# Presentation: 049583

## Emergency Management Institute

*Emergency Management Institute*

**Higher Education Project**
**B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM**
**(301) 447-1262, wayne.blanchard@fema.gov**
**http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu**
**June 14, 2002 Draft**

## EM Hi-Ed Project Presentation Table of Contents

**Hi-Ed Project Background----- pp. 2-28**
**Goals, The EM Profession, Audiences, **
**Philosophical Context, Activities**
**Technocratic/Social Vulnerability Approach**
**EM Hi-Ed Project Courses----- pp.29-42**
**Degree Program Information--pp.43-51**
**Course Development Info.----- pp.52-59**
**Additional Course Info.----------pp.60-96**

## Goals EMI Higher Education Project

**(1)  Increase Collegiate Study of Hazards, **
**	****	**** ****Disasters, and EM**
**(2) Enhance EM Profession, and**
**(2)  Support Colleges & Universities**

## Why Enhance and Study EM?

*In order to accomplish EM responsibilities nationwide, a cadre of professionals is required at every level of government and within the private sector which can bring to an organizational management team requisite knowledge-based competencies (education) and skills-based operational competencies (training).*

## Definition of “Profession”

*“**A Vocation or occupation requiring advanced education and training, and involving intellectual skills, as medicine, law, theology, engineering, teaching, etc....”** **(*Webster’s New World Dictionary, Third College Edition*)*

## What Constitutes A Profession?

- Systematic Body of Knowledge
- System for Advancement and Dissemination of Knowledge
- College Degrees in Subject Area
- Identification of Minimum Standards
- Standards of Conduct or Ethics
- Professional Societies
- Public Recognition

## Emergency Manager Stereotype Goal:  Enhance EM Profession

- Not College Educated (4-year Degree)
- White
- Middle to Late Middle-Aged
- Male
- Emergency Mgmt. is 2nd or 3rd Career
- Job Obtained Other Than With EM Competencies

## Emergency Manager Stereotype Goal:  Enhance EM Profession

- Spends E.M. Career In One Jurisdiction
- Disaster Response Planning Oriented
- Reactive
- Command and Control Style
- Works Primarily With Emergency Services
- Bureaucratic
- Works in Isolation from Community Served
- Plans FOR Jurisdiction
- Primarily Disaster Response Oriented

## Emergency Manager Stereotype Goal:  Enhance EM Profession

- Minimal Access to Top Decision-Makers
- Has Not Done a Risk Assessment
- Has Not Done a Mitigation Plan
- Has Not Done a Strategic Plan
- Has Not Joined EM Professional Assoc.
- Doesn’t Read Disaster Research Lit.
- Resistant to Change

## Emer.Mgr. Stereotype (Con’t)Goal:  Enhance EM Profession

- Knowledge Base:
- Experiential (Learns on the Job)
- Consensus (Others who Learned on Job)
- Past Practice
- Frequently Wears Other Hats
- Or Is “The Other Hat” (e.g. Fire Dept. First)
- Not Well Paid or Funded
- Many Part-Time & Volunteer Positions

## New Generation Emergency ManagersGoal:  Enhance EM Profession

- College Educated--Many With EM Degrees
- More Professional and Knowledgeable
- Knowledge Base: Science and Research
- Technologically More Capable/Adept
- Younger
- More Diverse and Culturally Sensitive
- Emergency Mgmt. Career of 1st Choice

## New Generation Emergency ManagersGoal:  Enhance EM Profession (Con’t)

- Risk-Based Approach to Emergency Management
- Building Disaster Resilient Communities Focus
- I.E., A Catalyst for a Safer America
- Emphasizes Social Vulnerability Reduction
- Programmatically Rooted in E.M. Fundamentals
- Comprehensive Emergency Management (I.e., All Hazards)
- Works On All Four Phases of the Disaster Life Cycle
- Pursues Integrated Emergency Management
- An Executive Manager, Facilitator, Networker, Partner,

