Course Code: EMGT 1002
Course Title: Facility Emergency Response Group

Description: This virtual course reviews the policies and procedures outlining how responding personnel on the School of Medicine campus will respond and manage campus emergencies that require coordination of multiple departments and multiple resources.

Course Objectives: At the end of this course, participants will be able to describe:

  • The response protocols for addressing extended emergencies involving more than one department
  • The defined roles/responsibilities among key departments during campus emergencies
  • The recommended sequential actions and documentation for multi-department field response emergencies

Target Audience: WashU School of Medicine staff with responsibilities that may require field response to any emergency on the medical campus. Key departments include, but are not limited to: Facilities Operations, Protective Services, Emergency Management, Environmental Health and Safety and Capital Projects.

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Course Code: EMGT 1006
Course Title: Crisis Management Team Orientation

Description: This virtual course is designed to familiarize those personnel with responsibilities within the EOC during an emergency on campus to the facility’s procedures and capabilities. Additionally, this course outlines roles and responsibilities in the EOC and the coordination concepts necessary for an effective response.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Introduce the Emergency Operation and Crisis Management Team’s organizational structure
  • Review the university’s All-Hazards Emergency Operations Plan, how to navigate the plan and how it guides actions during an emergency
  • Discuss EOC operations – what they are, where they occur, and who’s a part of them
  • Review resources available to CMT members and introduce the Emergency Management Team to new members

Target Audience: Newly designated WashU Crisis Management Team Members and all those who may potentially have a role in the university emergency operations center.

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Course Code: EMGT 1007
Course Title: Veoci User: Initial Training

Description: This in-person course is for designated personnel who will use the Veoci Incident Management software for information sharing and coordination during an incident. This training will familiarize users with the system’s interface as well as posting to the situation status board, submitting resource requests and sharing information and files through the cockpit.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Introduce new CMT members to the Veoci incident management system and how to gain access
  • Outline reasons to use Veoci, when it will be activated and how CMT members will be notified
  • Review how to use Veoci to communicate and coordinate with others during an incident

Target Audience: Newly designated WashU Crisis Management Team Members and all those who may potentially have a role in the university emergency operations center.

This class is only available in person and will be scheduled regularly with new CMT members.


Course Code: EMGT 1008
Course Title: Veoci User: Refresher Training

Description: This virtual course is designed to reinforce concepts learned in the EMGT 1007 course with an emphasis on hands-on practical application of the Veoci tool. This training will include short exercises to practice navigating within the system’s interface and virtually sharing information across EOC personnel.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Provide a refresher of the Veoci incident management system for CMT members who have already completed initial Veoci training
  • Refresh CMT members on topics such as how to communicate with other members and how to post information to the incident status board

Target Audience: Designated WashU Crisis Management Team Members who have already taken initial Veoci training. This course may be taken at any time and as often as one wants.

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Course Code: EMGT 4002
Course Title: Alertus Preset Activation

Description: This virtual course is designed for public safety staff with responsibilities for sending notifications and warnings through Alertus during emergencies. This course is designated for those with responsibility for sending Preset (Level I) and Custom (Level II) Alerts.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Review how to login to the Alertus system as well as when and why to send an emergency alert
  • Provide instruction regarding how to send a preset alert and give the user the opportunity to practice the procedures

Target Audience: Any WashU public safety staff expected to send a Level I, preset-activation, emergency alert through the Alertus Emergency Notification System.

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Course Code: EMGT 4003
Course Title: Alertus Custom Activation

Description: This virtual course is designed for public safety staff with responsibilities for sending notifications and warnings through Alertus during emergencies. This course is designated for those with responsibility for sending Custom (Level II) Alerts only.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Review how to login to the Alertus system as well as when and why to send a custom-activation emergency alert.
  • Provide instruction regarding how to send a customized alert and give the user the opportunity to practice the procedures.

Target Audience: Any WashU public safety staff expected to send a Level II, custom-activation, emergency alert through the Alertus Emergency Notification System.

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Course Code: EMGT 4004
Course Title: Everbridge University

Description: This virtual training platform offers user education to those public safety and emergency personnel with responsibilities for sending emergency and non-emergency notifications through the Everbridge notification software and for those issuing crime alerts and security memos.

Course Objectives: The objectives of this course are to:

  • Provide relevant courses and training to staff who may be expected to send an emergency alert through the Everbridge Emergency Notification System
  • Review how to craft and send notifications, how to manage data and content within the system and how to launch incident communications, all depending on which group the trainee is assigned to

Target Audience: Any WashU public safety staff who may be expected to send an emergency alert through the Everbridge Emergency Notification System.

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