**Jan 20-23, 2004 FEMA EM Higher Education Project Activity Report**

**(1) Business Continuity Survey and Salaries:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Have noted herein before the business continuity
salary surveys conducted and posted by BC Management on their website.
Today was brought to my attention that a BC Management survey relating
business continuity efforts was also on the BC Management website \--
under \"2003 BCP program Survey Results.\" This information can be
accessed at:
[[http://www.bcmanagement.net]{.underline}](http://www.bcmanagement.net/)

**(2) Coastal Hazards Management \-- Graduate-Level Course Development
Project:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received for review from lead course developer,
Prof. David Brower, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a
revised 14-oage course outline \-- which was forwarded to the EMI
Webmaster for upload to the EM HiEd Project web-site to replace the
previous draft \-- within Academic Emergency Management and Related
Courses section \-- Courses Under Development subsection \-- where it
should appear shortly. Also received the following note from Prof.
Brower on a meeting he had with course development team members and
staff of the NOAA Coastal Services Center, enlisting the involvement of
CSC staff in the development of this course \-- co-funded by the NOAA
CSC with the FEMA EM HiEd Project:

> The Coastal Hazards Management course\...was the topic of discussion
> at the NOAA Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina last
> week. David J Brower, Research Professor in the Department of City and
> Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> who is responsible for the course along with his associate Ann K
> Schwab and Stephen Meinhold, Associate Professor of Political Science
> at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington met with Russell
> Jackson, Doug Marcy, Tashya Allen, Ethan Gibney and Billy Brooks who
> are in the Coastal Hazards Group of the Coastal Services Center. Mark
> Kolowith, who is a member of the Group, was unable to attend. Mr.
> Russell is the Director of the Group.
>
> The purpose of the Higher Education Project was discussed as was the
> purpose and content of the Coastal Hazards Management course in
> particular. Then the specific product, the instructors guide, was
> discussed, the form of the course as well as the form and structure of
> the individual course sessions.
>
> The Hazards Group enthusiastically agreed to contribute to the course,
> in particular sessions dealing with natural hazards, the population
> and human activity on the coast as well as case studies of selected
> disasters. This is especially significant because the Hazards Group is
> organizationally within the National Ocean Service of NOAA which has a
> long and important history of dealing with these data.
>
> John Bruno, Assistant Professor of Marine Science and UNC/CH will
> contribute sessions on the nature of the coast; Professor Meinhold
> will deal with technological and human induced hazards; and Professor
> Brower, Ms Schwab and Professor Timothy Beatley, Professor of Urban
> and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia will
> contribute sessions dealing with planning and management. Professor
> Beatley will also contribute sessions dealing with ethical issues.
>
> It is expected that the course will be completed in the early fall.

**(3) College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received note from Robert J. Schenck, Jr., at the
College of Lake County, noting that the school had just recently
received State Government approval for their proposed Certificate in
Emergency Management. The courses to support this new certificate
program were approved by the Illinois Community College Ball last Fall
(see the October 17, 2003 EM HiEd Activity Report). Plans now are to add
finishing touches to these courses and to put the certificate into
operation this Summer. For further information consult the College List
\"Under Development\" section description of the College of Lake Country
Emergency Management Certificate. For other information, Robert Schenck
can be reached at: crj-class@calcon.net.

**(4) Council of Europe Disaster Management Initiatives:**

January 21, 2004 \-- Received note from Isabelle de Montagu who attended
a recent Council of Europe meeting in Paris on \"Seminar on the Proposal
for a European Master\'s Qualification in \'Major Hazards: The Response
of Local and Regional Authorities.\" The aim of this meeting was \"to
identify with the participants the needs of local and regional
authorities in terms of advice and expertise in risk management, the
type of training required and, accordingly, the matters to be covered by
the training to be set up.\" A document of conclusions notes:

