Since the past, many people have lost their lives due to natural and man-made disasters in our country and in the world. Due to the geographical location of our country, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, hail, frost, forest fires, heavy rain, strong winds, lightning, avalanches and storms are frequently encountered. Situations requiring emergency assistance or disasters often bring problems that cannot be overcome with the rules of daily practice and order. This situation reveals the need for professional management of emergencies and disasters. For this reason, experts with appropriate knowledge, skills and equipment are needed to manage this process in a healthy way in emergency and disaster situations.
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management The aim of the department is; Experts who can reduce the damage of the disaster process, apply emergency aid techniques to the sick and injured in the pre-hospital period, perform life-saving and prevent disability, minimize losses by providing coordination in case of any disaster, and have the ability to refer and manage the unit they will be assigned to. is to train.
The aim of the department in terms of research is to follow the developments in the world in the field of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management, to examine the problems specific to Turkey and to carry out scientific studies in order to produce solutions to the problems in this field.
Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Department is a department that can be preferred by people who are happy to help people, who can make quick and correct decisions in sudden situations, who are careful, disciplined, clean, meticulous, cold-blooded and have a sense of responsibility, communicate well, and have high empathy skills.
Graduates of the Emergency Aid and Disaster Management program, in line with the competencies they have gained, can work in disaster management in the provincial directorates of the Disaster and Emergency Presidency (AFAD), Disaster Management and Coordination Centers, fire brigades, Red Crescent, civil defense search and rescue units, private sector and non-governmental organizations. in related fields, public institutions and organizations (hospitals, schools, etc.) and relevant units of local governments, international
