The Emergency Planning and Response Sciences is an Florida Department of Education approved four-year Career Technical Education program & is one of three pathways available to an NJROTC Cadet at Winter Park High School (Core, Aviation, and EPRS). During the course, students will receive academic lectures, hands-on training/ workshops, and field study related to the management and response before, during, and after man-made and natural disasters.

 

Students will become familiar with the roles,  responsibilities, and capabilities  of national, state, regional, and local emergency agencies and organizations in natural and man-made disasters. A wide variety of Emergency Management subjects are covered to educate students on the doctrine and theory of emergency management in the United States.  

 

Throughout the program, students will receive a wide variety of technical training in critical emergency-related skills including disaster preparedness, emergency medical response,search and rescue, disaster psychology,  and fire suppression. Related technical subjects such as hazardous material operations, terrorism awareness, team organization and leadership, and college and career planning are covered in detail. 

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The Winter Park EPRS program is a recognized National Registry of Emergency

Medical Technicians (NREMT) Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) training 

program and, upon completion of the appropriate coursework, our students

are eligible to take their National Registry test, and apply for their certification

as an NREMT EMR. 

 

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