> The participants\...stressed the importance and difficulties for local
> and regional authorities of a coherent risk management policy,
> particularly with regard to prevention, preparation and crisis
> management measures. Their needs vary depending on the size of the
> settlements concerned.
>
> A number of principles and proposals for providing an effective
> response to the risk-management needs of local and regional
> authorities emerged from the presentations given and the fruitful
> discussions which ensued. These can be summarized as follows:
>
> Principles:
>
> The approach towards risk management adopted by local and regional
> authorities must distinguish between the various forms of risks and
> hazards:
>
> natural
>
> technological
>
> social
>
> health-related
>
> those linked to the deliberate use of violence and bio-terrorism
>
> cyber-crime
>
> Large and medium-sized authorities should have a risk management
> structure\...which should be cross-sectoral\....\"

Under the Proposals section of the Conclusion document is the following
interesting language:

> \"It was proposed that, in the Euro-Mediterranean context and in
> conjunction with the relevant authorities in the United States, there
> should be:
>
> A. Initially, two courses of study for a Euro-Mediterranean master\'s
> qualification in \'major hazards: the response of local and regional
> authorities\':

-   The first\...with a major engineering focus,

-   The second, run by the University of Montpellier, with an emphasis
    on legal and administrative aspects.\"

I am attempting to get additional information on the \"in conjunction
with the relevant authorities in the United States\...\" part. Also
seeking to arrange for Council of Europe representation at this year\'s
Emergency Management Higher Education Conference here, June 8-10, 2004.

**(5) Disaster Management Syllabus:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received from Dr. Bill Waugh, Jr., Department of
Public Administration and Urban Studies, Georgia State University, a
copy of his Spring Semester, 2004 course: **Disaster Management**.
Forwarded the syllabus to the EMI Webmaster for upload to the EM HiEd
Project web-site \-- Syllabi Compilation.

We are always interested in receiving and posting hazard, disaster,
emergency management related course syllabi and encourage submissions.

**(6) Disaster Response Lessons and Issues:**

January 22, 2004 \-- Would recommend, for academics looking for case
study material to beef-up their disaster preparedness and response
courses, searching for three newspaper articles relevant to issues in
disaster preparedness and response:

The first is a *Richmond Times-Dispatch* (VA) article by Peter Bacque
entitled \"Virginia Rethinks Its Ice Program,\" January 22, 2004. This
article is about the response to Hurricane Isabel in Virginal and how
\"ice became a disaster in and of itself.\"

> \"According to a special report to Gov. Mark R. Warner on the state\'s
> response to Isabel, ice \'was the thing that almost everyone wanted,
> only a few really needed, and no one could supply in adequate quantity
> at the right time or in the right place\'.\"
>
> \"The governor\'s report cited ice supply as a problem that most
> individuals can reasonably take care of themselves rather than relying
> on government.\"
>
> \"The study team\'s \'best understanding\' of ice pole-vaulting from a
> nice-to-have to a must-have commodity in Isabel\'s aftermath was that
> a Maryland power company offered ice to quell its customers\'
> dissatisfaction with power outages. A Virginia jurisdiction apparently
> heard about the availability of ice, \'and like wildfire, the
> expectation that government should supply ice ignited a demand that
> officials could not meet,\' the report said. Food, water, oxygen,
> medicine and generators are essential to life and health, the
> governor\'s study said. \'Unfortunately, while state and local
> governments were grappling with the means of supplying truly critical
> supplies, ice took center stage,\'\...Providing huge quantities of ice
> turned into \'a logistical and political nightmare that consumed time
> and diverted personnel\' from critical disaster work. Local
> governments took a beating\...from \'understandably irate citizens who
> stood in lines for up to eight hours, only to walk away empty handed
> because the ice never came \-- or arrived a half day later.\'\"

Virginia is now considering dropping large-scale distribution of ice
from its list of emergency priorities following hurricanes and other
warm-weather natural disasters. For additional information and more
complete coverage of this topic, the 95-page report itself, entitled,
*An Assessment: Virginia\'s Response to Hurricane Isabel (Submitted to
The Honorable Mark R. Warner, Governor of Virginia*), December 2003, is,
for the time-being, available from the website of the Virginia Division
of Emergency Management, at:
[[http://pub.sysplan.com/Hurricane_Isabel_Assessment.pdf]{.underline}](http://pub.sysplan.com/Hurricane_Isabel_Assessment.pdf)

