**January 24-28, 2005 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY (West Virginia)
CERT SUPPORT:

January 28, 2005 \-- Received today the February 2005 edition of the
\"Jefferson County Office of Homeland Security Electronic News\" and
found an item to the effect that Bob Jaffin of the American Public
University Systems (listed in The College List on the Project web-site)
recently provided 168 copies of the \"2004 Emergency Response
Guidebook\" to Jefferson County to support the county\'s CERT (Citizen
Emergency Response Teams). The note reads: \"When Bob Jaffin heard that
there weren\'t enough ERG Guidebooks to go around from the state, he
went back to American Public University and requested that they purchase
the books for the County\'s CERT participants.\" When I emailed Bob to
ask about this initiative he noted in response that he serves on the
Jefferson County LEPC, is involved in CERT team training and County
emergency exercises and HAZMAT training. In addition, the APU Dean, Jim
Flaggert, sits on the Board of Directors of the Jefferson County Chapter
of the American Red Cross and is the Chair of their Service Delivery
Committee. This, in my book, is called \"walking the talk\" \-- all
collegiate hazard, disaster, emergency management, homeland security
programs ought to be actively engaged in supporting community disaster
preparedness, etc. in the community in which they reside.
Congratulations to Bob Jaffin, Jim Flaggert, and APU!

\(2\) BREATHING EASIER\" REPORT:

January 24, 2004 \-- Thanks to Peggy Honore, Chief Science Officer,
Mississippi Department of Health, for bringing this 2004 report (24
pages) to my attention \-- distributed by The Century Foundation and
available from:
[[http://www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/breathingeasier.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.tcf.org/Publications/HomelandSecurity/breathingeasier.pdf)

This document reports on the findings and recommendations of a group of
public health experts and State and local public health officials who
addressed several questions about the current state of US Public Health
Sector preparedness, in the aftermath of 9/11, the June 2002 enactment
of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response
Act, and the appropriation since then of over \$4 billion to improve
public health (representing \"the single largest investment in public
health infrastructure since World War II\"). While improvements have
certainly been made, the report warns that \"substantial vulnerabilities
remain,\" and goes on to speculate that \"the influx of new money may
actually prove counterproductive\...If it reinforces existing divisions
between state, federal, and local health agencies or if it builds
discrete capacities helpful only for bioterrorism-related tasks, to the
detriment of broader public health goals, the United States will be
less, not more prepared.\"

\(3\) COASTAL HAZARDS MANAGEMENT \-- GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT:

January 26, 2005 \-- Received for review from lead course developer,
Professor David Brower, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Sessions 17-19, \"Coastal Disaster Case Studies,\" by Katherine
Eschelback, UNC-Chapel Hill.

January 26, 2005 \-- Reviewed 2nd draft of Session 36, \"Local Policy
II,\" by Anna K. Schwab. From the session Scope statement:

\"This session continues the discussion of the role of local government
policy in managing coastal hazards. Topics to be raised today include
the powers of taxation and fees as a form of land use management (as
opposed to the mere collection of revenue); local government spending
and its impact on local land use patterns; and education of the public
to increase hazards awareness in the community.\"

January 27, 2005 \-- Received for review 2nd drafts of Session 11, \"The
Human Coast,\" by Katherine Eschelbach, and Session 21, \"Competing
Values in Coastal Hazards Management,\" by Dr. Tim Beatley, University
of Virginia.

January 27, 2005 \-- Reviewed 2nd draft of Session 20, \"Ethical
Dimensions of Coastal Hazards Management,\" by Dr. Timothy Beatley,
University of Virginia, and provided review comments. From Scope
statement:

\"This is the first of two sessions dealing with ethical aspects of
coastal hazards management. In the first session, the concepts of ethics
and values are introduced, and key ethical questions in coastal hazards
management are raised. Scenarios based on coastal hazard issues are also
offered for discussion prompts. Session 21, that follows, will in more
detail review the variety of often conflicting and competing values that
come into play, and will further extend and elaborate on the ethical
dimensions of mitigation policies and actions.\"

Both session 11 and 20 were forwarded to EMI Webmaster for upload to the
Project web-site \-- Free College Courses section \-- Courses Under
Development subsection \-- where they should be accessible shortly.

