**July 6, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) CATASTROPHE INSURANCE:

Loy, James M. \"Testimony \[on Need for Catastrophe Insurance\] to the
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the House of
Representatives Committee on Financial Services.\" June 28, 2006.

Accessed at:
[[http://www.protectingamerica.org/?PFID=21&PID=77]{.underline}](http://www.protectingamerica.org/?PFID=21&PID=77)

\[Admiral Loy is Co-Chairman of Protecting America (with James Lee
Witt), former Deputy Secretary of DHS, and Commandant of the USCG. Some
excerpts:

\"The simple fact is that catastrophe can and does occur virtually
anywhere in this country\....

\"The bulk - in fact 57% \-- of the American public lives in an area
prone to catastrophes like major hurricanes, earthquakes or other
natural disasters, and more move toward those areas every day.

\"Seven of the 10 most costly hurricanes in US history occurred in the
last 5 years.

\"Some of the most valuable real estate in this country is squarely in
catastrophe\'s path - on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts and on
top of the New Madrid fault in the greater Mississippi Valley.

\"Catastrophe preparedness, prevention and recovery are not a challenge
limited only to Florida and the Gulf Coast, nor to the earthquake zone
of northern California.

\"In the past 100 years, 11 hurricanes have made direct hits on New
England; 6 have made direct hits on Long Island\....

\"Disaster experts project that a replay of the San Francisco earthquake

\- same force at the same location - could result in more than \$400
billion in replacement and rebuilding costs.

\"Were we to experience a replay of the 1938 \'Long Island Express\'

hurricane, the damages could exceed \$100 billion. If that hurricane
made landfall a mere 20 miles to the west, smack in the middle of
Manhattan, the damages would be even more staggering.\"\]

\(2\) HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT \-- COURSE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT:

Received from review from lead course developer, Dr. William Waugh, Jr.,
Session 6, \"Recovery,\" which he drafted.

\(3\) KATRINA:

Maslin, Janet. \"Hurricane Katrina Viewed From The City Desk.\" New York
Times, July 6, 2006. At:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/books/06masl.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin>

\(4\) PERIODICALS RECEIVED:

Emergency Preparedness News, Vol. 30, Issue 11, June 7, 2006.

(Biweekly, Business Publishers, Inc. 8737 Colesville Rd., Suite 100,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3928, (301) 589-5103, (800) 274-6737, (301)
589-8493 (fax), URL:
[[http://www.bpinews.com]{.underline}](http://www.bpinews.com/).)
Recommend: \"Neglected Dam Safety: Disaster in The Making, Warns ASCE
\[American Society of Civil Engineers\] Official\" (p. 85).

\(5\) PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY \-- MASTERS IN DISASTER MEDICINE AND
MANAGEMENT APPROVED:

Talked today with Jean Will, Director of the new Masters in Disaster
Medicine and Management at Philadelphia University. Director Will tells
me that on June 6th the Pennsylvania Department of Education approved
the proposal by its School of Science and Health to implement this
program. Classes are scheduled to begin on August 6, 2006, and
registrations are currently being taken. Director Will indicated that
she would provide additional information on courses to be offered for
incorporation into a new \"write-up\" for The College List on the
Project website. Courses noted in the proposal were:

Principles of Disaster Medicine and Management

Hazardous Materials & Industrial Safety

Natural Disasters

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Principles of Terrorism

Environmental Impact Assessment (includes on-campus experience)

Psychological Aspects of Disasters

Counseling in Traumatic Stress (includes on-campus experience) Public
Health Implications of Disasters Disaster Emergency Planning Applied
Research Methods & Statistics Capstone Experience: Options: (1)
Master\'s Writing or Research Project, (2) Internship (3) International
Experience

For additional information, Director Will can be reached at:

<willj@philau.edu>

\(6\) PREPAREDNESS:

Collins, David. \"Emergency Officials Fear They Can\'t Overcome Call
System\'s Hang-Ups.\" The New Mexican, July 5, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45953.html#]{.underline}](http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45953.html)
\[Note: Faculty and emergency management practitioners should read this;
note, as well, that there is a \"comments\" section which has a few
interesting pieces.

(Thanks to Thom Carr for the tip.)\]

New Orleans Times-Picayune (Editorial). \"Making Use of a Lifeline\"

\[Text Messaging in Disaster Response\]. July 6, 2006. At:

<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1152171516119420.xml&coll=1>

\(7\) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO:

Learned that the University of Illinois at Chicago has an Emergency
Management and Continuity Planning Online Certificate Program. The
Project Assistant is investigating and obtaining information for the
production of a description to be posted in the Certificate sub-section
of the Emergency Management section of The College List. In the
meantime, for additional information, suggest going to:

[[http://www.uic.edu/depts/oee/emergencymanagement]{.underline}](http://www.uic.edu/depts/oee/emergencymanagement)

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

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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