The second and third articles are about the response to the Southern
California wildfires. One is an *Associated Press story* dated January
22, 2004, by Seth Hettena, entitled \"\'Cosmetic\' Air Drops Made On
Calif Fires,\" and the other, is in the *North County Times* (CA),
January 22, 2004, by Gig Conaughton, entitled \"CDF Chief Blasts San
Diego County.\"

The first article begins by stating that:

> \"The director of the state\'s wildfire-fighting agency on Wednesday
> blamed public pressure during a catastrophic fire in San Diego County
> for poor decision-making by firefighting officials, including
> ineffective and \'cosmetic\' air drops of water. Andrea Tuttle,
> director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection,
> said the agency was unprepared for the \'incessant fingerpointing and
> second-guessing\' by the media and some politicians in the San Diego
> area\...\'\"

According to the *North County Times* piece, Tuttle stated during a
meeting of the Governor\'s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission, that:

> \"This stinging criticism, during the heat of the battle, severely
> demoralized the firefighters and distracted the fire managers who had
> to divert their attention away from their primary jobs in order to
> deal with the media and the constant barrage of inaccurate
> accusations.\"

Both articles provide additional details that are worth reading.

**(7) Disaster Response and Operations \-- Upper Division Course
Development Project:**

January 24, 2003 \-- Responded to request from course developer, Dr.
David McEntire, University of North Texas, for additional materials to
use in the development of a session on volunteers in disaster (both
those that are part of a planned response system and those that just
show up). Provided some direct assistance here, and the Project
Assistant arranged with Ben Curran in the Recovery Division at FEMA HQ
who has long been involved in issues related to the use of volunteers
and volunteer organizations is disaster.

**(8) Emergency Management for Native Americans \-- Session Development
Project**:

January 20, 2004 \-- Reviewed draft of this session, which is being
developed to add-on to the existing \"Social Vulnerability Approach to
Disaster\" completed EM HiEd Project course, and provided review
comments to the session developer, Larry Carlson, United Tribes
Technical Collage, Bismarck, ND.

**(9) Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, June 8-10,
2004:**

January 21, 2004 \-- Talked with Janet Kennedy in FEMA\'s Office of
International Affairs \-- she had just come from an IA staff meeting
where she brought up the June EM HiEd Conference and our interest in
pushing the \"International Disaster Management\" envelope a bit more
than in previous years, given being forced into moving into the
auditorium in order to cope with increasing participation rates. Having
more space means that more participants from other countries can
conceivably attend, wherein in the past we have had to turn down most
such requests due to our meeting room and dorm room limitations. Janet
notes that the IA Office is interested in investigating with us how we
might be able to work together to further goals we each have. From our
point of view there is such a thing as \"International Disaster
Management,\" meaning a set of principles relating to hazards, disasters
and what is done about them, that transcends national borders. In
addition, we believe that there is much we could learn from each other.
At the minimum we hope to have enough international participation to
warrant an International Disaster Management breakout session, if not a
track.

January 22, 2004 \-- Talked with Dr. Deborah Thomas, Department of
Geography, University of Colorado at Denver, concerning follow-up to the
October 2003 Workshop on Designing Educational Opportunities for the
Hazard Manager of the 21st Century, in Denver, which she facilitated
(with major funding support from the National Science Foundation and
minor support from the FEMA EM HiEd Project). Dr. Thomas has agreed to
deliver a plenary presentation at the EM HiEd Conference on the Denver
workshop, its goals and objectives, results or findings, future
follow-on. We also discussed how we might design EM HiEd Conference
break-out sessions which will further the work of the Denver workshop.
We tentatively agreed to competitive break-out sessions on Core
Hazard/Disaster/Emergency Management Curriculum \-- broken out into
three competing levels: Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree, and Graduate
Degree levels (competing meaning that the breakout sessions will only
take place at one time on the agenda and all three levels will take
place at the same time). We also thought it would be a good idea to plan
on a similar arrangement on the subject of Core
Hazard/Disaster/Emergency Management Competencies \-- again, with three
competing breakout sessions \-- AD, BA, Graduate levels. In these
sessions the discussion could start with a hopefully brief discussion on
what the core skills and abilities competencies might be (thinking that
the knowledge competencies get caught up in the discussion of core
curriculum), with the majority of time then devoted to a discussion of
how best to seek to develop the identified skills and abilities core
competencies within a higher education setting. We agreed to discuss
these topics again next week.

