**July 2, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Report**

\(1\) CITIZEN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS:

More than 600 people attended the 2007 National Conference on Community

Preparedness: Partnerships and Collaboration through Citizen Corps, June
10-13, 2007 in Alexandria, Va. This conference was co-hosted by the
International Association of Emergency Managers and the National
Emergency Management Association, and was open to anyone interested in
community and citizen preparedness. Information and Power Points from
presentations can be accessed at:

[[http://www.iaem.com/NCCP2007Presentations.htm]{.underline}](http://www.iaem.com/NCCP2007Presentations.htm)

\(2\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT:

Bell, Beverly. \"Making The Most of EMAC.\" Emergency Management
Assistance Compact, June 2007. Accessed at:
[[http://www.emacweb.org/?1533]{.underline}](http://www.emacweb.org/?1533)

Bell, Beverly. \"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact - An
Introduction.\" Emergency Management Assistance Compact, May 2007.

Accessed at:
[[http://www.emacweb.org/?1530]{.underline}](http://www.emacweb.org/?1530)

\(3\) EVACUATION PLANNING:

Department of Transportation. Transportation and Emergency Preparedness
Checklist. Washington, DC: DOT, 2007, 6 pages. Accessed at:

[http://www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/Documents/Emergency/Emergency%20Checklist.doc](http://www.dotcr.ost.dot.gov/Documents/Emergency/Emergency Checklist.doc)

\(4\) FEMA AND UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL VOLUNTEERS DURING KATRINA:

Department of Homeland Security. Federal Emergency Management Agency\'s
Volunteer Service Program Following Hurricane Katrina. Washington, DC:
DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG-07-51), June 2007, 7 pages. At:

[[http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_07-51_Jun07.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_07-51_Jun07.pdf)

\(5\) KATRINA RECOVERY:

Government Accountability Office. Preliminary Information on Rebuilding
Efforts in the Gulf Coast. Washington, DC: GAO Report GAO-07-809R, June
29, 2007. Accessed at:
[[http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07809r.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07809r.pdf)

\(6\) MITIGATION \-- OR NOT:

Alba, Diana M. \"County, Senators Try To Stall Flood Maps.\" Las Cruces
Sun-News, June 30, 2007. Accessed at:
[[http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_6266849]{.underline}](http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_6266849)

\(7\) RESOURCES:

Received: IAEM Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 7, July 2007. (International
Association of Emergency Managers, 201 Park Washington Court, Falls
Church, VA 22046-4527, Phone: +1 (703) 538-1795, Fax: +1 (703) 241-5603,
Email: <info@iaem.com>,

Website: [[www.iaem.com]{.underline}](../www.iaem.com)

Would particularly recommend article by IAEM President Mike Selves, in
his \"From the President\" column, entitled: \"Update on the Emergency
Management Roundtable\" hosted here at EMI last March, to discuss the
definition, vision, mission and principles of emergency management.

Also notable, that of the 124 new members noted in the April 16-June 15,
New Members section (of the electronic version), 38 (30%) were Emergency
Management Student members (IAEM Region XII \-- Student Region).

\(8\) UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE \-- GRADUATE EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS:

Received communication and information from Dr. James W. Douglas,
Director, Masters of Public Administration Program at the University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, to the effect that two new graduate
programs have been approved and are now operational:

Master of Public Administration with Concentration in Emergency
Management Degree Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management

The four core courses for both programs are:

Emergency Management

Homeland Security

Disaster Management

Geographic Information Systems for non-Majors

Descriptions of both programs have been developed by Barbara Johnson,
the EM HiEd Project Assistant, and forwarded to the EMI Webmaster for
upload to the Emergency Management section of The College List on the EM
HiEd Project website, where they should be accessible shortly \--
[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegelist/]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegelist/)

In the meantime, for more information, Dr. Douglas can be reached at:

<jwdouglas@email.uncc.edu>

\(9\) UTAH GAINS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (EMAP) FULL
ACCREDITATION:

From Steve Detweiler\'s latest \"Articles of Interest\" last week:

\"UTAH GRANTED EMAP ACCREDITATION

Utah\'s system for preparedness and response to disasters was granted
full accreditation on June 9, 2007 by the Emergency Management
Accreditation Program (EMAP).

Emergency management accreditation represents a significant achievement.

The Utah state program documented how it meets national standards for a
state\'s disaster preparedness and response system. To achieve
accreditation, Utah took corrective steps in several areas to meet all
the standards during its conditional accreditation period. There
currently are 13 accredited programs in the country. These include
Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, East Baton Rouge Parish (LA),
Jacksonville/Duval (FL) and the District of Columbia.

\"Utah has joined a select few of jurisdictions to take this important
step in assuring that their constitutes have a clear understanding of
the matrix used to measure the level of preparedness and they should be
commended,\" said Ellis M. Stanley, Sr., chair of the EMAP Commission
and general manager of the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness
Department. \"States like Utah that work toward and achieve compliance
with these standards are at the forefront in ensuring their residents
are served by a comprehensive system to deal with disasters.\"

Accreditation is a means of demonstrating, through program assessment,
documentation and on-site assessment by an independent team, that a
program meets national standards. Accreditation is valid for five years
from the date the EMAP Commission grants accreditation. Accredited
programs must maintain compliance with EMAP standards and be reassessed
in five years to maintain accredited status.\"

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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