**March 28, 2008 FEMA EM Hi-Ed Program Report**

**(1) Catastrophe Readiness and Response EM HiEd Project Course
Development Note:**

Received from Drew Bumbak, Director, Center for Emergency Education &
Disaster Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the
following report on his participation in the 2^nd^ TN New Madrid Seismic
Zone Catastrophe Workshop:

> "The second Tennessee NMSZ Workshop (Official name -- The New Madrid
> Seismic Zone Catastrophic Earthquake Planning Project, State of
> Tennessee Workshop II) was held in Memphis, TN from the 17^th^ to the
> 19^th^ of March. The workshop was designed to bring together emergency
> management and response personnel and planners from local, state,
> federal agencies, as well as the private sector to provide input for a
> major revision of the NMSZ Catastrophic Event Annex for Tennessee. The
> workshop was scenario driven, and all of the damage and loss estimates
> and planning assumptions and work are predicated on a magnitude 7.7
> earthquake occurring on 13 December 2008 at 1400 CST. The epicenter of
> the quake is approximately 33 miles North North-West of Memphis TN.
> The quake "complete devastation and large scale destruction, with
> approximately 10 million people affected" on parts of Arkansas,
> Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky, and it is felt as far away as
> Pittsburgh, PA, Boston, MA, and Norfolk, VA. In the aftermath of the
> earthquake, the geography of the area changes remarkably, especially
> in and around the Mississippi and other rivers, numerous buildings
> sustain heavy damage or are completely destroyed, utilities are
> interrupted, critical infrastructure throughout the region is
> seriously compromised, and thousands of people in Tennessee alone are
> killed with tens of thousands suffering injuries of various degrees.
>
> Participants were divided into breakout groups on days two and three
> to develop "response and recovery strategies, objectives, tasks, and
> identification of resource needs" following a catastrophic NMSZ
> earthquake, and at the end of both days, everyone reconvened in a
> plenary session so that findings of each breakout session could be
> reported. The breakout sessions were:
>
> **[Day 1:]{.underline}**
>
> Public Safety and Security Response (ESF 13)
>
> Evacuee Case Management (ESFs 6 & 8)
>
> Economic and Community Recovery (ESF 15)
>
> Fire Protection (ESF 4)
>
> **[Day 2:]{.underline}**
>
> Critical Resource Logistics and Distribution  (ESF 7)
>
> Restoration of Lifelines (ESFs 3 & 12)
>
> Hazardous Materials (ESF 10)
>
> Evacuee Case Mgmt (morning) / Family Reunification (afternoon)  (ESF 6
> & 8)
>
>  
>
> "Before the workshop, I knew that an NMSZ event would be catastrophic,
> but I now realize that my concept of how bad a NMSZ event might be did
> not even begin to approach the potential reality. A quake similar to
> the one on which the workshop was based would result in over 100,000
> buildings destroyed and more than 150,000 damaged to some degree in
> Tennessee alone, as well as over 2000 dead and almost 35,000 injured
> just because of the initial quake. Furthermore, because so many
> interstate highways cross the area, and there is so much shipping
> traffic on the Mississippi, and because FedEx's main operations center
> is in Memphis, the quake would cause major disruption to our "just in
> time" inventory system, while damage to or destruction to pipelines
> (both natural gas and liquid petroleum), and electric transmission
> systems that cross the NMSZ, would have a profound impact on at least
> the eastern half of the United States. Post event, supplies of natural
> gas, heating oil, and other petroleum product to the north central and
> north eastern part of the country would be seriously curtailed,
> causing major fuel and heating oil shortages. Damage to the power grid
> from the quake would result in (reportedly based on work done by
> Sandia Labs and the U.S. DOE) a "cascading catastrophic failure" of
> the eastern power grid, which would blackout much of the eastern half
> of the country. The estimation was that places that did not suffer
> damage from the quake would have power back in a matter of minutes to
> hours, however, as you get closer to the epicenter, the length of the
> power disruptions were projected to increase dramatically.
>
> "As with the Florida catastrophe planning workshop in November, I
> initially saw a disconnect as many participants were not able to
> immediately grasp the fact that this event would be many orders of
> magnitude more severe that a run of the mill disaster. However, as at
> the Florida workshop, once the people were able to begin wrapping
> their minds around the situation, they began to identify response and
> recovery tasks, goals and objectives, as well as resource needs.
>
> "All in all, the workshop was a success from the standpoint of the
> Catastrophe Readiness and Response course development project, as we
> gathered a lot of information that will be useful in developing the
> course and made a number of contacts who will also be very helpful
> with the project and who can provide further information.
> Additionally, the workshop seemed to be successful from the standpoint
> of helping to improve the state's ability to respond to a catastrophic
> NMSZ event. Participants identified potential problems and
> vulnerabilities as well as numerous solutions for them, developed all
> sorts of novel approaches to the response and recovery needs, and,
> perhaps most importantly, they learned more about the potential
> threat, and developed numerous contacts at all levels of government
> and in the private sector, which will allow them to more efficiently
> work together."