## New Generation  Emergency ManagersGoal:  Enhance EM Profession (Con’t) 

- Does Strategic Planning
- Plans **With** Jurisdictional Stakeholders
- Partnering and Networking
- Proactive
- Life-Long Learner--Reads Disaster Lit.
- Joins Professional Associations
- Better Paid
- Better Funding for E.M. Programs
- Upwardly and Geographically Mobile
- Broader Range of Working Contacts

## Broader Range of Working ContactsGoal:  Enhance EM Profession

**Elected and Appointed Officials**
**Economic Development Commissions**
**Planning and Zoning Boards/Commissions**
**Risk Managers**
**Building Departments and Code Enforcement**
**Developers -- Business Community in General**
**Natural Resources/EPA Organizations**
**Storm Water and Floodplain Managers**
**Academia and Professional Organizations**
**Community Based Organizations**

## Bottom Line

- A person who can articulate
- A persuasive and defendable case
- For disaster prevention and reduction
- To top elected and appointed officials.

## AudiencesGoal:  Enhance EM Profession

*Typical College Students*
*Juniors and Seniors*
*Upon Graduation-- Enter EM Profession*
*Upon Graduation Enter Other Professions*
*Public, Private, and Volunteer Sectors*
*Practitioners*
*Enhance Professionalism *
* **Affiliated Practitioners*
*Want to Enter the Field*
*Want Advancement/Knowledge Expansion *

## Philosophical Context OverviewGoal:  Enhance EM Profession

*E.M. of the Future, Not E.M. as is Today*
*Building Disaster Resilient Communities*
*Balance Technocratic/Vulnerability Models*
*I.E. Paradigm Shift*

## Future of Emergency Management Goal:  Enhance EM Profession

*New Hazards*
*Greater Hazard Frequency and Intensity*
*Escalating Costs*
*Growing Societal Vulnerability*
*Paradigm Shift -- a matter *_*not*_* of making minor corrections, but of adjusting to a major conceptual revolution.*

## Building Disaster Resilient CommunitiesGoal:  Enhance EM Profession

*Sustainable Development Philosophy*
*Unconstrained Development = Disaster*
*Strategic Community Planning*
*Smart Growth*
*Long Term View*
*Respect and Defend the Environment*
*Network and Partner*

## Building Disaster Resilient CommunitiesNetworking and Partnering

- BDRC Too Big for One or Small Number
***Bring People Together from Variety of Backgrounds and Disciplines to Refract Problems Through Prism of Complementary Minds Allied in Common Purpose***
- Strengthens Social, Economic, and Environmental Resiliency

## Building Disaster Resilient CommunitiesGoal 1:  Enhance EM Profession

- Looks at Built and Social Environment
- Reduce Vulnerability of People
- Reduce Vulnerability of Structures
- Seek Inter and Intra-Governmental **Equity**
- Quality of Life
- Responsibility for Future Generations

## Building Disaster Resilient CommunitiesThe Future of Emergency Management

- From Background to Boardroom
- Long-term and Global Perspective
- Four-Phases Disaster Life Cycle
- Holistic -- Not Just Advanced Mitigation
- Emer. Mgmt. Will Equate With BDRC

## Technocratic versus Vulnerability Approach to Emergency ManagementGoal 1:  Enhance EM Profession

- Technocratic Model
- Focus on Physical Processes of Hazard
- Apply Managerial Problem Solving
- Apply Technology, Engineering, Money
- Tends to be Top-Down Approach
- Vulnerability Model
- Focus on Socio-Economic-Political Factors
- Reduce Vulnerability of People
- Bottom-Up Approach

## Technocratic vs. Vulnerability Approach

*Focus:*
*Physical Processes*
*Reduce Damage*
*Style -- Managerial*
*Hierarchical*
*Key Individuals and Orgs. Problem Solve*
*Apply Technology, Engineering, Money*
*Philosophical Orientation*
*Utilitarian*
*Conquer Nature*
*Method ****(******Deconstructionist)***
*Newtonian Physics Analogy*

