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Emergency Management Higher Education Virtual Symposiums for 2013


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Public Administration and Emergency Management


Documents below are in MS Word or Adobe PDF format.

  • Cover Page – Public Administration and Emergency Management
  • Course Syllabus- Public Administration and Emergency Management
  • Course Bibliography  - Public Administration and Emergency Management
  • Session 1: Course Orientation and Introduction
  • Session 1 – Power Point
  • Session 2 – Overview of Emergency Management in the U.S.
  • Session 2 – Power Point
  • Session 3 – Disasters and Intergovernmental Relations
  • Session 3 – Power Point
  • Session 4 – Organizing Emergency Management Offices
  • Session 4 – Power Point
  • Session 5 – Disasters and the Private Sector
  • Session 5 – Power Point
  • Session 6 – The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Session 6 – Power Point
  • Session 7 – Organizational and Operational Planning
  • Session 7 – Power Point
  • Session 8 – Paying for Large-Scale Disasters
  • Session 8 – Power Point
  • Session 9 – Disaster Mitigation
  • Session 9 – Power Point
  • Session 10 – Disaster Recovery
  • Session 10 – Power Point
  • Session 11 – Legal and Liability Issues
  • Session 11 – Power Point
  • Session 12 – Technology Issues in Emergency Management
  • Session 12 – Power Point
  • Session 13 – The Professionalization of Emergency Management
  • Session 13 – Power Point
  • Session 14 – Management of Large-Scale Disaster Response/Recovery
  • Session 14 – Power Point
  • Session 15 – Disaster Policy & Advocacy
  • Session 15 – Power Point
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