Note: Drew Bumback and Dr. Richard Bissell, who also attended this
workshop as well, are the lead co-developers in a contract from the EM
Hi-Ed Program, in partnership with the FEMA Catastrophe Planning
Initiative, to develop an upper division/graduate level college course
on Catastrophe Readiness and Response. Participation in this workshop
was arranged on behalf of the course development project through Mike
Pawlowski's shop at FEMA HQ. Questions or comments should be addressed
to Drew Bumbak at: <drew.bumbak@umbc.edu>

**(2) Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, June 2-5, 2008,
EMI:**

**Note 1:** Communicated with Dr. Fred May, Emergency Management Program
Head, Western Illinois University, and came to an agreement to replace
his previously scheduled breakout session on "Online Research Tools for
Innovative Classroom Instruction," with a breakout session on

**"Are There Core Emergency Management College Courses and What Are
They"**

Dr. May has performed for his school an analysis of five other
collegiate emergency management programs in an investigation into a
revamping of the existing WIU BA-level EM program. In that this topic
has been discussed but not depleted during previous EM Hi-Ed Conferences
we asked Dr. May to head-up this session. This session should be an
opportunity for two-year, four-year, and grad-level EM program faculty
to engage and interact on this topic. Are there core courses which
transcend programmatic level and disciplinary placement? Dr. May can be
reached at: [F-May@wiu.edu]{.underline}

**Note 2:** NETC Admissions Office tells us they have successfully
processed and **accepted 104 applications** to attend the conference.
Our concern now is that for any international applicants (which unlike
U.S. applications go through FEMA HQ Security Office for review prior to
NETC Admissions Office processing), that application forms be sent in
now or in the very near future. It can sometimes take 6-8 weeks for a
security review. We are now about half-way through our allocation of
dorm rooms. Info on the conference can be located at:
<http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/educonference08.asp>

**Note 3 -- EM Student Volunteers at the EM HiEd Conference:** The note
above about the availability of free dorm rooms (for U.S. citizens),
should be particularly of interest to any EM students out there who are
planning on submitting an application (found on the website) but have
not. Once the free on-campus dorm rooms are gone, all other attendees
will have to stay off-campus in nearby motels at their own expense. We
are assuming that students can less afford this than faculty. For
information on EM Student Volunteer opportunities go to:
[http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/08conf/EM%20HI%20Ed%20Conference%20Student%20Volunteer.doc](http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/08conf/EM HI Ed Conference Student Volunteer.doc)

**Note 4 -- Pandemic Planning on College Campuses:** Have arranged for
Mary Parrish, Business Continuity Officer at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, to work on the development and delivery of a
Conference Breakout Session roughly on the topic of "Pandemic Planning
on College Campuses." Ms. Parrish has done a great deal of work on this
topic. For example, see: Pandemic Influenza Continuity of Operations
Planning Instructions at:  <http://ehs.unc.edu/healthy/coop.shtml>  Ms.
Parrish is interested in hearing from others on this topic and is very
much open to other contributors for this session.  She can be reached
at:  <mary.parrish@unc.edu>

**(3) Emergency Management Higher Education Program Website Updates:**

New material has been placed on the website since last Friday on:

*Bibliography of Emergency Management and Related References On-Hand*.
March 20, 2008, 742 pages. Accessed at:
<http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu>

*Guide to* *Emergency Management and Related Terms, Definitions,
Concepts, Acronyms, Organizations, Programs, Guidance, & Executive
Orders and Legislation.* Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA, Emergency Management
Institute, March 20, 2008, 1119 pages. At:
[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/terms%20and%20definitions/Terms%20and%20Definitions.pdf](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/terms and definitions/Terms and Definitions.pdf)

*Working Draft Agenda: 11^th^ Annual All-Hazards Emergency Management
Higher Education Conference* (June 2-5, 2008, EMI, Emmitsburg, MD).
March 11, 2008, 17 pages. At:
[http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/08conf/Conference%20Agenda%20-%20Draft.doc](http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/08conf/Conference Agenda - Draft.doc)

Further modifications to all three of the above documents were forwarded
to the EMI Web staff today to upload sometime next week -- same URLs.