*Focus:*
*Social Processes*
*Reduce People Vulner.*
*Style -- Collegial*
*Decentralized*
*Community Approach to Problem Understanding*
*Apply Creativity, Imagination, Pressure*
*Philosophical Orientation*
*Egalitarian*
*Live with Nature*
*Method: (Holistic)*
*Quantum Physics Analogy*

## Newtonian vs. Quantum Physics Analogy

*Deconstructionist*
*Apply Analysis*
*Look for Simplicity*
*Isolate*
*Independent Parts*
*Parts Equal Whole*
*Distant Observer*
*Objective Reality*

*Holistic*
*Apply Synthesis*
*Recognize Complexity*
*Contextualize*
*Interdependent Parts*
*Whole Greater than Parts*
*Involved Activist*
*Subjective Reality*

## Paradigm Shift?

*Paradigm:  The overall framework of basic assumptions used to analyze and interpret data, view the world, understand reality.*
*Anything that we perceive or say about the world is necessarily couched within some frameworked way of looking at it.*

## ParadigmaticWays of Looking at the World

*Religious **	** -- Revelation*
*Philosophical -- Contemplation*
*Tribal **	**	** -- Tradition*
*Technocratic**	** -- Observation*
*Vulnerability**	** -- Participative, Interactive*

## HiEd Project Activities Goal 2:  College and University Support

*Maintenance of the “College List”*
*Compilation of EM Course Syllabi*
*Proposals Compendium*
*Letters of Support, Consultation*
*Annual EM HiEd Conference at EMI*
*Intern Opportunities*
*Learning Resource Center Access*

## Types of HiEd Project ActivitiesGoal 2:  College and University Support

- Associate Degree Level
- Wide Range of Training Courses Available
- CD ROM and EMI Course Catalog
- Bachelor Degree Level
- Developed EM Curriculum
- Support Emergency Mgmt. Department
- Farmed-Out to Existing Departments
- Courses to Support Other Disciplines
- Graduate Level
- Modify Advanced HiEd Courses

## EM HiEd Project Course Information

## EM HiEd Project CoursesGoal 2:  College and University Support

- Mostly Upper Division, Class-Room Based
- Modifiable to Lower Division, Graduate
- Developed via Contract by Academics
- Academic Education, Not Advanced Training
- Ready-To-Teach
- More Than Can Be Taught in Semester

## Courses Developed (11)Goal 2:  College and University Support

- The Sociology of Disaster
- Social Dimensions of Disaster
- Political & Policy Basis of Emer.Mgmt.
- Research & Analysis Methods in E.M.
- Technology and Emergency Mgmt.
- Business and Industry Crisis Management

## Courses Developed (Con’t)Goal 2:  College and University Support

- Public Administration and Emer. Mgmt.
- Individual and Community Disaster Ed.
- Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Mgmt. Industries and Emergency Management
- Hazards Mitigation Principles and Practice
- Terrorism and Emergency Management

## Courses Under Development (10)Goal 2:  College and University Support

- Building Disaster Resilient Communities
- Disaster Response Operations & Management
- Earthquake Hazard and Emer. Management
- Emergency Management Skills & Principles
- Hazards Risk Assessment

## Courses Under Development (Con’t)Goal 2:  College and University Support

- Holistic Disaster Recovery
- Living in a Hazardous Environment
- New Directions in Hazards Mitigation—Breaking the Disaster Life Cycle (Grad. Course)
- Social Vulnerability Approach to Emer.Mgmt.
- Theory, Principles and Fundamentals of Hazards, Disasters and US Emer.Mgmt.

