**January 12, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE 2005 -- BOOK
PROJECT:

January 12, 2006 \-- Communicated with Dr. William Waugh, Jr. who has
the lead in a small work order contract to pull together an electronic
book containing a selection of expanded and modified papers delivered at
the 2005 EM HiEd Conference. The theme of the book, which later could
conceivably be published, is \"The Future of Emergency Management.\"
Five chapters are in-hand and are being reformatted for consistency by
Dr. Waugh. They will soon be forwarded here for review and upload to the
Project website \-- where we will create a subsection within the Free
College Courses and Books section.

Might well attempt a similar project in relation to the 2006 Conference.

\(2\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & HOMELAND SECURITY/DEFENSE HIGHER ED.
CONFERENCE, JUNE 6-8, 2006:

January 12, 2006 \-- Talked briefly with Patrick Newman, US Coast Guard
Academy, concerning USCG participation in the next EM HiEd Conference.

Also communicated with J.D. Richardson, Chair of the Protective Services
Department and head of the Emergency Management program at San Antonio
College, who would like to facilitate a breakout session at the
conference on program building and recruitment at the Community College
level. While I\'ve yet to start putting an agenda together, this strikes
me as quite doable and will be at least tentatively planned. Mr.

Richardson can be reached at: <jrichard@accd.edu>

\(3\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEXTBOOKS:

January 12, 2006 \-- Communicated with Jennifer Slomack, Applied
Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., concerning here request for
information on the number of students and faculty involved in emergency
management college programs in the US. John Wiley is \"developing a list
of Emergency Management textbooks.\" Provided my swag and suggested how
to get better numbers. For additional information, Jennifer Slomack can
be reached at: <Jslomack@wiley.com>

\(4\) FEMA REGION II HIGHER EDUCATION INTEREST IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

January 12, 2006 \-- Received request from Sean Waters in FEMA\'s Region
II Office in NYC (NY, NJ, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands), for 10 sets of
CD ROMS containing emergency management courses developed for the FEMA
Emergency Management Higher Education Project. Sean noted that a number
if institutions of higher education in the region have expressed
interest in investigating the development of emergency management
programs. We are dispatching the CD ROMS. For additional information,
Sean Waters can be reached at: <sean.waters@dhs.gov>

\(5\) HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDS:

Couch, Mark. \"Feds\' Study Cites Grant Misuse - Homeland Security funds
were used inappropriately in Colorado\...It\'s unclear whether \$1.5
million must be repaid.\" Denver Post, January 12, 2006. Accessed at:
[[http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3393991]{.underline}](http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_3393991)

\(6\) HURRICANE KATRINA-RELATED:

Congressional Research Service (Henry B. Hogue). Federal Hurricane
Recovery Coordinator: Appointment and Oversight Issues (CRS Report to
Congress #RS22334). Washington, DC: CRS, November 28, 2005 (6 pages).

Accessed at:
[[http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22334_20051128.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22334_20051128.pdf)

Jacoby, Jeff. \"Katrina and Consequences.\" Jewish World Review, January
12, 2006. Accessed at:
[[http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby011206.php3]{.underline}](http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby011206.php3)

\(7\) NFPA-1600 STANDARD ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

January 11, 2006 \-- The Emergency Information Infrastructure
Partnership

(EIIP) hosted a \"live chat\' presentation on proposed revisions to the
next, 2007 edition of the National Fire Protection Association\'s (NFPA)
1600 Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity
Programs, with the Chair of the NFPA 1600 Technical Committee, Lloyd
Bokman, Emergency Planner with the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. A
transcript (5 pages) is available at:

[[http://www.emforum.org/vforum/lc060111.htm]{.underline}](http://www.emforum.org/vforum/lc060111.htm)

\(8\) NORTHCOM MEETING:

January 12, 2006 \-- Met with Dr. Clair Blong, FEMA Liaison to NORTHCOM
in Colorado Springs, and with Hugh F. Burrell of Northrop Grumman \--
both serving on the NORTHCOM Interagency Coordination Group. Discussed
several ways NORTHCOM and the EM HiEd Project could \"partner\" or work
together beyond this year\'s EM & HS/D HiEd Conference \-- such as
partnering in the development of textbook and course materials on such
topics as military support to civil authority in disasters and
catastrophes. For additional information, Dr. Blong can be reached at:
<Clair.Blong@dhs.gov> and Hugh Burrell can be reached at:
<hugh.burrell@northcom.mil>