Also, in the Historical Interest sub-section of "Emergency Management
References," section, have now uploaded two documents of historical
interest which heretofore have not been electronically accessible:

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *NEMS -- National Emergency
Management System*. Washington, DC: FEMA, 1985. Accessed at:
<http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/highref.asp>

Office of Civil Defense. *Status of the Civil Defense Program* (MP-46).
Washington, DC: OCD, DOD, April 1969, 26 pages. Accessed at:
<http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/highref.asp>

**(4) Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (Info Not Noted
Here Before):**

Department of Homeland Security. *Exercise & Evaluation Division Data
Standards Strategy* (Draft). DHS, PD Exercise & Evaluation Division,
December 21, 2006, 34 pages. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/Standards/NED_Standards_Strategy.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *About HSEEP*. FEMA, Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation Program, 2008. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/1001_About.aspx>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *Homeland Security Exercise and
Evaluation Program: Overview -- Purpose of the HSEEP Data Exchange
Standards*. FEMA, Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/Standards_Overview.aspx>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit: Corrective Action
Program (CAP) System*. November 1, 2007, 5 pages. At:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/CAPSOverviewFAQs.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Mission*. Washington, DC:
FEMA, 2008. Accessed at: <https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/1001_HSEEP7.aspx>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit: Overview*.
Washington, DC: FEMA. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/1001_Toolk.aspx>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide
-- Design and Development System*. 9Nov07, 8 pages. At:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/DDS_User_Guide.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide
-- Exercise Evaluation Guide Builder Independent Tool*. Washington, DC:
FEMA, February 27, 2008, 12 pages. Accessed at:
[https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/EEG_User_Guide%20(Standalone).pdf](https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/EEG_User_Guide (Standalone).pdf)

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide
-- Exercise Evaluation Guide Builder Integrated Tool*. Washington, DC:
FEMA, February 27, 2008, 13 pages. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/EEG_User_Guide.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide
--* *Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) Builder MSEL Builder User
Guide*. FEMA, 9 Nov 2007, 9 pages. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/MSEL_Builder_User_Guide_Users.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide
--* *Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) Builder MSEL Manager User
Guide*. FEMA, 9 Nov 2007, 11 pages. Accessed at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/MSEL_Builder_User_Guide_Managers.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *HSEEP Toolkit System: User Guide:
NEXS System Basics*. FEMA, 9 Nov 2007, 16 pp. At:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/support/NEXS_User_Guide.pdf>

Federal Emergency Management Agency. IS-130, *Exercise Evaluation and
Improvement Planning*. Emmitsburg, MD: FEMA, Emergency Management
Institute, Independent Study, January 30, 2008. Accessed at:
<http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS130.asp>

**(5) Incident Management System Integration Division Changes, National
Preparedness Directorate**

Received today a memorandum from Dennis Schrader, Deputy Administrator,
National Preparedness Directorate, Subject: New Acting IMSI Director:
Marcus Pollock:

> "I would like to introduce Marcus Pollock as the Acting Director for
> Incident Management System Integration (IMSI).  Mr. Pollock will
> provide overall executive management and direction of the functions
> and activities of the Division.  He will maintain responsibility,
> authority and accountability for established programs, policies, and
> their respective execution, and will serve as the primary interface
> with other federal entities on all NIMS/NRF-related matters.     
>
> Mr. Pollock comes to this position after 25 years of senior level,
> management and executive experience in State and local government. 
> His federal service has included work with the General Accountability
> Office, where he served in the Resources Community and Economic
> Development Issue Area.  With the National Preparedness Directorate,
> Mr. Pollock has completed work on the National Preparedness Guidelines
> and the Target Capabilities List.  He served as Project Manager for
> the development of the National Preparedness System, a process and
> technology designed to support the use of the Target Capabilities
> List. 
>
> I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Al Fluman for
> serving as the Acting IMSI Director for the past two years.  In this
> time he played an integral role in the development and promulgation of
> NIMS and the NRF.  The success of the NRF rollout is just one example
> of the hard work, vision, and dedication Mr. Fluman brought to this
> position. Mr. Fluman will be returning to his roots at the Emergency
> Management Institute (EMI), where he will serve as Supervisory
> Exercise Training Specialist in the Office of the Superintendent.  In
> this post, he will work to ensure consistency of the national exercise
> training curriculum through the National Standardized Exercise
> Curriculum (NSEC), utilizing the Homeland Security Exercise and
> Evaluation Program (HSEEP) as the guiding doctrine, methodology and
> terminology for designing, developing, conducting and evaluating all
> exercises and exercise training.
>
> Please join me in thanking Al Fluman for his service, and in welcoming
> Mr. Marcus Pollock to IMSI.  Mr. Pollock's office is located at 999 E
> Street, 3rd floor, Suite 314b.  He may be contacted at 202-646-4606
> and <marcus.pollock@dhs.gov>.    