January 22, 2004 \-- Dr. David McEntire, the Director of the Emergency
Administration and Planning program at the University of North Texas had
the bad luck of calling me right after the discussion with Dr. Thomas
\-- so I asked if he would volunteer to design, organize, and facilitate
the Bachelor Degree level breakout session on Hazard/Disaster/Emergency
Management Core Curriculum \-- and he generously agreed.

January 23, 2004 \-- Dr. McEntire drafted and provided the following
proposed description for the breakout session he will be facilitating at
the June EM HiEd Conference:

> Organizing A Bachelor Degree Curriculum
>
> At a recent higher education workshop, a group of scholars and
> professionals met to discuss what classes should be taught in disaster
> and emergency management programs. This breakout session will first
> review the core curriculum developed at this meeting as it pertains to
> undergraduate programs in emergency management. The session will then
> review the core knowledge, skills and abilities that were identified
> at this workshop and will illustrate how new or established emergency
> management programs can ensure that these KSA\'s are integrated in
> their curriculum. In particular, the session will explore: 1) how
> university requirements can be tailored to support disaster and
> emergency management programs, 2) how core courses can be set up in
> disaster and emergency management programs, and 3) how electives can
> be offered to provide specialization in disaster and emergency
> management programs. The session will utilize examples from various
> universities and will include an open discussion of what works and
> what doesn\'t from different disaster and emergency management
> programs around the nation.

**(10) Film/Video Project:**

January 21, 2004 \-- Received phone call from staff in the FEMA
Mitigation Division at FEMA HQ, who are interested in the idea of a film
video project. Discussed how we might cooperatively work together \--
perhaps even pooling funding. The Mitigation Division is mostly
interested in cataloging a fairly large number of Mitigation Division
funded videos. What I have in mind initially is the production of a
document which (1) lists (perhaps in two sections \-- films and videos)
films and videos which could be incorporated into college classes
dealing with hazards, disasters and emergency management, (2) provides
some narrative discussion on the rationale for the listing, and (3)
provides access information.

January 22, 2004 \-- Received a proposal to develop, under contract, a
film and video resource document for the EM HiEd Project along the lines
noted in this Activity Report the last several weeks. Put it in the
hopper of things that need to be addressed in the fairly near future.

**(11) George Washington University Solicitation for a New Faculty
Position:**

January 21, 2004 \-- Received from Dr. Jack Harrald, Co-Director of the
Institute for Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management at George Washington
University in the District of Columbia, the following solicitation
regarding a new faculty position at GWU.

