Disaster/Emergency Management Core Functions and Competencies

Bachelor Level

Emergency Management Higher Education Conference

Facilitators: Dr. David Hoover

Presenters: Richard Weber, Univ. of North Texas & Stacy Willett, Univ. of Akron.

CORE FUNCTIONS FOR BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

COMPETENCIES / Manage / Write / Coordinate / Research / Hazard
Assess-ment / Grantsman-ship / Planning / GIS / GPS / Economics/Finance / Inform/Implement Policy / Project Manage-ment / Logistics
Writing
Speech Comm.
Budgeting
Reporting
Computer Skills
Advocacy skills
Critical thinking
Flexibility
Chemistry
Risk communication
Legal ordinances
Federal, State and Local
Power engineering/ Chem-bio
CISM
Management Skills
-  leadership
-  decision making
Government operations and politics
Organizational Culture
Ethics
Organizational structure and Operation
Environmental Design
Understanding Healthcare
Climatology

National standards – correlate with curriculum

Best practices- courses that are implementing the KSA’s listed