\(9\) PREPAREDNESS:

Selweski, Chad, and Frank DeFrank. \"Ex-FEMA Boss Warns Against Counting
on Government Help - Now a Consultant, Brown Urges Local Training
Exercises.\" Macomb Daily (MI), January 11, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://macombdaily.com/stories/011106/loc_fema001.shtml]{.underline}](http://macombdaily.com/stories/011106/loc_fema001.shtml)

\(10\) SHAW UNIVERSITY, RALEIGH, NC \-- IMPLEMENTING NEW EM CERTIFICATE
& SEEKING ADJUNCTS:

January 12, 2006 \-- Received news from Joan D. Barrax, Dean of the
College of Graduate and Professional Studies at Shaw University that the
school will be implementing an Emergency Management Concentration
this-coming Fall Semester 2006.

\"Graduates will receive a Bachelor\'s Degree in Public Administration
with a Concentration in Emergency Management. The concentration will
consist of a ten-course sequence of courses plus a practicum. We are
seeking one or more persons (part-time) who could deliver one or two
courses online or by videoconferencing in the second semester of
students\' sophomore year and the first semester of their junior year.

The courses are \"Introduction to Emergency Management: History, Aim,
and Scope\"; \"Introduction to Terrorism/Homeland Security\"; and
\"Principles and Practice of Disaster/Hazards Mitigation, Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery.\" Interested faculty should send a curriculum
vitae to: Dr. Joan Barrax, Dean of the College of Graduate and
Professional Studies, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27610.
The telephone number for the Dean\'s office is: (919) 719-1995 or (919)
743-5702.\"

\(11\) TEXTBOOKS \-- HOMELAND SECURITY:

January 12, 2006 \-- Received communication from Dr. Todd Stewart,
Executive Director of the National Academic Consortium for Homeland
Security; Director of the Program for International and Homeland
Security at Ohio State University; and now General Editor for a John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., series of five homeland security textbooks. Dr.

Stewart is interesting in locating highly qualified and interested
authors for each of the textbooks. Pasted in below is a summary of the
textbook series and Dr. Stewart\'s contact information.

In addition to the summaries of each textbook pasted in below, Dr.
Stewart has an outline of the projected topics for each textbook \-- but
space limitations preclude incorporation of that document here. We
discussed, however, placing the textbook outlines document on the FEMA
EM HiEd Project website \-- Syllabi Compilation tab. Dr. Stewart
approved this move. Will forward to the EMI Webmaster for upload. In the
meantime, below are the narrative summaries and an introduction:

\"John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a leading international publisher of college
textbooks and educational materials, is actively seeking subject-matter
experts interested in authoring each of the five textbooks to be
included in Wiley\'s new series on homeland security. Because of the
growing national demand for high-quality college textbooks that address
various aspects of homeland security, Wiley is seeking to recruit the
most qualified and interested authors, as soon as possible.

Wiley\'s Homeland Security Series is intended primarily for college
undergraduate degree and certificate programs. The five textbooks are
designed to be used either individually (for a stand-alone course) or to
support an integrated series of courses. Collectively, the five
textbooks will provide a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of homeland
security topics and issues and are intended to support five courses that
would be the core of undergraduate degree or certificate programs. A
brief (draft) description of each planned textbook follows:

Introduction to Homeland Security

This text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of U.S. homeland
security, from an all-hazards perspective. It begins with an in-depth
examination of threats to homeland security, including natural and
accidental disasters, as well as intentional threats of domestic and
international terrorism, including the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction. It includes an overview of the national policy, strategy,
organization and plans for dealing with these various hazards and
threats, including the roles and responsibilities of government
agencies, non-government organizations and individual citizens. The text
summarizes \"pre-event\" activities and technologies necessary to
identify hazards and threats, deter and prevent intentional attacks,
protect people and infrastructure from various hazards, and prepare
individuals and institutions to deal with the consequences of such
events. The final section of the text provides an overview of the
\"post-event\" activities and technologies necessary to rapidly detect
and characterize the nature and scope of various hazardous events,
manage emergency-response operations, and conduct long-term recovery
activities.