**(6) Joint Commission Emergency Management Standards Revisited:***\
\
*

Paturas, James L*. Joint Commission Emergency Management Standards
Revisited Healthcare Facility Accreditation Requirements for 2008*
(Transcript). EIIP Virtual Forum Presentation, March 26, 2008. At:
<http://www.emforum.org/vforum/lc080326.htm>

**(7) National Information Exchange Model:**

Federal Emergency Management Agency. *NIEM Overview*. FEMA, Homeland
Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. Accessed March 27, 2008 at:
<https://hseep.dhs.gov/pages/Standards_NIEM_Information.aspx>

> The development of NIEM is a joint effort among DOJ, DHS, and
> subject-matter experts from the justice, public safety, law
> enforcement, homeland security, and private sectors. Designed by
> experienced practitioners, governed by participating stakeholders, and
> driven by leadership from DOJ and DHS, NIEM is developing,
> disseminating, and supporting enterprise-wide information exchange
> standards and processes that enable jurisdictions to effectively share
> critical information in emergency situations, as well as support the
> day-to-day operations of agencies throughout the nation.
>
> To ensure the longevity and continued relevance of the HSEEP Data
> Exchange Standards, NED has aligned its efforts in this area with work
> currently underway at NIEM. As mentioned above, NIEM evolved from a
> DHS and Department of Justice (DOJ) partnership. Its development was
> predicated on the need for these two agencies to share information
> quickly and accurately in areas where their business practices crossed
> paths, such as in cases of immigration and person screening. NIEM has
> since expanded to encompass seven domains, including ***emergency
> management**, infrastructure protection and intelligence,* each
> containing resources useful for any party needing to conduct
> information exchanges in these areas. Currently, a coordinated NIEM
> adoption process is underway throughout most DHS component agencies,
> with the DHS Enterprise Data Management Office (EDMO) guiding the
> effort.

**(8) Public Health Emergency Law & Forensic Epidemiology Training:**

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. *Public Health Emergency Law
& Forensic Epidemiology Training*. CDC, HHS, 2008. Accessed at:
<http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/phel.asp>

From CDC Website:

> The Public Health Law Program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
> and Prevention has just released version three of the *Public Health
> Emergency Law and Forensic Epidemiology* training materials on CD-ROM.
> These self-contained training packages were developed by for use by
> instructors in any jurisdiction in the United States who provide
> public health preparedness training to front-line practitioners.\
> \
> *Public Health Emergency Law* is targeted at public health
> practitioners and emergency management professionals to improve
> understanding of the role of law as a public health tool. Materials
> include three lecture units with PowerPoint slides, an interactive
> case study, and a Course Manager's Guide. Notes for instructors and
> other supplemental information are also included.\
> \
> *Forensic Epidemiology* is designed to help public health and law
> enforcement agencies strengthen coordination of responses to pandemic
> influenza and similar threats. Materials include a new CDC-developed
> case study on pandemic influenza as well as scenarios and training
> materials from other developers.\
> \
> To order a free CD-ROM, visit:
> <https://www.securemcking.com/FE-PHEL_CD_Request/>\
> \
> For more information, e-mail: <FE-PHEL@mcking.com>

**(9) Email Backlog:** 665 in the am, 578 in the pm.

**Trust that all have, or had, a good weekend.**

**The End.**

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM\
Higher Education Program Manager\
Emergency Management Institute\
National Emergency Training Center\
Federal Emergency Management Agency\
Department of Homeland Security\
16825 S. Seton, K-011\
Emmitsburg, MD 21727\
<http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu>

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