**August 11, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) CALIFORNIA FIRE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION:

The Project Assistant communicated with David E. Senior, Director of the
Fire, Safety and EMS Program at Allan Hancock College in California, who
wrote to request 20 sets of CD ROMS of Associate Degree level emergency
Management and homeland security training courses made available by the
EM HiEd Project to colleges and universities. Mr. Senior, who is on the
Board of the California Fire Technology Directors Association, noted
that at the next meeting of the Board \"We will be discussing Emergency
Management/Disaster Management programs and the viability of starting
the programs at the community colleges here in California.\"

\(2\) DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE NY: INVESTIGATING
ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN EMER.MGMT.:

Talked with Andy Mihans who is investigating the development of an
Associate of Science Degree in Emergency Management at Dutchess
Community College within the Allied Health and Science Department. He
noted that the direction for this investigation came from the College
President. He is using EM HiEd Project material to aid in his
investigation which he believes will lead to the development of a
proposal and then the development of a program which could become
operational the Fall Semester of 2007. An advisory group has been pulled
together, including a representative from the local County Office of
Emergency Management and a representative from the State Office of
Emergency Management. For additional information Mr. Mihans can be
reached at: <mihans.aj@verizon.net>.

\(3\) GLOBAL WARMING:

Eilperin, Juliet. \"Cities, States Aren\'t Waiting For U.S. Action on
Climate.\" Washington Post, August 11, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001492_pf.html>

\(4\) KATRINA:

American Civil Liberties Union. Abandoned & Abused: Orleans Parish
Prisoners in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Washington DC: ACLU National
Prison Project, August 9, 2006, 145 pages. Accessed at:
[[http://www.aclu.org/prison/conditions/26198res20060809.html]{.underline}](http://www.aclu.org/prison/conditions/26198res20060809.html)

\[Note: Other information, besides the report, that relates to Katrina
and prisoners can be found on this website.\]

\(5\) MATERIALS RECEIVED:

Hutcheson, Alex. \"Inventing the Future - College Special.\" Popular
Mechanics, September 2006, pp. 65-69. \[Note: The September edition of
\"Popular Mechanics\" is not on the book stands yet. Received an advance
copy of this article from Dr. John Pine at Louisiana State University,
whose Disaster Science and Management Program is one of 10 collegiate
programs in the U.S. highlighted for special attention \-- in that they
are \"Inventing the Future.\"\]

Risk Management Magazine, August 2006. (A Publication of the Risk and
Insurance Management Society, Inc.,
[[http://www.rmmagazine.com]{.underline}](http://www.rmmagazine.com/)).

Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 18, No. 3, Fall 2006.

(Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, 325 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19106 - 215-625-8900,
[[http://www.taylorandfrancis.com]{.underline}](http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/).)
Amongst contents are:

\* Jesse, Devin D. \"Tactical Means, Strategic Ends: Al Qaeda\'s Use of
Denial and Deception,\" pp. 367-388.

\* Torres, Manuel R., et al. \"Analysis and Evolution of the Global
Jihadist Movement Propaganda,\" pp. 399-422. \[Abstract: \"The Global
Jihadist Movement (GJM) has a series of well-defined objectives, which
constitute the central points of their ideology. In the realization of
these goals, propaganda and public communication play a central role.

This article studies the evolution of the principal characteristics of
GJM propaganda, analyzing over 2,000 documents issued by the GJM between
1996 and 2005.\"\]

\* Meisels, Tamar. \"The Trouble With Terror: The Apologetics of
Terrorism - A Refutation.\" pp. 465-483. \[From conclusion: \"Terrorism
is the intentional random murder of defenseless non-combatants, with the
intent of instilling fear of mortal danger amidst a civilian population
as a strategy designed to advance political ends. Thus understanding
cannot be \'deconstructed,\' nor can it be inclusively obscured.

Regardless of its professed cause, terrorism is diametrically opposed to
the requirements of liberal morality and can only be defended at the
expense of relinquishing the most basic of liberal commitments.\" (p.
480)\]

\(6\) MITIGATION:

Associated Press. \"Coast Communities Get \$4M To Enforce Building
Codes.\" August 10, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/15245033.htm]{.underline}](http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/15245033.htm)

\[Excerpt: \"JACKSON, Miss. - Gov. Haley Barbour says more than \$4
million in federal \[FEMA\] money is being divided among Mississippi
coastal cities and counties so they can hire additional code-enforcement
officers and building inspectors. Barbour said the new hires should help
communities speed up the rebuilding process from Hurricane Katrina,
which struck last Aug. 29. \'These communities have demonstrated a firm
commitment to address the pressing needs of economic and residential
development, and I commend them for dedication to build stronger, safer
structures and for helping to improve the quality of life of our Gulf
Coast residents,\' Barbour said in a news release Thursday.\"\]

\(7\) PANDEMIC:

Strikowski, Michelle. \"Genetic Mutations of Bird Flu Would Not Easily
Result in Pandemic.\" The National Academies, August 10, 2006. Accessed
at:
[[http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20060810.html]{.underline}](http://www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20060810.html)

\(8\) WAR ON TERROR:

CNN.com. \"Al-Zawahire: Egyptian Militant Group Joins al Qaeda.\"

August 5, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/05/zawahiri.tape/index.html]{.underline}](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/05/zawahiri.tape/index.html)

DeYoung, Karen. \"Signs Point To A Surviving Terror Network.\"

Washington Post, August 11, 2006. At:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001616_pf.html>

Dunham, Steve. \"Book Review: \'The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside
America\'s Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 911\' by Ron Susskind.\" Journal
of Homeland Security, August 11, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.homelandsecurity.org/newjournal/BookReviews/displayBookReview2.asp?review=56>

Holland, Steve. \"Bush Says US At War With \'Islamic Fascists\'.\"

Reuters, August 10, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-10T162302Z_01_N10383008_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-BRITAIN-USA.xml&src=midtop>

Washington Post. \"A Chilling Reminder - Five Years Later, The Threat
Endures\" (Editorial). August 11, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001594_pf.html>

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)

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