Threats to Homeland Security: An All-Hazards Assessment

This text provides a comprehensive, in-depth examination of threats to
U.S. homeland security, from an all-hazards perspective. It includes a
discussion of natural and accidental disasters, as well as premeditated
acts of domestic and international terrorism. The text includes a
detailed examination of terrorism, its processes and consequences. It
also includes a comprehensive review of various domestic and
international terrorist groups. This discussion includes the threats
resulting from the proliferation of various weapons of mass destruction
and effects: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high-yield
explosives, and cyber. The text provides a comprehensive overview of
U.S. policy, strategy and technologies for preventing and countering
terrorism and the proliferation of various weapons of mass destruction
and effects, as well as for dealing with natural and accidental
disasters.

Homeland Security: Laws, Policy, Strategy and Organization

This text provides a comprehensive, in-depth and timely overview of U.S.

laws, policy, strategy, organization and plans for dealing with various
natural, accidental and premeditated threats to homeland security. It
begins with a summary of underlying statutes and authorities, including
a discussion of related key legal issues. The text includes an overview
of various policy and strategy documents, including U.S. National
Security Strategy, the National Strategy for Homeland Security, and each
of the current Homeland Security Presidential Directives. It also
provides a comprehensive review of the respective and relative roles and
responsibilities of government agencies, non-government organizations
and individual citizens for U.S. national security. Planning for
homeland security is addressed in detail, including strategic planning,
the National Response Plan, National Incident Management System, various
Homeland-Security planning scenarios, and the National Infrastructure
Protection Plan. The text concludes with a discussion of various policy
and strategy issues, including balancing security and civil liberties,
information sharing and protection, security and commerce, and funding
for homeland security.

Managing Homeland Security: Intelligence, Prevention, and Preparation

This text offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of managing
\"pre-event\" homeland-security activities, including intelligence and
warning, prevention of various hazards and threats, and preparation for
these disasters. The text offers an in-depth look at the U.S.
intelligence system, including the roles and responsibilities of various
intelligence agencies for collection, fusion, analysis and dissemination
of all-hazards intelligence. The discussion also addresses the
challenges attendant to pre-event warning and risk communication. The
section on prevention addresses both deterrence and pre-emption of
premeditated attacks, by both nation-state adversaries and non-state
extremist groups. The text concludes with an exhaustive discussion of
pre-event preparation activities, including a comprehensive review of
planning, protection of potential targets, and acquiring the
capabilities necessary to deal with the consequences of various natural,
accidental and premeditated disasters.

Managing Homeland Security: Response and Recovery

This text offers a comprehensive, in-depth examination of managing
\"post-event\" homeland-security activities, including rapid detection
and characterization of the disaster, managing emergency-response
activities, and the activities related to long-term recovery and
reconstitution. The discussion of detection and characterization
addresses the identification and scaling of the disaster\'s origin,
nature, its scope and likely duration. Particular emphasis is given to
events like bio-terrorism and cyber-terrorism attacks, the premeditated
nature of which might not be immediately evident. The text addresses
forensic activities required to identify those responsible for
premeditated events and their implication for post-event response. The
text also includes an in-depth discussion of post-event,
emergency-response activities, responsibilities and challenges, with
particular emphasis on the issues of incident command and control and
interagency communication and coordination. The text concludes with an
examination of the infrequently-discussed activities and challenges to

long-term recovery and reconstitution, following a major disaster.\"

Individuals who are interested in authoring one of these textbooks or
desiring additional information should contact:

Todd Stewart, Ph.D.

General Editor for the Wiley Series on Homeland Security Director,
Program for International and Homeland Security The Ohio State
University Executive Director, National Academic Consortium for Homeland
Security

e-mail: <stewart.598@osu.edu>

Telephone: (614) 688 - 3276

FAX: (614) 292-2407

or

Ms Karyn Drews

Acquisitions Editor

John Wiley and Sons

111 River Street

Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774

\(201\) 748-8701

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

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