Hazards, Disasters and the U.S. Emergency Management System: An Introduction
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Sessions
Session 1: Course Introduction and Overview - 146KB Word
Session 1: Syllabus - Introduction to Emergency Management - 80KB Word
Session 1: Intro to EM Power Point Slides - 85KB PPT
Session 2: What Are Hazards? - 73KB Word
Session 2: What Are Hazards Power Point Slides - 72KB PPT
Session 3: Hazard Categories or Taxonomies - 213KB Word
Session 3: Hazard Taxonomies Power Point Slides - 74KB PPT
Session 4: Hazard as Actuality -- Terms and Typologies - 191KB Word
Session 4: Exercise: Classify the Event - 30KB Word
Session 5: Four Theories of Disaster - 228KB Word
Session 5: Four Theories of Disaster Power Point Slides - 86KB PPT
Session 6: Defining Disaster - 189KB Word
Session 6: Defining Disaster Power Point Slides - 72KB PPT
Session 7: Overview of U.S. Hazards - 113KB Word
Session 8: Disaster as a Growth Business - 146KB Word
Session 9: Historical Overview of U.S. Emergency Management - 209KB Word
Session 9: Historical Overview Overheads - 54KB PPT
Session 10: The Scope of Emergency Management - 108KB Word
Session 11: Models of Emergency Management - 124KB Word
Session 12: Approaches to Emergency Management - 91KB Word
Session 13: Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management (Part I) - 87KB Word
Session 14: Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management (Part II) - 103KB Word
Session 15: Fundamentals of U.S. Emergency Management (Part III) - 169KB Word
Session 16: FEMA Organization and Role in U.S. Emergency Management - 119KB Word
Session 16: FEMA Organization and Role in U.S. EM Power Point Slides - 52KB PPT
Session 17: State Organization and Role in Emergency Management - 91KB Word
Session 17: State Organization and Role in EM Power Point Slides - 121KB Word
Session 18: Local Role in Emergency Management - 90KB Word
Session 19: Role of Business and Industry in Emergency Management - 49KB Word
Session 20: The Role of the Media in Emergency Management - 65KB Word
Session 21: The Role of “Third Sector” Organizations - 92KB Word
Session 21: The Role of “Third Sector” Organizations Power Point Slides - 64KB Word
Session 22: Current Trends and Issues in U.S. Emergency Management - 55KB Word
Session 22: Current Trends and Issues in U.S. EM Power Point Slides - 761KB PPT
Session 22: Trends - Building Disaster Resilient Communities - 62KB Word
Appendices
Appendix: Notes on Emergency Management Problems and Issues - 388KB Word
Appendix: Select Emergency Management-Related Terms and Definitions - 541KB Word
Appendix: Top Ten List of U.S. Catastrophes Waiting To Happen - 25KB Word
Appendix: Worst Disasters – Lives Lost (U.S.) - 62KB Word
Appendix: Catastrophe versus Disaster - 36KB Word
Appendix: Catastrophes Waiting to Happen - 43KB Word
Course Reader
Disaster Studies Programs in North American Higher Education Historical Considerations - 135KB Word
Epistemological Problems in Emergency Management: Theoretical Dilemmas and Implications - 68KB Word
The Politics of Disasters (Principles for Local Emergency Managers and Elected Officials) - 651KB Word
Student Reader
Chandler, Robert C., Ph.D. “The Marks of a Leader.” Contingency Planning & Management September/October 2001 pp. 20-22. Reprinted with permission from Witter Publishing Corp. Content contained on www.ContingencyPlanning.com
Fuller, Christopher. “The challenges and future opportunities of emergency management education: a student’s perspective.” Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Autumn 2002. pp. 24-26.
City Auditor’s Office. “Follow-Up Audit – City’s Flood Response.” City of Kansas City, Missouri. September 2001
Hickman, Hayes. “Flood woes blamed on Knox.” March 8, 2005. Reprinted by permission of The Knoxville News-Sentinel Company
Pearce, Dr. Laurence. “An Integrated Approach For Community Hazard, Impact, Risk and Vulnerability – Analysis: HIRV” Excerpt – Doctoral Dissertation. Dr. Pearce has graciously consented to this excerpt appearing in the Intro Student Reader.
McQuaid, John and Mark Schleifsten. “The Big One.” New Orleans Times Picayune. June 24, 2002. Permission granted by The Times Picayune Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
Lotterman, Edward. Risk vs. Recklessness: Who Should Bear Costs. St. Paul Pioneer Press. June 13, 2002. www.edlotterman.com
Krist, John. “Subsidizing Catastrophe” Ventura County Star. November 6, 2003.
Shipley, Sarah. ”A Flood of Development: Unprecedented Growth in the Flood Plain Brings Riches and Risks.” Reprinted with permission of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Copyright 2003.
Quarantelli, E.L. “What Should We Study? Questions and Suggestions for Researchers about the Concept of Disasters.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. March 1987. pp. 7-32.
Erickson. Kai T. ”Collective Trauma: Loss of Community” Excerpt – Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Flood. 1976 pp 186-245.