## Course Development Suggestions (1)Goal 2:  College and University Support

*Cost-Benefit Analysis in Emer.Mgmt.*
*Creating a Safety First Environment*
*Economic Issues In Emergency Mgmt.*
*EM for Grad Schools of Social Work*
*Ethical Considerations and Issues in E.M.*
*Floodplain Management*

## Course Development Suggestions (2)Goal 2:  College and University Support

*Hazards Engineering Fundamentals for **	**Non-Engineers*
*Hazards Mapping *
*Hazards Risk Management*
*Health/Medical Issues for Emer. Managers*
*Holistic Disaster Recovery*
*Hurricane Hazard Management*

## Course Development Suggestions (3)Goal 2:  College and University Support

*Land Use Planning (Natural/Tech.Hazards)*
*Legal Issues in Emergency Management*
*Mitigation Loss Reduction Methods/Analysis*
*Risk in the Built Environment -- Disaster Management for the Building Profession*
*Small/Rural Jurisdiction EM Capability Bldg.*
*Technological Hazards Management*

## Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum

***Building Disaster Resilient Communities***
***Disaster Response Operations & Management***
***Earthquake Hazard and Emer. Management***
***Emergency Management Skills & Principles***
***Hazards, Disasters and the U.S. E.M. System***
***Hazards Mitigation Principles and Practice***
***Hazards Risk Assessment ***
***Individual and Community Disaster Ed. ***
***Living in a Hazardous Environment***
***Political & Policy Basis of Emer.Mgmt.***
***Public Administration and Emer. Mgmt***
***Research & Analysis Methods in E.M.***
***Social Dimensions of Disaster***
***Technology and Emergency Mgmt.***
***Terrorism and Emergency Management***
***Social Vulnerability Approach to Emergency Mgmt.***

## Courses to Support Other DisciplinesGoal 2:  Support Colleges and Universities

*Business and Industry Crisis Management*
*Living in a Hazardous Environment *
*Political and Policy Basis of Emergency Mgmt.*
*Public Administration and Emergency Mgmt.*
*Sociology of Disaster*
*Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Mgmt. Industries and Emergency Management*

## Course DistributionGoal 2:  College and University Support

- Via Internet:  http://www.fema.gov/emi/edu
- CD ROM
-  Via National Technical Info. Service (Dept. of Commerce)

## Emergency Management and Related Degree Program Information

## Degree Programs - 1995Goal 3:  EM Program in All States

*University of North Texas (BS)*
*Thomas Edison University (BS)*
*Rochester Institute of Technology (BS)*
*UCLA Continuing Ed Certificate Pgm.*
*University of Wisconsin Diploma Pgm.*

## Degree Programs - 2002 Goal 3:  EM Program in All States

*81 College Emergency Mgmt.Programs:*
*34 Certificates, Minors, Diplomas*
*11 Associate Degrees*
* **8 Bachelor Degrees*
*21 Masters-Level Programs *
*  **7 Doctoral-Level Programs*
*41 Others Under Development or  Investigation*

## Emergency Management College Programs by FY

**Emergency Management College Programs by FY**

## Map of US Showing Status of EM College Programs by State 

- Emer. Mgmt. Program in Place =

- Proposed Emer. Mgmt. Program =

- No Program =

- Related Emer. Mgmt. Program =

## State Map Break-Out 

- 31 States, DC & Puerto Rico Have EM Pgms.
- 11 States Are Investigating EM Programs
-   5 States Have EM-Related Programs
**B&I Loss Prevention, Safety Management**
**Emergency Services**
**Environmental Studies**
**Hazardous Materials Management**
**Natural Hazards Risk Management**
-  3 States Have No EM or Related Program

## Departmental Location of Bachelor Degree Programs in Emer. Mgmt. 

- Building Construction, School of Arch.
- Business Dept. (Fire and EM Degree)
- Continuing Studies, School of
- Emer.Admin & Mgmt.,Community Ed Sch
- Human Services Management Dept.
- Information and Mgmt. Technology Dept.
- Interdisciplinary Technology Dept.
- Public Administration (2)
- Public Service, Department of

