AMS Emergency Management Training

The Department of Emergency Management offers a comprehensive array of virtual and in-person training for UAMS employees and students. Emergency Management manages courses found in My Compass for required initial and annual training and offers other training opportunities.

The UAMS All Hazards Training Plan describes training roles and responsibilities, how to plan exercises and drills, a process for requesting training and other important background information about emergency preparedness training. To request training or discuss training opportunities, contact the Director of Training Emergency Management at EmerMgt@uams.edu

Group training

The Department of Emergency Management offers these proven group training methods to prepare UAMS to respond to and recover from emergencies:

• Seminars that cover policies, regulations, emergency management programs and procedures, the UAMS Incident Command System (ICS) and its roles and responsibilities.
• Workshops in which Emergency Management staff help other departments create their Business Continuity Plans, Building Emergency Preparedness Plans, emergency standard operating procedures (SOPs), checklists and training programs.
• Tabletop exercises, which are discussion-based sessions to train or evaluate leaders on procedures and responses by talking through emergency scenarios.
• Drills and exercises that replicate actual hazards or incidents to test emergency response plans, procedures and actions.

Training and guidance on SOPs can be highly customized, such as how to evacuate patients with specific conditions from a particular location.

Recommended group training

• Alternate Care/Location Sites
• Creating Building Emergency Preparedness Plans
• Creating Business Continuity Plans
• ICS Evacuation Procedures
• IS-907, Active Shooter: What You Can Do