MCC Economic & Workforce Development Center: Impact Report 2015-17

Homeland Security Management Institute (HSMI)

Expert homeland security training.

The HSMI provides training to public and private employees in the region—acquiring the skills to respond to a terrorist attack or other catastrophic emergency. HSMI develops curricula and provides regional and national services to safety professionals, public officials, health care providers, public safety managers and executives. Accomplishments from the past two years include: Establishment of both a one-year Certificate Program in Homeland Security and an Applied Science (A.S.) Degree in Homeland Security. Numerous training seminars and conferences such as Active Shooter, Bomb Threat Procedures, Human Trafficking, Social Media and Terrorist Issues. Attendees came from 135 separate companies and organizations in the Greater Rochester and Monroe County Area. Four separate eight-week Community Emergency Response Team Programs, graduating 152.

These new graduates now join 1,200 fully trained emergency response individuals ready to assist professional first responders.

Impact: Launched two homeland security related programs, an A.S. and a certificate option.

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