**January 10, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY:

January 10, 2006 \-- Talked to Diana Havner Bryant, Director of the
Crisis and Disaster Management Bachelor of Science Degree Program at CSU
\-- to determine how the program has been going since its one-year
re-evaluation hiatus and restart this past June. As a result of the
year-log evaluation, two courses from the CSU Safety Science program
have been added to the Crisis and Disaster Management curriculum:

Introduction to Industrial Hygiene

Principles of Accident Causation

Since the restart of the program in June 2005, 20-30 new students have
enrolled, including several new students for this new semester. Diana
notes that also in June, a new Institute for Rural Emergency Management
was approved and has been \"stood-up.\" For additional information,
Diana Bryant can be reached at: <Bryant@cmsu.edu>.

\(2\) DISASTER PREPAREDNESS:

Connolly, Ceci. \"Emergency Systems Ailing \-- Report Says Most States
Are Ill Prepared for Medical Crises.\" Washington Post, January 10,
2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901696.html>

The story is about an analysis released today by the American College of
Emergency Physicians \-- on emergency medical care capability across the
country \-- which was given a report score grade of C-. For more
information on this story from the ACEP, go to:
[[http://my.acep.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp1_homepage]{.underline}](http://my.acep.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp1_homepage)

\(3\) DISCIPLINES, DISASTERS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT \-- TEXTBOOK
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

January 10, 2006 \-- Reviewed 2nd draft of chapter on \"Criminal
Justice,\"

by Dr. Robert Louden, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminal
Justice at Georgian Court University, NJ; provided review comments to
lead book developer, Dr. David McEntire, University of North Texas; and
forwarded to EMI Webmaster for upload to the EM HiEd Project website \--
Free College Courses and Books section.

\(4\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY/DEFENSE HIGHER
EDUCATION

CONFERENCE:

January 10, 2006 \-- Arranged today, with Lt. Commander Aquilla Causey
(NORTHCOM Training Officer) a meeting here at EMI on January 24 with two
representatives from NORTHCOM \-- Dr. Houston Polson (who has replaced
Stan Supinski with the NORTHCOM Homeland Security/Defense Consortium
project), and Col. Doug L. Johnston. Purpose is to discuss the June 6-8,
2006 Emergency Management and Homeland Security/Defense Higher Education
Conference. This year FEMA\'s Emergency Management Higher Education
Project and NORTHCOM\'s Homeland Security/Defense Consortium are working
together on a combined conference.

\(5\) FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT \-- GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT:

January 10, 2006 \-- Received for review from Admin Support the printed
final copy of this approximately 1000-paged graduate course \-- by a
team led by Robert Freitag, University of Washington. Will now review
this revised course to determine that the changes agreed upon with the
course developer at the conclusion of the review comments period have
been successfully incorporated into the course. If so, as anticipated,
the course will be uploaded to the EM HiEd Project website \-- Free
College Courses section \-- Completed Courses subsection.

\(6\) HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE, MN \-- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & HOMELAND
SECURITY ASSOCIATE DEGREE APPROVED:

January 10, 2006 \-- Received news from Jon N. Olson, Fire/EMS/Safety
Services Manager at the Eden Prairie Campus of Hennepin Technical
College, that the school\'s proposal to implement an Associate Degree in
Emergency Management & Homeland Security, in addition to the school\'s
Emergency Management Certificate, has been recently approved and
implemented this week. The Project Assistant will soon be developing and
posting a description of this new program to The College List on the
Project website. In the meantime, for additional information, Jon Olson
can be reached at: <Jon.Olson@hennepintech.edu>.

\(7\) INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT \-- ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOK
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

January 10, 2006 \-- Reviewed 2nd draft chapter on \"International
Emergency Management\" and provided review comments to lead book
developer, Dr. Michael Lindell, Texas A&M University. Chapter abstract:

\"Students of emergency management are exposed to a great deal of
information on what is being done in the United States and, to a lesser
degree, the English-speaking world. However, they are often unaware of
the different approaches to emergency management used in other regions.

This chapter identifies some of the ways in which countries differ
systematically in their hazard vulnerability, economic resources,
government organization, quality of the built environment, civil
society, role of the military, and role of international organizations.

The chapter then turns to six case studies of emergency management
capabilities in East Asia, South Asia, South America, Oceania, and
Europe.\"

The chapter has been forwarded to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the EM
HiEd Project website \-- Free College Courses and Books subsection.

\(8\) JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA:

January 10, 2006 \-- Talked briefly with Dr. Barry Cox, Director of the
graduate and undergraduate emergency management programs at JSU, to see
how his programs looked in the new semester and year. Dr. Cox noted that
\"steady growth continues\" at JSU and he anticipates continued growth.
For additional information, a description of the JSU Programs can be
found in the Emergency Management section of The College List on the EM
HiEd Project website \-- or email Dr. Cox at: <bcox@jsucc.jsu.edu>.

\(9\) MANAGING THE CONSEQUENCES OF A NUCLEAR ATTACK BRIEFING:

January 10, 2006 \-- Attended an approximately 2-hour, for official use
only, briefing here at EMI on \"Managing the Consequences of a Nuclear
Attack\" by Dr. John Brinkerhoff, now with the Institute for Defense
Analysis in Alexandria, VA \-- Strategy, Forces and Resources Division.
Dr. Brinkerhoff can be reached at: <jbrinkerxx@aol.com>. Again, the
briefing was for official government use only.

\(10\) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS \-- EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATION AND
PLANNING

PROGRAM:

January 10, 2006 \-- Talked with Dr. James Kendra, Coordinator of the
Emergency Administration and Planning Program at UNT, who notes that UNT
this past semester graduated 20 EADP majors, leaving the program with
about 200 current majors, and looking forward to a slight increase when
the new semester which starts next week. Dr. Kendra notes that the
program is still trending upward in enrollments and he does not see a
downtrend on the horizon. For additional information, Dr. Kendra can be
reached at: <jmkendra@unt.edu>.

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

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