> The George Washington University
>
> School of Engineering and Applied Science
>
> Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
>
> **Assistant Professor in the field of Engineering Management**
>
> **(with emphasis in the areas of Crisis, Emergency and/or Risk
> Management)**
>
> Applications are invited for a tenure-track position at the Assistant
> Professor level in the Department of Engineering Management and
> Systems Engineering. The successful applicant must possess superior
> teaching potential, excellent communication skills, and a strong
> commitment to perform research and attract externally-funded research
> projects. Applicants must have an earned doctorate in a relevant
> discipline. Ideal applicants will have teaching interests in the
> general area of Engineering Management with emphasis in the areas of
> Crisis, Emergency and\\or Risk Management and will be able to
> contribute to the on going research areas of the Department's
> Institute for Crisis Emergency and Risk Management. For information on
> the Institute's activities please visit the Institute's website at
> [\<<http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/>\>]{.underline} or contact Dr. John R.
> Harrald (jharrald@gwu.edu)
>
> The George Washington University is in the center of Washington, D.C.
> The Washington metropolitan area has the second largest concentration
> of research and development activity in the United States, creating a
> continuing demand for rigorously trained engineers and engineering
> managers.
>
> The Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
> offers graduate degree programs at locations in the Washington
> Metropolitan area. For more information, see the Department's web site
> at [[http://www.emse.gwu.edu]{.underline}](http://www.emse.gwu.edu/).
>
> Review of applications will begin March 6, 2004, and will continue
> until the position is filled. The expected starting date for this
> position is September 1, 2004. Send curriculum vitae, publication
> list, sample publications, and contact information for three
> references to:
>
> Ms. Zoe Dansan, Coordinator, Faculty Search Committee, Department of
> Engineering Management and Systems Engineering,
>
> School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington
> University, 1776 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052.
>
> The George Washington University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
> Action Employer.

Also forwarded this position announcement to the EMI Webmaster for
upload to the EM HiEd Project web-site \-- Emergency Management Faculty
Positions section, where there are currently announcements concerning
five other open faculty positions.

**(12) Hazards Risk Management \-- Upper Division Course Development
Project:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received from the lead course developer, Greg Shaw,
George Washington University, a document laying out the changes he and
his team proposed to make (and some they propose not to make) based on
the review comments received during our external review comments
solicitation. This was a 45 day period ending January 16th. We mailed
out 32 review copies and received 15 reviews \-- some more comprehensive
and helpful than others. Reviewed those recommendations and re-reviewed
the review comments and provided guidance to the GWU team on moving
forward to produce a final course package based on review comments and
our consensus agreements on what to do about each of them. Expect to
have a final course package here by about mid-March, 2004. In the
meantime a working draft copy of this course can be accessed on the EM
HiEd Project web-site \-- Academic Emergency Management and Related
Courses section \-- Courses Under Development subsection.

**(13) Hennepin Technical College, MN:**

January 21, 2004 \-- Received email from Jon Olson, with the Emergency
Management Certificate Program at Hennepin TC, noting that Hennepin has
received a Perkins III New Program Development Grant for 2004 to aid in
the development of a homeland security curriculum (to consist of four
new courses). When developed, these courses will be combined with the
existing Advanced Technical Certificate in Emergency Management courses
to create a new Applied Associate Degree in Homeland Security and
Emergency Management. For additional information, Jon Olson can be
reached at jon.olson@hennepintech.edu

**(14) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Meeting:**

January 23, 2004 \-- Received information on and an invitation to
present on the EM HiEd Project at a March 30-31, 2004 \"Two Day Workshop
on Emergency Management, Risk Mitigation and Partnerships\" \-- in
furtherance of the Mid Atlantic Region Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs) and Local Communities: Partnering through Emergency
Management and Risk Mitigation Project. The workshop will be held at the
Richard A. Henson Conference Center on the campus of the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore UMES), Princes Anne, Maryland. The purpose of
this workshop, according to the announcement document provided, is:

> To provide Mitigation Division \[FEMA\] support to a consortium of
> HBCUs to assimilate and transfer risk management academic research
> information to community practitioners; to promote risk mitigation
> practices and expertise from community practitioners to the academic
> community; to foster partnerships between communities and their HBCUs;
> and to promote service learning and community service on the part of
> students in community risk mitigation efforts.

The contact person for this conference at FEMA HQ is Mr. Vincent Brown,
Senior Program Specialist, Mitigation Division, at:
Vincent.brown@dhs.gov.

**(15) Homeland Security and Emergency Management \-- Upper Division
Short Course (15 hours) Development Project:**

January 20, 2003 \-- Received from lead course developer, Dr. William
Waugh, University of Georgia, a course session timeline document. Have
already received a course outline and draft syllabus for review. The
first draft session, Session I, Introduction, is due March 1, 2004.
Seven sessions are contemplated for this course.

