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Course Details

Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and Stakeholder AWR-401-W
Preparedness Review (Online)
Training Provider(s): Texas Engineering Extension Service Course Level: Awareness
Delivery Type(s): Online/Distance Learning Duration (in Hours): 9.0
Community Lifeline(s): Safety and Security, Food, Water, Continuing Education Units:
Sheltering, Health and Medical, Energy, Communications, IACET: 0.9
Transportation, Hazardous Material

Duration (in Days):

Course Description:
This course will prepare participants to conduct a community Threat and Hazard Identification and
Risk Assessment/Stakeholder Preparedness Review (THIRA/SPR). Participants will identify
threats and hazards of community concern, give those threats and hazards context, establish
capability targets, and determine how to apply the THIRA/SPR results. By using the THIRA/SPR
process, stakeholders will develop a strategy to allocate resources and establish mitigation and
preparedness activities. THIRA/SPR-informed planning is consistent with and expands on
nationally accepted emergency management standards as the basis for planning across the
mission areas of prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery.

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

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

• summarize the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) and
Stakeholder Preparedness Review (SPR) process.
• identify specific hazards related to the community by applying principles and concepts related to
threat and hazard groups, sources of hazard information, and the factors to consider for threat
and hazard selection.
• write threat and hazard context descriptions and estimate impacts of the threats and hazards.
• develop core capability target statements which describe the level of capability a community
plans to achieve for each of the 32 core capabilities.
• assess current capability levels and how community capabilities have changed over the last
year.
• determine capability gaps and a subsequent approaches for addressing gaps and sustainment
needs using the POETE (Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training, and Exercises) Model.
• assess the extent to which relevant funding sources played a role in building and sustaining the
capabilities assessed by the capability targets and describe the impact that capabilities built or
sustained by FEMA preparedness or mitigation grants had in real-world incidents over the past
year.
• produce a sample THIRA and SPR for a given scenario.

Other Prerequisites:
None
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Primary Core Capability:

Threats and Hazard Identification
Secondary Core Capability(s):
• Community Resilience
• Long-term Vulnerability Reduction
• Planning
• Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment
Mission Area(s):
• Mitigation
Discipline(s):
• Emergency Management
• Emergency Medical Services
• Fire Service
• Governmental Administrative
• Hazardous Material
• Law Enforcement
• Health Care
• Public Health
• Public Safety Communications
• Public Works
• Citizen/Community Volunteer
• Information Technology
• Other

Training Certificates:
Texas Engineering Extension Service Certificate of Completion

Course POC:
Dave Raushenberger
POC Work Phone: 800-423-8433
POC Work Email: ilepse@teex.tamu.edu
POC Information: https://teex.org/class/awr401/
Course Link: https://teex.org/class/awr401/
Course Active?: Yes