## Problems/Challenges Schools With EM Certificates/Degrees Report (23)

**Academic qualifications of students (2)**
**Academic recognition (3)**
**Administrative and public support/recognition (2) **
**Career counseling/placement (4)**
**Change, keeping up with tech. & policy change (2)**
**Curriculum -- Need broad, solid and full curr. (4)**
**Distance Learning Arrangements (6)**

## Problems/Challenges Schools With EM Certificates/Degrees Report (23)

**Faculty -- recruiting qualified faculty (11)**
**Funding -- pgm./course development, staff, research (12)**
**Marketing (4)**
**Program Growth Pains (6)**
**Recruitment/Practitioner lack of interest (7)**
**Teaching (3)**
**Theory/practice balance**
**Making it interesting **
**Textbooks/Readings (4)**

## Emergency Management Course DevelopmentInformation

## Course Level

- Not Introductory Course--Have Several
- Hazards, Disasters and U.S. Emer.Mgmt.
- Political and Policy Basis of Emer.Mgmt.
- Hazards Mitigation
- Senior Level
- Addresses Public Policy Issues
- Futuristic
- Could Be Used at Graduate Level

## Course Session Layout

- Title of Course, Session, Length of Time
- Objectives
- Scope
- Readings -- Instructor and Student
- Requirements
- Remarks
- Supplemental Considerations
- References

## Knowledge, Skills and Abilities to be Emphasized in SessionsGoal 1:  Enhance EM Profession

- Analytical Thinking -- Ability to Evaluate
- Ability to Synthesize Information
- Communication Skills -- Written, Oral
- Creativity, Imagination, Adaptability
- Diversity Sensitivity
- Leadership and Followership Skills
- Management Skills
- Networking and Consensus-Building
- Physical and Social Context Sensitivity
- Problem Solving & Strategic Thinking

## Deliverables

- Work Plan
- Syllabus--Course Outline & Readings
- Drafts of Individual Sessions as Developed
- Complete First Draft--Global Review Process
- 2nd (3rd if necessary) Drafts Based on Review Comments
- Electronic (Microsoft Office 2000) and Camera-Ready Copies

## Previous Problem Areas in HiEd Course Development

- Written in Narrative Format -- Textbook
- Material Needs to be Broken Out
- Bullets -- I. E. Instructor User Friendly!
- Not Very Interactive -- Lecture Format
- Need Student Activities, Exercises, Engagement
- Minimum Use of Instructor Tools
- Need Power Point Slides/Overheads
- Case Studies
- Content -- Comprehensiveness
- Poorly Written
- Use of Out-of-Print or Hard-to-Get Readings

## Copyright Approvals

- Responsibility of Course Developer
- Usually Applies to Charts, Graphs, Tables, Photographs
- The Earlier the Better

## Course Development Considerations

- Developer Cannot Copyright Course
- Not to be Tailored to a Specific State
- Not to be “FEMA-Centric”
- Not to be Single-Hazard Specific
- Complete & Generous Source Citations

## Additional Information onExisting and ProposedHi-Ed Project Courses

## Sociology of Disaster Course

*Dr. Thomas Drabek, Univ. of Denver*
*278 page course for Sociology Profs. *
*Not Meant for Emer.Mgmt. Curriculum *
*Topics Include:*
*Theoretical Approaches to Disaster Research*
*Theory of Disaster Response*
*Community Sociological Impact of Disasters*
*NTIS Order # PB97-115380*

## Social Dimensions of Disaster

*Dr. Thomas Drabek, Univ. of Denver*
*619 Page Course for Emer.Mgmt. Profs.*
*Topics Include:*
*Disaster Mythology Patterns*
*Public Response to Disaster Warnings*
*Individual Response to Disaster*
*Disaster Stress and Denial*
*Crisis Decision Making*
*Disaster Recovery & Community Change*
*NTIS Order #:  PB97-115372*

## Political and Policy Basis ofEmergency Management

*Dr. Richard Sylves, Univ. of Delaware*
*528 Page Course for Emergency Management or Political Science Profs.*
*Topics Include:*
*EM and the American Political System*
*Gov. Political and Organizational Issues*
*Intergovernmental Relations*
*NTIS Order #:  PB98-169154*