**(16) Homeland Security Related National Emergency Training Center
Training Courses CD ROM:**

January 21, 2004 \-- For those of you who have contacted me in response
to earlier Activity Reports noting our attempts to put together on a CD
ROM a selection of Emergency Management Institute and National Fire
Academy training courses on or related to Homeland Security (For the
purpose of supporting the development, maintenance, and expansion of
emergency management and homeland security collegiate programs), we
received notice from the EMI Branch responsible for several of the
courses we wish to make available, noting that the projected time-frame
of the beginning of January would have to slip until late January or
early February. When we do receive the awaited courses it will take a
few weeks to put the CD together and start making it available. Will put
a notice of availability into this Activity Report when that happens. We
apologize for the delay.

**(17) International Emergency Management Student Association (IEMSA):**

January 22, 2004 \-- Received my printed copy of the *IAEM Bulletin*
(Vol. 21, No. 1, January 2004) published by the International
Association of Emergency Managers, and the story at the top of the first
page is \"Charters for Student Chapters Presented at IAEM Annual
Conference & EMEX Exhibit,\" by Karen Thompson, the IAEM Bulletin
Editor. The article notes that at the Orlando, FL IAEM 2003 Annual
Conference, charters were presented to the IEMSA chapters at the
University of North Texas, Arkansas Tech University, Central Missouri
State University, and the University of Akron, and that \"at least two
other chapters are now in the process of requesting charters\...\" As
the article notes, \"IEMAS was initially founded by emergency management
students at the University of North Texas with the vision of an
association that would be the \'unifying voice of emergency management
students everywhere\'.\" For those interested in more information about
IEMSA student chapters or an application packet to start the chartering
process, contact Mike Mumaw, the IEMSA and IAEM Region 12 Liaison, at:
Michael.Mumaw@tvfr.com. There is a link to IEMSA on the EM HiEd Project
website \-- Higher Education Links section. There are 106 operational
collegiate emergency management and related programs today. It would
seem like a good idea for more, if not most, to investigate chapters and
charters. What do you think GWU, NDSU, UMBC, University of Richmond \--
well you get the idea.

**(18) Intern Update:**

January 23, 2004 \-- Speaking of IEMSA, met today with Dan Robeson,
IEMSA President at the University of North Texas about five years back
and an intern here at the EM HiEd Project for the better part of a
summer while working on his BA in Emergency Administration and Planning
at UNT. After graduating from UNT Dan landed a job as the Disaster
Services Director in a Texas American Red Cross Chapter where he stayed
for two years. From there he moved to Fairfax, VA working for Titan
Corporation, in the State and Local Government Branch of the Emergency
Management Division, where his last project, as Planning Branch Chief,
was working with a number of counties in Indiana on the development of
hazard analyses and emergency operations plans. Dan has just left that
position, after 15 months, and stopped here on the way to a new position
in his home town of Kansas City, KS, where he will be the Homeland
Security Planner for the Johnston County, KS Office of Emergency
Management, directed by Mike Selves (whose article on models of
emergency management can be found in the articles and paper section of
the EM HiEd Project website). When asked, Dan notes that his time at the
University of North Texas was well spent and had made \"a big
difference\" in his career path in the real world. After getting his
feet on the ground in his new position, Dan plans on looking into
enrolling in a Masters program with a concentration in emergency
management, picking up a Masters Degree, getting his Certified Emergency
Manager designation from the International Association of Emergency
Managers, and perhaps doing some adjunct faculty teaching on emergency
management somewhere. I predict he will successfully do all of this.