January 28, 2005 \-- Received for review, 2nd draft of Sessions 22-23,
\"Growth Management,\" by Katherine Eschelbach, and 2nd draft of Session
29, \"Federal Policy II: Coastal Zone Management Act; Coastal Barrier
Resources Act,\" by Professor David Brower.

\(4\) COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OH \-- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM NOW ON THE COLLEGE LIST:

January 28, 2005 \-- Barbara Johnson, the Project Assistant, notes that
a description of the new Columbus State Community College Emergency
Management Certificate was posted to the \"Stand-Alone Emergency
Management Certificate section of The College List on the Project
website.

\(5\) DISASTER FILM ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PROJECT:

January 25, 2005 \-- Received from project developer, Rich Weber,
University of North Texas, annotated treatments for:

Cyclone!

Dante\'s Peak

Nature\'s Fury

The Day After Tomorrow

Twister

Volcano

January 28, 2005 \-- Received from Rich Weber his 136-page \"Hazard &
Disaster Film and Video Annotation Project\" working draft document
which now incorporates treatments of the six films noted above. Even
though most of the document contains pages representing placeholders \--
the names of the films and videos to annotate \-- forwarded this
document to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the Project web-site \--
Free College Courses, Textbooks, Materials section \-- Hazard & Disaster
Film and Video Annotation Project subsection \-- where it should be
accessible shortly.

\(6\) DISASTER RESPONSE OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT \-- UPPER DIVISION
COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

January 24, 2005 \-- Received for review from course developer, Dr.
David McEntire, University of North Texas, Session 19, \"Volunteer
Management.\"

January 26, 2005 \-- Reviewed Session 27, \"Responding to Acts of
Terrorism,\" provided review comments, and forwarded session to EMI
Webmaster for upload to the Project web-site \-- Free College Courses
section \-- Courses Under Development subsection, where it should be
accessible shortly. From session Scope statement:

\"In the following session, the professor helps students understand what
terrorists desire and how they operate. The session also compares human
behavior and operational considerations in terrorist and other types of
disasters; uncovers the dangers inherent in responses to terrorist
incidents; and lists best practices to protect emergency responders,
decontaminate victims, and collect criminal evidence. The session
concludes with a discussion about how terrorist incidents require the
involvement of several local, state and federal assets.\"

\(7\) DISCIPLINES, DISASTERS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT \-- TEXTBOOK
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

January 26, 2005 \-- Received from lead textbook developer, Dr. David
McEntire, University of North Texas, a 2nd draft of the chapter on
\"Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Disaster,\" by Dr. Doug
Henry, Department of Anthropology, University of North Texas.

January 27, 2005 \-- Reviewed draft chapter on \"Gerontology and
Emergency Management: Discovering Pertinent Themes and Functional
Elements Within the Two Disciplines,\" by Kathy Dreyer, Texas Institute
for Research and Education on Aging, Center for Public Service,
University of North Texas. Provided review comments to Dr. McEntire.
From chapter abstract:

\"In this chapter, the confluence of Gerontology and Emergency
Management is considered. Both disciplines have facets that are mutually
complimentary. The chapter illustrates the psychosocial issues,
practical considerations, and the applicability of gerontology within
emergency management, and vice versa. Other elements that provide
insights, such as future collaborations between the two fields of study,
are given consideration, as well as the overlapping features of other
disciplines such as public health, psychology, economics, and social
work. Potential means of expansion of collaboration between the two
disciplines that extends beyond typical natural disasters are also
explored.\"

Forwarded chapter to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the Project
web-site \-- Free College Courses and Textbooks section \-- Disciplines,
Disasters and Emergency Management Textbook subsection \-- where it
should be accessible shortly.

