FEMA’s Higher Education Program Bits and Pieces
National Emergency Training Center, Emmitsburg, MD
29 June 2012
Hi Ed Website (submitted today to webmaster for posting next week):
v Higher Education Conference - http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/educonference12.asp
· Conference Agenda
o (5) Leadership Styles Enhancing Disaster Preparedness Operations
Reporter: Sandra Speer, (pg 6)
o (5) Emergency Management Accreditation Programs: Are ANY Right for You? (pg 11)
o (6) A Balanced Homeland Security and Emergency Management Undergraduate Curriculum: The Eastern Kentucky Experience (pg 12)
o Maintaining and Improving Bachelor’s-Level Emergency Management Programs (pg 13)
o (3) Decision Making and Special Populations in Public Health Disasters (pg 15)
o Reporter: Les Welsh,
o (4) Confronting Research Issues in Emergency Management Higher Education (pg 15)
o (5) Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM): A Program to Address Issues of Secondary Traumatization Among Disaster Workers (pg 16)
o (6) International Homeland Security: Lessons Learned (pg 17)
o (4) Incorporating Critical Thinking in Online Emergency Management and Homeland Security Classes
Reporter: Sandra Speer, (pg 22)
o (5) Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 – Evolving Guidelines for Legal Advice/Using Case Studies in Emergency Management Education
Reporter: Jacob Dickman, (pg 23)
o Dangerous Disconnect: The Public and Private Sectors Don’t Understand Their Partnership in Emergency Response Readiness
Reporter: Sandra Speer, (pg 25)
o (2) Using Social Media for Emergency Management
Reporter: DeeDee Bennett, (pg 26)
o (4) No-Cost Campus Preparedness Strategies for Administrators, Faculty, Staff, and Students
Reporter: Walter Young, (pg 36)
o (4) How Emergency Management Research Builds the Base of the Discipline and Serves the Practitioner Community
Reporter: Jacob Dickman, (pg 42)
o Emergency Planning for Campus Executives
o Reporter: Les Welsh, (pg 45)
v EM Hi Ed Activity Report – http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/activityRA2012.asp
· June 22
v Free College Courses, Textbooks, Materials – Courses Under Development – Crisis & Risk Communications – http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/crisisandrisk/
· Session 13 – Gaining Support For Risk Communications
· Session 13 – Power Point
· Session 14 – Case Studies
· Session 14 – Handout 14-1
· Session 14 – Handout 14-2
v College List – EM Program – Associate - http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/collegelist/emassociate/
· Owens Community College – Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Management and Planning
v College List – HS Programs – Masters Cert, Spec, Track - http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegelist/DHSMaster/certificate.asp
· Long Island University – Online Graduate-Level Advanced Certificate in Cyber Security Policy
v College List – Distance Learning - http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegelist/dl/
· Long Island University – Online Graduate-Level Advanced Certificate in Cyber Security Policy
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14th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference Update
v 16th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference is scheduled June 3-6, 2013.
v 15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference, June 4-7, 2012
The final attendance roster for the 15th Annual Hi Ed Conference is 345.
College and University News:
v Hi Ed Statistical Update for June 22, 2012:
· Emergency Management Higher Education Programs – 258
o 68 - Certificate, Diploma, Focus-Area, Minor in EM Collegiate Programs
o 47 - Schools Offer Associate Degree Programs
o 45 - Schools Offer Bachelor Degree Programs
o 88 - Schools with Master-Level/Concentrations/Tracks/Specializations/Emphasis
Areas/Degrees
o 10 - Schools Offer Doctoral-Level Programs
· 131 - U.S. Homeland Security/Defense and Terrorism Hi Ed Programs
· 16 - U.S. International Disaster Relief/Humanitarian Assistance Programs
· 31 - Public Health, Medical and Related Program
· 29 - Listing of Related Programs
v 2012 DHS/FEMA Grant Guidance for Colleges and Universities
All current grants information can be accessed at the following link: http://www.fema.gov/government/grant/index.shtm. Moreover, you may contact them directly with questions or comments using the contact information below:
DHS/FEMA Grants Directorate Customer Service:
E-mail:
Telephone: 1-800-368-6498
v Jackson State University – Grant and Contract Skills Building Boot Camp (GCSBBC) August 21-22, 2012
Jackson State University (JSU) Jackson, MS, the leading HBCU in grants and contracts procurement, will host the Grant and Contract Skills Building Boot Camp (GCSBBC) August 21-22, 2012 in partnership with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the JSU e-Center campus. Other public and private sector agencies will participate (more to follow).
For more information contact – Ms. Tamka Jenkins:
Ph: (601) 979-2318: www.JSUNRCBootCamp.edu
v Call for Contributors: Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Critical Dialogue
Edited by: Dr. Joseph E Trainor, PhD and Mr. Tony Subbio, CEM, MS
Introduction
For decades, the emergency management community has discussed the gap between practitioners (i.e., those directly responsible for implementing emergency management programs at the federal-, state-, regional-, local-, or facility-level) and scientists (i.e. those that focus on studying disasters and emergency management.) This FEMA in Higher Education funded project was designed with that divide in mind. Our goal is to develop a textbook for use in advanced undergraduate and introductory graduate courses that will focus the attention of academic/practitioner teams on critical contemporary issues related to disasters.
For each issue, academics and practitioners will be selected to describe what we “know.” Researchers will be asked to focus on the scientific findings and practitioners will be asked to discuss patterns and variation in national policies/state of practice. The focus of the project will be on facilitating an exchange of ideas between these communities and developing a vision for how their insights could be brought together to make emergency management systems better.
Request
We are currently searching for individuals and/or practitioner/academic teams that are interested in contributing to this textbook for a number of pre-identified topic areas. We are currently looking for authors to address the following issues (in no particular order):
1. Vulnerability
2. Resilience
3. Integration of Persons with Access and Functional Needs
4. Inequity and Emergency Management
5. Evaluating and Acting on Risks
6. Mitigation Measures
7. Individual Preparedness
8. Insights on the Whole Community Approach
9. Private Sector Integration
10. The Creation and Maintenance of Plans and Policies
11. Planning and Improvisation During Disasters
12. Reflections on NIMS
13. Volunteers and Non-Profits
14. Alert, Warning, and Notification Systems
15. Media
16. Social Media
17. After Action, Exercises, and Evaluation
18. Long-term Recovery
19. Emergency Management as a Profession
20. Strategic vs. Tactical Emergency Management
21. Neglected Issues in Emergency Management
You will note that this list reflects a diverse set of topics. As such, we welcome suggestions from interested authors on how they would approach writing about these areas. We are also open to contributors proposing topics they believe would fit in such a volume.
Compensation
Each contributor will receive a $500 honorarium for their efforts.
Interested in contributing?
Send an e-mail to either of the volume editors: Dr. Joseph E. Trainor, PhD or to Tony Subbio, CEM, MS, for additional details.
We will respond to questions from interested contributors on a rolling basis, but we expect to select all participants by the end of July 2012.
Emergency Management and Homeland Security News:
v Summer Weather. Check the FEMA website when preparing your home, car and work place for seasonal weather emergencies. Important information can be found at http://www.ready.gov/ Contains information for your family and community in addition to fun aids when teaching children the essentials of emergency preparedness.
v Received from: Greta E. Marlatt; email: /:
· New or Updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports:
o U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Changing Oil Prices. RS22204
o Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2013. R42410
o Drought in the United States: Causes and Issues for Congress. RL34580
o Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: A Summary of Superfund Cleanup Authorities and Related Provisions of the Act. R41039
· Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)
o Homeland Security Affairs Journal, 2012, v. 8 http://www.hsaj.org/?home=8.1
1. The Missing Piece of NIMS: Teaching Incident Commanders How to Function at the Edge of Chaos http://www.hsaj.org/?article=8.1.8
2. Strengthening the Value of the National Network of Fusion Centers by Leveraging Specialization: Defining 'Centers of Analytical Excellence' http://www.hsaj.org/?article=8.1.7
3. Nuclear Terrorism: Are We Prepared? http://www.hsaj.org/?article=8.1.9
· Congress. House. Homeland Security Committee
o The American Muslim Response to Hearings on Radicalization within their Community http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/hearing-american-muslim-response-hearings-radicalization-within-their-community
o Border Security Threats to the Homeland: DHS’ Response to Innovative Tactics and Techniques http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-border-security-threats-homeland-dhs%E2%80%99-response-innovative-tactics-and
o Is TSA's Planned Purchase of CAT/BPSS a Wise Use of Taxpayer Dollars? http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-tsas-planned-purchase-catbpss-wise-use-taxpayer-dollars
o U.S.-Caribbean Border: Open Road for Drug Traffickers and Terrorists http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-us-caribbean-border-open-road-drug-traffickers-and-terrorists
· Congress. House. Science, Space and Technology Committee
o Best Practices in Transforming Research into Innovation: Creative Approaches to the Bayh-Dole Act http://science.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-technology-and-innovation-hearing-best-practices-transforming-research
o Department of Energy User Facilities: Utilizing the Tools of Science to Drive Innovation through Fundamental Research http://science.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-energy-and-environment-hearing-department-energy-user-facilities-utilizing
o Examining Priorities and Effectiveness of the Nation’s Science Policies http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-examining-priorities-and-effectiveness-nation%E2%80%99s-science-policies
· Congress. Senate. Homeland Security Governmental Affairs Committee
o Security Clearance Reform: Sustaining Progress for the Future http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/oversight-of-government-management/hearings/security-clearance-reform-sustaining-progress-for-the-future
· Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee
o Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=6517e7d97c06eac4ce9f60b09625ebe8
· Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
o Joint Project Manager Transformational Medical Technologies (JPM-TMT) Quarterly Newsletter, June 2012, v. 1, no. 2 http://www.jpmtmt.mil/pdf/downloads/Newsletter-201206-June.pdf
o Hemorrhagic Fever Virus-Therapeutics Medical Countermeasures
o Emerging Infectious Diseases-Influenza Medical Countermeasure
o Animal Models and Enabling Technologies
o Response Systems Capability
· World Bank/Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
o Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century http://www.gfdrr.org/gfdrr/sites/gfdrr.org/files/urbanfloods/pdf/Cities%20and%20Flooding%20Guidebook.pdf
v National Emergency Management Agency Learning Resource Center (NETC LRC) Update
Current Awareness: Weekly News Roundups
All-Hazards News and Information
All-Hazards News and Information
Includes:
· Allocation of Scarce Resources During Mass Casualty Events: Evidence
· Hurricane Agnes: A look back after 40 years
· Building a Resilient Workforce: Opportunities for DHS: Workshop Summary
· The Missing Piece of NIMS: Teaching Incident Commanders How to Function in the Edge of Chaos
· Wildfire Outbreaks Have Emergency Managers, Fire Personnel on Their Toes
· Are Americans Too Complacent as Disasters Strike?
· Wildfires continue to char western USA
· New Colorado wildfire grows out of control
New at the LRC Last Week
· Book/report titles (10)
· Dissertations/Theses (6)
· Online texts - all-hazards
· Videos
· eVideos
Newly indexed journal articles:
· Campus safety
· Communications
· Disaster planning/preparedness
· Emergency Management
· Emergency Medical Services
· Geographic Information Systems
· HazMat
· Homeland Security
· Interagency Cooperation
· Mass casualties
· Mass Evacuation
· Natural disasters
· Nuclear/Radiological Hazards
· Pandemics
· Public Health
· Resiliency/Critical Infrastructure
· Risk communications/social media
· Risk evaluation/management
· Terrorism
· Training - Emergency Mngt
v EMForum.org Program - Recordings of June 27th EMForum.org Program Now Available -- SBA Disaster Assistance
The Webinar recording of the June 27th EMForum.org program, "U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Disaster Assistance for Homeowners, Renters, and Businesses of all Sizes," with SBA representatives Kevin Wynne and Kathy Cook, is now available. This is a large file and requires Windows Media Player or Windows Media Components for QuickTime or a similar product to view. The Audio Podcast, presentation Slides, as well as Ratings and Comments, are available from the Background Page. Please take a moment to rate this program for relevance and share your comments.
Thanks to all who participated, and a safe and Happy 4th of July to all!
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v American Journal of Disaster Medicine
What exactly is disaster medicine?
Even to practitioners, the discipline's definition can be fuzzy and somewhat confusing. If it appeared in dictionaries (which it doesn't yet), it would look like this:
dis.as.ter med.i.cine (di zas' tor med'i sin) n 1. the study and collaborative application of the professional skills of diverse medical and public health specialties to provide "crisis management" (altered standards of care) in mass casualty incidents 2. not the same as conventional medical care 3. requires a fundamental change in the approach to the care of patients in order to achieve the objective of providing the "greatest good for the greatest number of patients 4. requires knowledge of the fundamentals of disaster management, specific injury patterns commonly encountered in disasters and the ability to work as part of a multi-organizational response team
Independent and strictly peer-reviewed, guided by a internationally recognized editorial review board and accepted for inclusion in the National Library of Medicine's prestigious PUBMED database, American Journal of Disaster Medicine is designed for those of us who will find ourselves on the frontlines of a major disaster. It offers practical, real time guidance as we seek to combine emergency medical and trauma skills with crisis management and new forms of triage in the effort to save lives.
List of Abstracts from the most recent issue:
· Decontamination and management of human remains following incidents of hazardous chemical release
· Optimal emergency personnel allocation after a natural disaster
· The use of volunteer interpreters during the 2012 Haiti earthquake: lessons learned from the USNS COMFORT Operation Unified Response Haiti
· Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness among medical supplies
· Global responsibility in mass casualty events: The Israeli experience in Japan
· Medical papyri show the effects of the Santorini eruption heavily influenced the development of ancient medicine
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