**(19) Metropolitan College of New York:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received note from Dr. Michael Maurer, Director of
the Emergency Management Institute, School for Public Affairs and
Administration at MCNY, that the new MPA in Emergency & Disaster
Management has been rescheduled to begin on March 5, 2004. A new MPA in
Homeland Security is tentatively scheduled for the Fall 2004 Semester
\-- beginning in September. For additional information on these program
initiatives consult The College List \"Under Development\" and
\"Homeland Security\" sections. Dr. Maurer can be reached at:
MMaurer@METROPOLITAN.EDU

**(20) Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA \-- New
Emergency Management and Planning Curriculum:**

January 23, 2004 \-- Received flier on this new program (an Associate of
Applied Science Degree and Certificate) today. This new program \"rolled
out\" this Spring Semester at MCCC, and includes courses on Emergency
Planning, Incident Management, and Terrorism and Counter terrorism.
According to the flier,

> \"Already, about 20 students have enrolled in the new EMP courses at
> the College. It appears that the majority are people who are already
> engaged in emergency response professions \-- mainly in municipal
> police, fire, and emergency medical services. A number are in private
> sector risk management and emergency preparedness.\"

According to the Spring 2004 *MCCC Criminal Justice Studies & Fire
Science Newsletter*, which was provided:

> \"Fire Science continues to struggle to meet section
> minimums\....Enrollment in the Fire Science Degree program has always
> had to meet the challenge of attracting students in a county that
> continues to depend overwhelmingly on volunteer fire services\....
>
> Many students who are committed to forging careers in the fire
> services seek to combine their expertise in fire science with
> credentials in allied fields such as emergency medical services and
> emergency management. These allied fields are rapidly growing. They
> are already highly professionalized, and frequently offer greater
> employment opportunities.
>
> The College\'s new Emergency Management & Planning curriculum is
> designed to accommodate this interest. It incorporates several fire
> science courses into its degree requirements, and is tailored to allow
> students to pursue fire science as a dual credential.
>
> It is expected that the College\'s new EMP program will provide a
> boost to fire science course enrollments as the new program
> develops.\"

Additional information, including a point of contact, can be found on
the EM HiEd Project web-site \-- The College List section \-- Associate
Degrees in Emergency Management, and Stand-Alone Emergency Management
Certificates subsections.

**(21) New York University:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Met with Bradley Penuel, Executive Officer, Center
for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response at NYU, and with Howard
Greenstein, Director, Center for Management, School of Continuing and
Professional Studies. These gentlemen are investigating how NYU can
develop a selection of emergency management and homeland security
courses aimed primarily at meeting the needs of emergency response
personnel and their managers in New York City. Provided information on
EMI training courses and on the EM HiEd Project. For additional
information, Mr. Penuel can be reached at: brad.penuel@nyu.edu, and
Howard Greenstein can be reached at: howard.greenstein@nyu.edu.

**(22) Proposals Compendium:**

January 24, 2004 \-- Was informed by the EMI Webmaster today that at
long last the \"Proposals Compendium\" has been placed on the EM HiEd
Project website for public access. The \"Proposals Compendium\" is our
collection of proposals that have been written on a variety of college
campuses seeking approval from an internal college or university
approving authority or an external governing body for the development of
some sort of hazard, disaster or emergency management collegiate
program. Many of these have been mailed in over the years and thus
needed to be scanned into an electronic format. Anyone about to
undertake a similar proposal development exercise would probably be
well-served by reviewing the efforts of others. We solicit electronic
copies of proposals that we do not currently have listed within this
document. It has been added as the last item on the left side of the EM
HiEd Project home-page.

**(23) Social Dimensions of Disaster, 2nd Edition \-- Upper Division
Course Revision Project:**

January 20, 2004 \-- Received for review from the course developer, Dr.
Thomas Drabek, 2nd drafts of:

> Session 26, Disaster Recovery and Community Change
>
> Session 30, Media in Disaster
>
> Session 31, Disaster Planning Myths
>
> Session 33, Implementing Emergency Management Information Technology
>
> Session 36, Disaster Denial and Disaster Preparedness Behavior
>
> Session 38, Field Trip: Local Emergency Management Agency
>
> Session 39, Field Trip: State Emergency Management Agency

Reviewed Sessions 26, 30, 31, and 33 and forwarded them to the EMI
Webmaster to replace the earlier drafts \-- found on the EM HiEd Project
website within the \"Academic Emergency Management and Related Courses\"
section \-- \"Courses Under Development\" subsection.