## Research & Analysis Methods In Emergency Management

*Dr. Peter Kincade, Univ. of Central Florida*
*207 Page Course for Emer.Mgmt. Profs.*
*Topics Include:*
*Measurement and Data Gathering*
*Program Evaluation*
*Questionnaire Design*
*Statistical Analysis *
*NTIS Order #:  PB99-138315*

## Technology and Emergency Management Course

*Dr. John Pine, Louisiana State Univ.*
*220 Page Course for Emer.Mgmt. Profs.*
*Topics Include:*
*Use of the Internet*
*Spatial Analysis Applications*
*Networks and Communications Systems*
*Decision Support Systems*
*Emerging Technologies*
*NTIS Order #:  PB99-131906*

## Business and Industry Crisis Management...Course

*Greg Shaw, George Washington Univ.*
*617 Page Course for Business Admin.*
*Topics Include:*
*Crisis Mgmt., Disaster Recovery, and Organizational Continuity*
*Business Area Impact Analysis*
*Risk Communication and Management*
*Contingency Planning*
*NTIS Order #:  *

## Public Administration and Emergency Management

*Dr. William Waugh, Jr., Georgia State *
*457 Pages -- Dual-Use:   EM or PA Programs*
*Topics Include:*
*Intergovernmental, Private Sector Relations*
*Paying for Large-Scale Disasters*
*Land-Use Planning and Hazards*
*Legal and Liability Issues*
*Implementing Emergency Mgmt. Policies*
*NTIS Order #:*

## Individual and Community Disaster Education Course

*Dr. Stephen Rottman, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health*
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*483 Pages -- Topics Include:*
*Governmental Responses to Disasters*
*Citizen Perceptions of Disasters*
*Disaster Preparedness Education Methods*
*Model Preparedness Education Programs*
*CDE Program Planning*
*CDE Teaching Materials and Techniques*
*NTIS Order #:*

## Principles & Practice of Hazard Mitigation Course

*Dr’s. David Brower, Charles Bohl, UNC*
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*300 Pages -- Topics Include:*
*The Case and Context of Mitigation*
*Mitigation Programs and Planning*
*The Broader Context of Mitigation*
*Looking to the Future--Public Policy Trends*
*Mitigation as a Career*
*NTIS Order #:*

## Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Mgmt. Industries and Emer.Mgmt.

*Dr. Thomas Drabek, Univ. of Denver*
*For Departments Of Tourism, Hospitality and Travel Management*
*570 Pages -- Topics Include:*
*Overview of Disaster Threats to Tourists*
*Industry Managerial Experiences*
*Assessing Tourist Business Vulnerabilities*
*Industry Disaster Planning*
*Customer and Employee Expectations*
*NTIS Order #:*

## Terrorism and Emergency Management Course

*Dr. William Waugh, Jr., Georgia State U.*
*For Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*Topics Include:*
*History of Terrorism in the U.S.*
*Domestic and International Terrorism*
*Law Enforcement/National Security Aspects*
*Applying Emergency Mgmt. Framework*
*The Structure of Antiterrorism Programs*
*Preparing and Responding to Major Events*
*NTIS Order #*

## Living In A Hazardous Environment Course

*Dr. Jay Baker, Florida State University*
*Supports EM and Other Programs*
*Survey Course on Broad Range of Hazards Facing the US:*
*Causes, Characteristics, Consequences*
*Overdue -- Began December 8, 1995*

## Emergency Management Skills and Practices Course

*Don Schramm, University of Wisconsin*
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
* **Topics Include:*
*EM Principles, Planning and Management*
*Budgeting and Financial Management*
*Leadership and Working with People*
*Promoting Emergency Management*
*Time and Information Management*
*Ethics and Professionalism *
*Began May 15, 1997--Due Dec. 31, 2000*

