
| Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications - Trainer's Guide - 1st Edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 78 p.) |
| Introduction |
| Preparation |
| Delivery |
| WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION (15 minutes) |
![]() | (introduction...) |
![]() | 1. Emergency information management and telecommunications |
![]() | 2. Session objectives |
| PART 1: EMERGENCY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (2 hours) |
![]() | (introduction...) |
![]() | 3. Part 1: Learning objectives |
![]() | 4. Emergency information management |
![]() | 5. Emergency information management as a ''cycle'' |
![]() | 6. Identifying needs |
![]() | 7. Identifying needs by phase |
![]() | 8. Information needs for contingency planning |
![]() | 9. Early warning information for complex emergencies |
![]() | 10. Information needs for emergency response |
![]() | 11. Information needs for rehabilitation and recovery activities |
![]() | 12. What we sometimes assume |
![]() | 13. What is often the real situation |
![]() | 14. Information needs for mitigation activities |
![]() | 15. Gathering data: choice of techniques and phases of disaster |
![]() | 16. Choice of data gathering technique depends on: |
![]() | 17. Managing data-gathering |
![]() | 18. Establishing a baseline |
![]() | 19. Common sources of baseline data |
![]() | 20. Common sources of baseline data |
![]() | 21. Quantitative vs. qualitative methods of data gathering |
![]() | 22. Quantitative, statistical sampling techniques |
![]() | 23. Qualitative data-gathering techniques |
![]() | 24. Inter-agency approach to data gathering |
![]() | 25. Tools for data-gathering |
![]() | 26. Geographic Information Systems |
![]() | 27. Presentation of GIS information |
![]() | 28. Other tools for data-gathering |
![]() | 29. Data analysis and information production |
![]() | 30. Tools for data analysis and information production |
![]() | 31. Information dissemination: management concerns |
![]() | 32. Coordination structures and information dissemination |
![]() | 33. Use of the media in information dissemination |
![]() | 34. Institutional memory |
![]() | 35. Steps in building institutional memory capacity |
| PART 2: EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS (1 hour and 30 minutes) |
![]() | (introduction...) |
![]() | 36. Part 2 Learning Objectives: Emergency telecommunications |
![]() | 37. Emergency telecommunications |
![]() | 38. Major emergency telecommunications management concerns |
![]() | 39. Typical political/organizational concerns |
![]() | 40. Possible solutions to political/organizational concerns |
![]() | 41. Equipment/infrastructure concerns |
![]() | 42. Emergency telecommunications technologies |
![]() | 43. Strategic (worldwide) telecommunications systems |
![]() | 44. Tactical (short-range or local) telecommunications systems |
![]() | 45. UN/DHA On-Site Operations Co-ordination Center Network |
![]() | 46. UN/DHA OSOCC Network: Capital - Site Links |
![]() | 47. Summary |
| PART 3 (optional): SETTING UP THE SYSTEMS (1 hour 30 min. to 2 hours) |
![]() | (introduction...) |
![]() | 48. Setting up the systems |
![]() | 49. Part 3: Session objectives |
![]() | 50. Thinking systematically... |
![]() | 51. Rapid response in Zenon |
![]() | 52. Small group questions |
| WRAP-UP (15 minutes) |
Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications
This trainer's guide is a companion to the module on Emergency Information Management and Telecommunications. It provides a format and tools to enable you to conduct a training workshop in an interactive and stimulating manner. You may utilize this guide as the foundation for a complete and structured presentation. However, it is not a rigid instrument that must be followed, inclusive of every overhead and exercise. You are in the best position to select and relate the material to the experiences and needs of your audience. Your creativity and responsiveness to the workshop participants and the dynamics of the training session are essential to a valuable learning experience. So plan to develop the agenda and select the overheads and exercises that are appropriate for your group.