\(8\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE, JUNE 7-9, 2005,
EMI, EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND:

January 24, 2005 \-- Communicated with Carol Cwiak, graduate student at
North Dakota State University, concerning her proposal to deliver a
presentation on the divide or issue of \"Experience versus Education\"
(street smarts vs. book smarts), and how to engage emergency management
practitioners in emergency management collegiate programs \-- during the
Student Perspectives Panel at the conference.

January 24, 2005 \-- Communicated with William Nicholson, Widener
University School of Law, his giving a presentation on \"Protecting the
Homeland from the Department of Homeland Security,\" during the \"Future
of Emergency Management and Homeland Security\" session.

January 24, 2005 \-- Communicated with Dr. Craig Campbell, Director,
Public Safety Management, St. Edward\'s University, Austin, TX,
concerning his putting forth and defending the terminology of \"Public
Safety Management,\" during the session \"What Should We Call What We
Do?\" Other presenters, thus far, are George Haddow on \"Integrated
Public Risk Management,\" and Dr. David McEntire on \"Comprehensive
Vulnerability Management.\"

January 25, 2005 \-- Talked with Richard Rotanz, Emergency Manager,
Nassau County, New York Office of Emergency Management about
participating on the Model Emergency Manager Panel \-- to which he
graciously agreed.

January 25, 2005 \-- EMI Webmaster adds box on the conference to the top
of the EM HiEd Project homepage. As soon as the Conference Topics
document, currently being worked on, gets more presentable, will add
that to the box, to be followed by other items, such as a conference
announcement, application form, agenda, participant listing, etc.

\(9\) FIRESTORM AT PESHTIGO:

January 24, 2005 \-- Finished reading this book over the weekend (Denise
Gess and William Lutz. Henry Holt and Co., NY, 2002). If within, say, a
hazards overview course, you want to give an impression of what a wild
land \"firestorm\" can do, would recommend reading this book \-- fairly
quick and easy read \-- about October 8, 1871 wildfires (\"single
deadliest fire\" in U.S. history) that killed more than 2,200 people
within a 2,400 square mile area, including Peshtigo, Wisconsin (and 16
other towns), where the majority of the town\'s citizens died (1800 of
2000), and another 250 in Chicago. People were killed who sought safety
in wells, cellars, open fields and rivers. From one account: \"If you
suppose the worst snow storm you ever witnessed, and each snow-flake a
coal or spark driven before a fierce wind you have some idea of the
state of the atmosphere at the time the fire struck the town\" (p. 103).
Was reported that \"gale-force winds of fire\" lifted houses off their
foundations, blew a train off its tracks and then melted it\'s iron
wheels, as well as church and firehouse bells (and turned sand to
glass).

\(10\) HAZARDS RISK ASSESSMENT \-- COURSE \"TREATMENT\" DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT:

January 24, 2005 \-- A micro-purchase work order contract was approved
for Dr. Laurie Pearce, Vancouver, British Columbia, to do a College
Course \"Treatment\" on what I call \"Hazards Risk Assessment,\" and
what Dr. Pearce calls \"Community Hazard, Impact, Risk and Vulnerability
Analysis.\" A course treatment consists of the following component
parts:

1\. The first session of a 45 contact-hour college course.

2\. A course syllabus.

3\. An extended course outline

4\. A listing of references and sources

5\. Handout material

\(11\) IAEM (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS) BULLETIN,
VOL. 22, NO. 1, JANUARY 2005:

January 24, 2005 \-- Notable in the IAEM Bulletin noted above:

A. \"Eye on Education\" column by Craig Marks, adjunct faculty,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill \-- on professions versus
jobs.

B. \"Turkey Leads With a Best Practice in Higher Education,\" by Kay
Goss, Electronic Data Systems \-- on disaster management initiatives at
Istanbul Technical University.

C. \"New IAEM Members: Nov. 16 - Dec. 15, 2004\" \-- 15 of 48 new
members over this 30-day period are college students or faculty teaching
emergency management \-- or 31%. This is in keeping with new memberships
gong back a couple years now \-- and represents to me a marker in a
revolution that is quietly taking place.

To get the IAEM Bulletin, which I recommend, one needs to join the IAEM
\-- [[http://www.iaem.com/]{.underline}](http://www.iaem.com/)

\(12\) INTERNS FROM MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY:

January 28, 2005 \-- Talked with Dr. Henry Fischer, Millersville
University of Pennsylvania, and one of his disaster management students,
Monica Buchanan, about interning with the FEMA EM HiEd Project this
semester. Another student, Kim Hussman, who could not participate in
this phone call also would like to intern. Agreed to put two
micro-purchase work orders in motion to reimburse for their travel
expenses for trips between Millersville and here. The primary project of
Monica will be to gather information, data and statistics on the
\"hazard, disaster and emergency management job market\" for posting on
the Project web-site in order to provide information to all those who
are or will be developing proposals to develop some sort of hazard,
disaster, emergency management program on their campus. Both students
will also assist in helping to get ready for the June 7-9, 2005 EM HiEd
Conference. If anyone reading this has information they would like to
share on various \"hazard, disaster, emergency management\" job markets,
public and private sectors, we would be most interested in that
information.

\(13\) KRAKATOA \-- THE DAY THE WORLD EXPLODED: AUGUST 27, 1883:

January 26, 2005 \-- Finished reading Krakatoa (Simon Winchester.
HarperCollins, 2003), which I found of interest from several points of
view: (1) Volcanoes, (2) Tsunamis, and (3) Religious turmoil/extremism
following disaster. \"It was the greatest detonation, the loudest sound,
the most devastating volcanic event in modern recorded human history,
and it killed more than thirty-six thousand people\" (p.4) Krakatoa
(about 2,600 feet high) \"in essence disappeared\" (p.239). \"Seismic
shocks were triggered that caused buildings five hundred miles away to
rock on their foundations\" (p.247). Shock waves circumnavigated the
globe seven times (p.247). One of the tsunamis \"destroyed stone
buildings that stood on top of a hill later measured at 115 feet high;
it drowned all thirteen Europeans who lived there and who had had good
reason to feel secure, surrounded as they were by walls of heavy masonry
on the summit of a good high hill\...but the wave\...roared over,
submerged, and then wrecked these mansions it was towering above by a
good twenty feet\...\" (p,250). A lighthouse named Java\'s Fourth Point
was destroyed when one tsunami \"picked up an immense piece of coral
rock, weighing perhaps six hundred tons, and dashed it against the
column\" (p.256). The loudest explosion was heard as far as 2,968 miles
away on Rodriguez Island (p.260). Louder by far than any nuclear
explosion \-- \"Under the impact of Krakatoa\'s explosion, 13 percent of
the earth\'s surface vibrated audibly, and millions who lived there
heard it\...\" (p.264). One victim was killed as a result of one of the
tsunamis \"nearly two thousand miles away\" in Ceylon (p.276). Many
Muslims in the region believed that this disaster was a sign of
displeasure from God, angry at their subservient attitude to Dutch
colonial masters \-- a number of whom were killed in incidents and a
later uprising traced back to the disaster (pp.319-337).

\(14\) LEAGUE FOR INNOVATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE \"DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS SUMMIT\":

January 27, 2005 \-- Learned today of a scheduled \"Disaster
Preparedness Summit\" that will be held from 9:00-4:00, Sunday, March 6
at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, as part of the League
For Innovations 2005 Conference, March 6-9. Went to the League\'s
website and found information about the conference pasted in below:

\"The Community College National Center for Community Engagement and the
League for Innovation in the Community College are hosting the Disaster
Preparedness Summit to help community colleges create and improve
disaster preparedness training and education programs that emphasize
community engagement. The 2005 summit offers research and theories,
strategies, and tips and techniques for connecting disaster preparedness
academic curriculum to civic engagement. Participants from all
disciplines are encouraged to attend. Examples of how community colleges
can address issues of disaster preparedness, service learning, and civic
engagement include:

Business and political science professors addressing economic impacts of
natural disasters: hurricanes, tornadoes, floods; History professors
collaborating with civics or government professors on projects that
address democracy and deliberation; Geography professors addressing
cultural awareness and civic engagement; Counseling or psychology
professors addressing critical incident stress management; Allied health
professors addressing global infectious diseases and public awareness;
Communication professors addressing identity theft and safety
precautions; Computer information systems professors partnering with
community-based organizations to address cybersecurity; Biology or
chemistry professors addressing bioterrorism; Student services volunteer
programs addressing home safety; EMT or fire science professors
addressing first-responder programming in their community; and
Veterinarian Technician professors addressing pet evacuation in times of
disasters.\"

Called and talked with the moderator of this \"Summit,\" Alice
Villadsen, President of Brookhaven Community College (part of the Dallas
County (TX) Community College System). Told her about the FEMA Emergency
Management Higher Education Project, information and materials available
on the Project website, and about the June 7-9 EM HiEd Conference.
Suggested she consider a presentation on the \"Disaster Preparedness
Summit\" at the EM HiEd Conference. For additional information,
President Villadsen can be reached at: avilladsen@dcccd.edu. The URL for
the Summit is:
[[http://www.league.org/i2005/dps/index.html]{.underline}](http://www.league.org/i2005/dps/index.html)

\(15\) MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE:

January 25, 2005 \-- Received email from Dr. Peggy Honore\', Chief
Science Officer, Mississippi Department of Health, noting that she and
Dr. Brian Amy, Mississippi State Health Officer, met today with all 15
of the Presidents of Community Colleges in Mississippi, and some of
their Deans, to discuss the meeting last Monday on the development of a
statewide Emergency Management Associate Degree \-- the occasion was the
monthly meeting of the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior
Colleges. Was told that this meeting went well and that \"Everything is
looking good at this point.\" The Department has set itself a deadline
of February 15 to come up with course descriptions for the first two
courses that would be taught next Fall Semester and that would be part
of the eventual Associate Degree in EM curriculum \-- 1.
Emergency/Crisis Management and 2. Disaster Nursing. The vision for the
program is to ultimately offer several tracks related to public health
functions (Emergency Management/Homeland Security, Public Health
Nursing, Disease Investigation and Surveillance, Health Education and
Promotion, etc\...) that lead to an Associates Degree and that will also
articulate for higher degrees at the university level. For additional
information, Dr. Honore\' can be reached at:
Peggy.Honore@msdh.state.ms.us

\(16\) PALOMAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA \--
INVESTIGATING DEVELOPMENT OF EMER. MGMT. ASSOCIATES DEGREE:

January 26, 2005 \-- The Project Assistant communicated with Stacey
Webb, Fire Technology Program at Palomar Community College concerning
their investigation into the development of an Emergency Management
Associates Degree. CD ROMs of EMI developed emergency management
training courses were provided as well as pointers on material on the
Project website that could be of assistance in this investigation. For
further information, Stacey Webb can be reached at: slwebb@palomar.edu

\(17\) RURAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SURVEY:

Paula Iaeger, a graduate student at the University of North Texas, is
doing a thesis on the satisfaction level of college trained rural
emergency management professionals that include planners and managers.
There are two surveys that will be conducted in February. One is on
current emergency management students that looks at expectations as it
relates to curriculum, job placement, and demographics. The other is
among emergency management professionals that consider collaboration,
task preparation, attitudes about higher education, and demographics.
Paula studies the way people transfer learning including e-learning, and
simulations, along with the more traditional approach in classrooms and
seminars. Survey requests will go out by email in February and the
results will be available by April. Anyone interested in the thesis,
including the results of the survey and data analysis should send an
email to EHMsurvey@yahoo.com. Furthermore, if you do not get an
invitation to one or both of the surveys and would like to participate,
please contact her before February 14th and she will send you the survey
link.

