critical Federal legislation
- discuss major hazardous materials identification systems currently in use
- outline how communities identify possible targets of opportunity in a terrorist’s use of toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and to assess what local communities can do to increase their preparedness to respond to hazardous materials accidents of any size
- develop steps individuals can take to protect themselves in an incident.
Our reason for attending the conference is to develop a strong network with other community and technical colleges throughout the United States. Our desired outcome is to participate in the sharing of best practices and ideas involving program development, projected outcomes, student recruitment, distance education, developing joint partnerships and discovering future ideas for sustaining a healthy program. We want to develop strong networks with the participants in attendance who have expertise in these areas.
John A. Hanson is a Hazardous Materials Technician and Emergency Management Specialist. His journey includes United States Air Force active duty and Air National Guard military service. As a traditional guardsman assigned to the Emergency Management & Readiness Office, 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air Nation Guard, Milwaukee, WI duties include: teaching deploying personnel on wear of protective equipment; procedures for nuclear, chemical, conventional, and biological weapons attack; hazardous material training; and provides emergency management expertise to base leadership during disaster response. John has served as a Readiness Manager, 61st Air Base Group, Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA.
In August of 2004, John was hired by Lakeshore Technical College as a full-time hazardous materials/emergency management instructor. He also works closely with local civilian emergency managers, first responders and hospital emergency response staff providing instruction in the incident command system (ICS) and response to all-hazard contingencies as part of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).