# Presentation: 719673

## 2007 Body of Knowledge Report:The Practitioner’s ViewpointFEMA Emergency ManagementHigher Education Project

**Carol L. Cwiak**
**North Dakota State University**

-    Following up on Body of Knowledge
-       from prior years.
-    This year practitioners were
-        surveyed.
-    The survey instrument asked
-        practitioners for the top ten “must
-        reads” for emergency management
-        students.

- Survey distribution via email to:
-  FEMA Training Officers
-  State Training Officers
-  Other practitioners- public & private
-    sector who have evidenced high-level
-    involvement in the field

-  28 responses received
-  Respondents from all levels of government
-    and private sector
-  Many respondents entered three to five
-    items
-  149 total contributions
-  86 different entries on compiled list

- _Practitioner’s Suggested “Must Reads”_

- 10.  *The Professional Emergency Manager*
-        by Drabek   (4)

-   9. *Facing the Unexpected: Disaster  *
*      **Preparedness and Response *
*      **in the United States*
-       by Tierney, Lindell & Perry  (4)

-   8.  *Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Act*
-        by U.S. Government   (5)

- _Practitioner’s Suggested “Must Reads”_

- 7.   *National Response Plan*
-       by FEMA/DHS   (5)

- 6.*   National Incident Management System*
-       by FEMA/DHS   (5)

-  5.   *The 9/11 Commission Report*
-        by The National Commission on
-        Terrorist Attacks Upon the
-        United States   (6)

- _Practitioner’s Suggested “Must Reads”_

- 4.   *FEMA-IS 100/200 – ICS 300, 400 & 402*
-       by FEMA/DHS   (6)

- 3.   *Disasters By Design: A Reassessment of *
*     **Natural Disasters in the United States*
-       by Mileti   (7)

- 2.*  Emergency Management: Principles and *
*     **Practice for Local Government*
-      by Drabek and Hoetmer  (8)

- _Practitioner’s Suggested “Must Reads”_

- 1.  *Living with Hazards, Dealing with *
*     **Disasters: An Introduction to *
*     **Emergency Management*
-      by Waugh   (9)

## 2006 Academics vs. 2007 Practitioners

|  | Academics | Practitioners |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 |     Disasters By Design: 
     A Reassessment of 
Natural Disasters in the U.S. 
           |   Living with Hazards,
  Dealing with Disaster |
| 2 | Introduction to 
Emergency Management
  |      Emergency Management:
    Principles and Practice for Local Government |
| 3 |    Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States | Disasters By Design: 
     A Reassessment of 
Natural Disasters in the U.S.  |
| 4 |      Living with Hazards,
  Dealing with Disasters
                | FEMA-IS 100/200 –
ICS 300, 400 & 402
      |

##      2006 Academics vs. 2007 Practitioners

|  | Academics | Practitioners |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5 | The 9/11 Commission Report | The 9/11 Commission Report |
| 6 | Natural Hazard Mitigation  |   NIMS 
   |
| 7 | Introduction to 
Homeland Security |   National Response Plan               
    |
| 8 | National Response Plan |  Robert T. Stafford Disaster   
 Relief Act |
| 9 |                  NIMS  | Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness  and Response in the United States |
| 10 |  Disasters and Democracy | The Professional Emergency Manager |

##  What Have We Learned?

-  About 73% of the “must reads”
-    provided were specific to one respondent
-    (academia was 85%).
-  There is a little more consensus at the
-    practitioner level than the academic level.
-   There is a tremendous amount of crossover
-     between the practitioner  B of K list and
-     the academic B of K list.

## And the Winners are...

-  EM Faculty
-  Students
-  Practitioners
-  Field of Emergency Management
-  Citizenry

## Contact Information

- Carol L. Cwiak
- Department of Sociology, Anthropology
- and Emergency Management
- North Dakota State University
- P.O. Box 5075
- Fargo, ND 58105
- (701) 231-5847
- carol.cwiak@ndsu.edu