| |
| |
| |
| Emergency Management: A Historical Perspective | |
| |
| |
| Why Study History? | |
| |
| |
| A Brief Survey of Catastrophe | |
| |
| |
| Modern Emergency Management Evolves | |
| |
| |
| The Impact of Homeland Security | |
| |
| |
| The Impact of Hurricane Katrina | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Emergency Management: A Social Science Perspective | |
| |
| |
| Social Science as an Emergency Management Tool | |
| |
| |
| Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes | |
| |
| |
| Disaster Mythology | |
| |
| |
| Organizational Response | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Emergency Manager: Evolving Roles and Shifting Paradigms | |
| |
| |
| Conflicting Roles | |
| |
| |
| Toward a Definition of Emergency Management | |
| |
| |
| The Emergency Manager as Program Manager | |
| |
| |
| Toward Professionalization | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Establishing the Emergency Management Program | |
| |
| |
| Program Management | |
| |
| |
| Developing a Governance Structure | |
| |
| |
| Program Administration | |
| |
| |
| Executive Policy and Strategic Planning | |
| |
| |
| Developing the Strategic Plan | |
| |
| |
| Enabling Authorities and Legislation | |
| |
| |
| Grant Requirements | |
| |
| |
| Best Practices | |
| |
| |
| Defining Goals and Objectives | |
| |
| |
| Strategic Program Elements | |
| |
| |
| Resource Management | |
| |
| |
| Training | |
| |
| |
| Finance | |
| |
| |
| Program Evaluation | |
| |
| |
| Quantitative Assessment Tools | |
| |
| |
| Qualitative Assessment Tools | |
| |
| |
| Exercise Programs | |
| |
| |
| Actual Incidents | |
| |
| |
| Tracking Corrective Actions | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Assessing Risk | |
| |
| |
| Hazard Identification | |
| |
| |
| Hazard Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Impact Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Developing Strategy | |
| |
| |
| A New Look at An Old Model | |
| |
| |
| Risk Management | |
| |
| |
| Mitigation Strategy | |
| |
| |
| Recovery Strategy | |
| |
| |
| Response Strategy | |
| |
| |
| Preparedness | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning Concepts | |
| |
| |
| Plans versus Planning | |
| |
| |
| The Planning Continuum | |
| |
| |
| Centralized Planning, Decentralized Execution | |
| |
| |
| Problem Solving Model | |
| |
| |
| Planning Assumptions | |
| |
| |
| Scenario-based Planning | |
| |
| |
| Functional Planning | |
| |
| |
| Capabilities-based Planning | |
| |
| |
| General Planning Principles | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning Techniques and Methods | |
| |
| |
| Establish A Planning Structure | |
| |
| |
| Use A Meeting Facilitation Process | |
| |
| |
| Develop an Action Plan and Set Deadlines | |
| |
| |
| Managing Multiple Projects | |
| |
| |
| Facilitate Decision Making | |
| |
| |
| Use Common Plan Formats | |
| |
| |
| Determining Plan Content | |
| |
| |
| Use Graphic Tools | |
| |
| |
| Use Exercises to Test Concepts | |
| |
| |
| Keep it Simple | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Coordinating Disaster | |
| |
| |
| Tactical Response | |
| |
| |
| Incident Management Systems | |
| |
| |
| Unified and Area Commands | |
| |
| |
| Multi-agency Coordination Systems | |
| |
| |
| Emergency Operations Centers | |
| |
| |
| Communications and Interoperability | |
| |
| |
| Information processing | |
| |
| |
| Mutual Aid | |
| |
| |
| Resource Management and Logistics | |
| |
| |
| The Joint Information Center | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Managing Crisis | |
| |
| |
| Leadership and Decision-making | |
| |
| |
| Crisis Management | |
| |
| |
| Planning for Crisis Management | |
| |
| |
| Crisis Communications | |
| |
| |
| Strategic Recovery Issues | |
| |
| |
| Catastrophic Events | |
| |
| |
| Conclusion | |