\(18\) SUBSIDIZING THE RECKLESS \-- PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE:

January 28, 2005 \-- Found on the All-Hands Community web-site an
editorial by John Krist in \"The Ventura County Star\" (CA) on the role
of government is supporting costly hazard-related decisions made by
individuals \-- posted there on January 27. Addresses hazard-related
public policy issues that could be profitably discussed in a variety of
emergency management college courses. Have pasted in below abstracts
from his article, titled \"Don\'t subsidize the reckless\":

\"\....American popular culture reflects this deeply held self-image,
celebrating individuals who seize opportunity and refuse to let others
set limits on their ambition. But every time the earth quakes, a hill
slides, a river floods or a forest burns, America turns into a nation of
passive fatalists. \'\'When it\'s my time to go, it\'s my time to
go,\'\' a resident of the mud-buried California town of La Conchita told
a Ventura County Star reporter last week, summing up the sentiments of
many in a state where natural hazards seem to lurk at every hand. In the
wake of the Jan. 10 landslide that killed 10 people and demolished 13
homes in La Conchita, a great deal of attention has been focused on a
pair of related questions: Should residents whose homes escaped damage
be allowed to reoccupy them? And if so, what steps (beyond mandated
warnings about the persistent danger) should government take to protect
them? The answers are yes, and none.

Although it is true that there is no such thing as a \'\'risk-free\'\'
place to build homes \-- all life on Earth could, theoretically, be
wiped out by an asteroid impact \-- not all places are equally risky. It
is preposterous to use the ubiquity of minor or improbable risk as an
excuse to deliberately build homes in places where the risk is obvious
and extremely high. Nevertheless, the cherished values of personal
freedom and private property rights in the United States suggest a very
limited role for government in determining where and how people choose
to live. If people wish to occupy places where mud, fire, water or
seismicity periodically try to kill them, it is their right to do so, in
the same way that it is their right to risk death or injury climbing
mountains, surfing monster waves or challenging treacherous whitewater
in tiny plastic boats. But there is a useful distinction to be made
between allowing people to assume risk, and encouraging risky behavior
by shifting nearly the entire cost of bad decisions from the individual
to the general public. The former is an unavoidable consequence of a
political and social system that places a high value on personal freedom
and personal accountability. The latter is antithetical to it. If the
residents of La Conchita want the hillside that threatens their town to
be rendered safe by construction of a costly retaining wall, they should
build it themselves. If they cannot afford to do so, then they cannot
afford the true cost of living in that place. As there is no general
public benefit to be gained by protecting their property, society is
under no obligation to reduce their building costs by constructing vast
protective structures at public expense\....\"

John Krist is a senior reporter and Opinion page columnist for The
Ventura County Star. His e-mail address is jkrist@VenturaCountyStar.com

\(19\) UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE:

January 25, 2005 \-- Talked with Dr. John James, Office of University
Programs at the University of Louisville, who is part of a team
investigating the development of a post Masters graduate-level Homeland
Security Program. Walked through several items on the EM HiEd Project
website which might be relevant to his investigation and provided a DHS
HQ point of contact for further assistance.

\(20\) WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION, KOBE JAPAN, JANUARY
18-22, 2005:

With the ending of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction last week
a number of documents were posted on the Conference website \--
[[http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/]{.underline}](http://www.unisdr.org/wcdr/)
\-- which I recommend for reading and as material that can be drawn upon
in collegiate hazard, disaster, and \"emergency management\" courses.
Over 4000 people participated, from 168 countries, 78 specialized UN
agencies and observer organizations, 161 non-governmental organizations
and 562 journalists. A primary goal of the conference was \"to increase
the international profile of disaster risk reduction, promote its
integration into development planning and practice, and strengthen local
and national capacities to address the causes of disasters that hamper
development in many countries.\" Among documents available from the
UNISDR website:

Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters: Hyogo
Framework for Action 2005-2015

Review of the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World

Draft Common Statement of the Special Session on the Indian Ocean
Disaster: Risk Reduction for a Safer Future

Draft Hyogo Declaration

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)