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MGT 447: Managing Food Emergencies: Strategies for a Community Response

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Add to Calendar 2025-05-28 08:00:00 2025-05-29 17:00:00 MGT 447: Managing Food Emergencies: Strategies for a Community Response The MGT 447 course helps jurisdictions develop a plan to effectively respond to a large food emergency. The goal of the course is to encourage multidisciplinary, multiagency planning to quickly mobilize resources in a food emergency. The course uses a whole community approach combined with NIMS, the Incident Command System (ICS), and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to respond to food emergencies.Participants will learn how to identify a food emergency that should trigger a response; apply the principles of ICS; determine roles during a food emergency; identify resources; successfully communicate with other agencies and the public; and what to do during the recovery phase. The course combines facilitated discussion and scenario-based training to give participants tangible experience applicable to a real-world food emergency. Wyandotte County Public Health Department Building noreply@marc.org America/Chicago public
Wyandotte County Public Health Department Building

The MGT 447 course helps jurisdictions develop a plan to effectively respond to a large food emergency. The goal of the course is to encourage multidisciplinary, multiagency planning to quickly mobilize resources in a food emergency. The course uses a whole community approach combined with NIMS, the Incident Command System (ICS), and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to respond to food emergencies.

Participants will learn how to identify a food emergency that should trigger a response; apply the principles of ICS; determine roles during a food emergency; identify resources; successfully communicate with other agencies and the public; and what to do during the recovery phase. The course combines facilitated discussion and scenario-based training to give participants tangible experience applicable to a real-world food emergency.

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Target audience

Should be integrated and include management personnel from the following: Local, county and state public health departments, Healthcare provider administration, Hospital clinical leadership, Hospital safety, emergency planning and emergency preparedness, Emergency Management organizations, home healthcare and hospice, human services, community health centers, non-governmental and faith-based organizations, etc.

Priority registration

Priority Registration is reserved for the Greater Kansas City region: Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte in Kansas; and Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte and Ray in Missouri. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required.

Materials

This course utilizes an electronic participant guide.  Participants will need to bring an electronic device with them to class. A link to the participant guide will be available to all registered participants in the training website. We recommend downloading approximately 3 days before the scheduled class date.

FEMA SID

Individuals will need a FEMA SID # before the course date. You will need to bring this number with you to the class. Please create your FEMA SID # at: https://cdp.dhs.gov/FEMASID/

Important: Registration is a two-step process. Individuals will also need to register with the LSU portal to have access to the pre- and post-test, course documents. Please refer to LSU student confirmation letter for details. 

Your registration is not complete unless you also complete the registration at LSU portal. 

Focus Area: Safety & Security