January 21, 2004 \-- Reviewed Sessions 36, 38 and 39, and forwarded them
to the EMI Webmaster to replace the earlier drafts. Received for review
the second draft of Session 40, Field Trip: Federal Emergency Management
Agency.

**(24) Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA:**

January 23, 2004 \-- Received email from Craig Zachlod, Director of
Leadership in Emergency and Disaster Management (LEAD), at Sonoma State
\-- a program that is under development for implementation in February,
2004. An information meeting on this newly designed program will be held
on January 26th from 6:00-7:00 pm at the Schultz Information Center,
University Library. The school will be seeking to develop student
interest in the program. In his email Dr. Zachlod asked for advice on
getting the word out effectively and recruiting students into a new
program. I pass along his request for assistance to readers of the
Activity Report who have been where he is now. Dr. Zachlod can be
reached at: czachlod@pacbell.net. There is a description of the LEAD
program on the EM HiEd Project website \-- The College List section \--
Programs Being Proposed/Investigated subsection. Why don\'t a few of you
try to help him out.

**(25) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:**

January 24, 2004 \-- Called and talked with Dr. James Porto, Director of
the Executive Master\'s Programs at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Director of the
Certificate Program in Community Preparedness and Disaster Management
Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, after being
copied on a communication between UNC-Chapel Hill and the Certified
Emergency Manager Commission of the International Association of
Emergency Managers \-- UNC-CH is proposing a framework which would lead
to it\'s Certificate students completing the requirements for the IAEM
CEM. While interesting the part of the communication that caught my
attention is the statement that:

> Within the next 18 months it is the intent of the Department to
> introduce a Bachelor\'s program in conjunction with the NC Community
> College System; a Master\'s Degree, to which the Certificate Program
> credits will transfer, and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) in
> Disaster Management. Each of these programs will have concentrations
> in the following:
>
> a\. Disaster Management
>
> b\. Public Health Response
>
> c\. Business Continuity
>
> d\. Homeland Security

These programs would be offered completely via distance learning. For
information on the existing Certificate Program there is a description
on the EM HiEd Project web-site \-- The College List. For additional
information, Dr. Porto can be reached at: jporto@email.unc.edu

**(26) University of Pittsburgh (PA):**

January 22, 2004 \-- Had a very encouraging conversation with Dr. Louise
Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the
University of Pittsburgh, on a number of subjects \-- one of which was
the topic of the development of a disaster/emergency management program.
After many years of unsuccessful attempts to develop a hazard, disaster,
emergency management type program, Dr. Comfort has now received approval
from the Pitt Vice Provost to move forward in an investigation of the
development of an Interdisciplinary Certificate in Disaster Management.
Four courses which could be used to support such a certificate program
already exist \"on the books\" at Pitt:

> Advanced Information Technology and Public Management
>
> Managing Emergencies and Disasters
>
> The Impact of Information Technology Upon Disaster Management
>
> Safeguarding the Cities: Homeland Security in Urban America

Dr. Comfort is optimistic that the way has now been paved to bring this
program to life. Will provide additional information as we get it. In
the meantime, Dr. Comfort can be reached at: lkc@pitt.edu

**(27) Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana:**

January 21, 2004 \-- John Streeter, Fire Science Division, Vincennes
University, calls and speaks with the Project Assistant. Notes that the
Vincennes proposal to develop and implement an Associate of Science
Degree in Emergency Management and Planning has been approved. This new
65 credit hours degree is scheduled to begin the Fall Semester of 2004
and will be the first emergency management program (certificate,
concentration or degree) in the state of Indiana. A description of this
program has been written and forwarded to John Streeter for review and
approval. When that is received back it will be posted to the EM HiEd
Project website \-- The College List section \-- Programs Being
Proposed/Investigated subsection. In the meantime, John Streeter can be
reached at: jstreeter@vinu.edu.