**January 7, 2008 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Report**

**(1) Bay Area (CA) Regional Emergency Coordination Plan (RECP):**

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services; Cities of Oakland,
San Francisco, and San Jose; Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin,
Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma. *San
Francisco Bay Area Regional Emergency Coordination Plan (RECP): Base
Plan*. Sacramento, CA: CA OES, with support from the Department of
Homeland Security, January 4, 2008 (Released), 145 pages. Accessed at:
<http://www.oes.ca.gov/Operational/OESHome.nsf/a0f8bd0ee918bc3588256bd400532608/17248ae09ac57a86882573c600626358?OpenDocument>

\[Note: The RECP provides an all-hazards framework for collaboration and
coordination among emergency response entities in the Bay Area. The base
plan focuses on the role of State OES in coordinating the regional
response to an event. Additionally, the region will be continuing to
work on more detailed plans in areas such as transportation, logistics
and mass care and shelter. (GT)\]

**(2) Catastrophe Readiness and Response College Course Development
Project:**

Received for review and comment a first draft of a report on the
"Initial Focus Group Meeting on the Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Higher Education Course Development Project," October 17-18, 2007, EMI.
Provided review comments to lead course developers, Dr. Richard Bissell
and Drew Bumbak, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After
modifications have been made and a final draft provided, will post this
report on the EM HiEd Project website -- Free College Courses section --
Courses Under development subsection -- Catastrophe Readiness and
response course. This is a two-year course development project -- upper
division undergraduate/graduate level. Questions can be directed to Dr.
Bissell at: <bissell@umbc.edu> or to Drew Bumbak, Director of the UMBC
Center for Emergency Education and Disaster Research, at:
<drew.bumbak@umbc.edu>

**(3) DHS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards:**

Casada, Myron L. *The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards: An
Introduction* (Transcript). EIIP Virtual Forum Presentation, November
14, 2007. Accessed at: <http://www.emforum.org/vforum/lc071114.htm>

**(4) Emergency Management and Related Terms and Definitions Guide:**

The "Terms and Definitions" Guide {TDG) found on the EM Hi-Ed Project
at: <http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/termdef.asp> \-- has been
expanded. A number of recent publications and documents have been
reviewed for terms, definitions, acronyms, etc. Amongst the documents
most recently reviewed for contributions to the approximately 750-page
TDG are:

Recent Documents and Publications:

Department of Homeland Security. *Federal Continuity Directive 1 (FCD
1): Federal Executive Branch National Continuity Program*. Washington,
DC: DHS, FEMA Office of National Continuity Programs, November 2007, 87
pages. Accessed at:

<http://www.all-hands.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid&509&Itemid=68>

Department of the Army. *Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Civil Support
Team Operations* (FM 3-11.22). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the
Army, Department of Defense, December 10, 2007, 138 pages. Accessed at:
<http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-11-22.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *Federal Interim Contingency
Plan---Predecisional Draft: New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic
Earthquake Response Planning Project*. Washington, DC: FEMA, December
15, 2007, 162 pages. (Unpublished)

National Governors Association. *Issue Brief: 2007 State Homeland
Security Directors Survey.* Washington, DC: NGA, December 18, 2007, 10
pages. Accessed at:
<http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca9501010a0/?vgnextoid=07833a8930ae6110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD>

Trust for America's Health. *Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's
Health From Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2007.* Washington,
DC: Trust for America's Health, December, 2007, 124 pages. At:
<http://healthyamericans.org/reports/bioterror07/bioTerrorReport2007.pdf>

Other:

Thywissen, Katharina. *Core Terminology of Disaster Reduction*. United
Nations University, Institute for Environment and Human Security. Not
dated. Accessed at:
<http://www.ehs.unu.edu/moodle/mod/glossary/view.php?id=1&mode=&hook=ALL&sortkey=&sortorder=&fullsearch=0&page=-1>

**(5) GAO Report on Natural Disaster Insurance Issues and Options:**

Government Accountability Office. *Natural Disasters: Public Policy
Options for Changing the Federal Role in Natural
Catastrophe Insurance.   90 pages, November 2007.
At:* <http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-7>

\[Abstract: "As Congress reevaluates the role of the federal government
in insuring for natural catastrophes, Congress is faced with balancing
the often-competing goals of ensuring that citizens are protected and
limiting taxpayer exposure. This report examines seven public policy
options for changing the federal government's role, including
establishing an all-perils homeowner insurance policy, providing
reinsurance for state catastrophe funds, and creating a mechanism to
provide federal loans for state catastrophe funds. Each option has
advantages and disadvantages, especially when weighed against competing
public policy goals. For example, establishing an all-perils homeowner
policy is a private sector approach that could help create broad
participation. But low-income residents living in parts of the United
States with high catastrophe risk could require subsidies, resulting in
costs to the government. Similarly, federal reinsurance for state
programs could lead to broader coverage, but could displace private
reinsurance. GAO also identified several policy options for tax-based
incentives for insurance companies, homeowners, investors, and state
governments. But these options, which could help recipients better
address catastrophe risk, could also result in ongoing costs to
taxpayers. While some options would address the public policy goals of
charging risk-based rates, encourage broad participation, or promote
greater private sector participation, these policy goals need to be
balanced with the desire to make rates affordable."\]

**(6) Historical Interest Documents:**

Have recently added several documents to the "Historical Interest"
subsection of the "EM References" section on the FEMA EM HiEd Project
website (blue column, left side of Home Page). These are documents not
previously accessible on the Internet which have now been scanned,
converted into an electronic medium, and placed on the EM Hi-Ed Website
-- at: <http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/highref.asp> Amongst the new
additions are:

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency. *On-Site Assistance: A Guide for
Surveying, Developing, Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness*
(MP-63). Washington, DC: DCPA, September 1974, 52 pages.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency. *On-Site Assistance: A Guide for
Surveying, Developing, Maintaining Community Disaster Readiness \--
Appendices* (MP-63-1). Washington, DC: DCPA, September 1974.

Gessert, Robert A., Nehemiah Jordan, and John E. Tashjean. *Federal
Civil Defense Organization: The Rationale of Its Development*. Institute
for Defense Analyses (IDA/HQ 65-3480), January 1965, for the Office of
Civil Defense, U.S. Department of Defense.

Nehnevajsa, Jiri. *Civil Defense and Society*. Pittsburgh, PA:
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, 1964, 609 pages
(under contract OCD-OS-62-267, Office of Civil Defense, Office of the
Secretary of the Army). (Partial electronic conversion.)

Office of Civil Defense Planning. *Civil Defense for National Security*
(Report to The Secretary of Defense). Washington, DC: OCDP, National
Military Establishment, October 1, 1948, 319 pages. \[Known as the
Hopley Report\]

**(7) References (Bibliography) Document:**

The "Emergency Management and Related References" document on the EM
HiEd Project website has been updated with additional references. The
document can be found on the EM HiEd Project website within the "EM
References" section (left-side of the homepage, blue column), or by
going to <http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/highref.asp> (first item
listed). The References document is now a bit more than 700 pages.

 

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, K-011\
Emmitsburg, MD 21727\
(301) 447-1262, voice\
(301) 447-1598, fax\
wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov\
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