## Hazards, Disasters and U.S. Emer. Mgmt.--An Introduction

*Dr. Wayne Blanchard, FEMA HiEd Pjt.*
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*Topics Include:*
*What Are Hazards and Disasters?*
*Range, Cost, Analysis of U.S. Hazards*
*Factors Effecting Increase of Disaster Costs*
*Historical Overview of US CD and EM*
*Fundamentals of US Emergency Mgmt.*
*Key “Players” in US Emergency Mgmt.*
*Current Trends and Issues in US EM*
*Expected Release:  September, 2002*

## Earthquake Hazard and Emergency Management

*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*Topics Include:*
*Causes, Characteristics, Consequences*
*Societal Impacts of Earthquakes*
*The Community’s Hazard, Built and Policy Environments*
*Examples of Policies and Programs*
*Anticipated Delivery:  2003*

## Building Disaster Resilient Communities Course

*Dr. Ray Burby, UNC, Chapel Hill*
*Bob Olshansky, U. of Illinois, Urbana*
*Anna Schwab, David Brower, Ed Kaiser,  David Godschalk, UNC*
*Timothy Beatley, UVA*
*Steven French, Georgia Institute of Tech.*
*Robert Paterson, University of Texas*
*Jack Kartez, University of Southern Maine*
*Robert Deyle, Florida State University*

## Building Disaster Resilient Communities Course (Con’t)

*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*Designed As Capstone Course for Seniors*
*Topics Include:*
*Legacy of Vulnerability/Vision of Resilience*
*Sustainability, Resilience, Smart Growth*
*Managing Change to Build Hazard Resilience*
*Using Resilience-Building Tools*
*Creating Resilience (Top-Down/Bottom-Up)*
*Expected Delivery: Summer 2002*

## Hazards Risk Assessment

*Dr. Ben Wisner, Oberlin College, OH*
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*
*Focus Group Meeting, EMI, 28-29Sep2000*
*Topics Include:*
*Hazard Identification*
*Community Mapping*
*Risk Analysis*
*Using Risk Assessment for Plans and Pgms.*
*Policy Implications and Issues*
*Began 1 April 2000, September 2002*

## A Vulnerability Approach to Emergency Management

*Dr. Elaine Enarson, University of Colorado*
*Betty Hearn Morrow and Walter Peacock, FIU*
*Ben Wisner, Oberlin College, Ohio*
*Robert Bolin, Arizona State University*
*Cheryl Childers, Washburn Univ., Kansas *
*Supports Emergency Mgmt. Curriculum*

## A Vulnerability Approach to Emergency Management (Con’t)

*Topics Include:*
*Introduction to Vulnerability Analysis*
*Social Construction of Disaster Vulnerability*
*Social Power and Constraints in Disasters*
*Identifying Structural Barriers to Resilience*
*Identifying Situational Barriers to Resilience*
*Implications and Practical Applications*
*Reducing Vulnerability: Change Strategies*
*March 31, 2003*

## Proposed Course:Hazards Mapping

*Utilization For All Four Phases*
*Mitigation*
*Preparedness*
*Response*
*Recovery*
*Use of GIS*
*Utilizing Existing Data Bases*
*Collecting Hazards and Community Data*

## Proposed Course:Holistic Disaster Recovery

*Long-Term Focus*
*BDRC Context*
*Economic*
*Environmental*
*Political*
*Psychological*
*Social/Cultural*

## Proposed Course:Risk in the Built Environment-Disaster Mgmt. In the Building Professions

*Upper Division College/Graduate Level*
*Students and Practitioners*
*Architects, Engineers, Planners, Public Administrators, Construction Industries *
*BDRC, Safety and Risk Contexts*
*Comprehensive Risk Management*
*Building Codes and Building Reg. System*
*Liability, Insurance, Ethical Issues*

## EM Higher Education Project Update

- Colleges and Universities
- Conference
- Course Development
- Course Modifications
- Emergency Management Competencies
- Partnership Agreements
- Practitioner’s Corner
- Service Learning
- Activity Reports
- http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu