FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

December 7, 2007

(1) Bibliography of Emergency Management and Related References:

The EMI Webmaster has uploaded to the EM References section of the EM HiEd Project website, the most recent version of this document (679 pages), with many hundreds of links to documents, at:

(2) Guide to Emergency Management and Related Terms, Definitions, Legislation and Acronyms:

This document, as well, has been updated on the EM HiEd Project website – EM References section. The latest web version is at 604 pages and reflects incorporation of new terms from recent Department of Homeland Security and FEMA releases as well as incorporating some additional historical information – mostly from the early 1970’s. This document is updated weekly and can be accessed directly at:

(3) Historical Interest Documents:

Provided the EMI Webmaster today with a CD ROM containing the documents below which were scanned this week by the EM HiEd Project Assistant. We are working collaboratively with the staff of the NETCLearningResourceCenter to identify emergency management-related documents of historical interest which are not to our knowledge available on the Internet. These documents will be accessible in a few days within the “EM References” section of the EM HiEd Project website, “Historical Interest” subsection:

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.Civil Preparedness – A New Dual Mission: Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Annual Report 1972.Washington, DC:DCPA, U.S. Department of Defense, 1972, 65 pages.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.DCPA Attack Environment Manual, Chapter 1: Introduction to Nuclear Emergency Operations.Washington, DC: DCPA, Department of Defense, June 1973.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.DCPA Attack Environment Manual, Chapter 2: What the Planner Needs to Know About Blast and Shock.Washington, DC: DCPA, Department of Defense, June 1973.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.Disaster Operations (CPG 1-6).Washington, DC: DCPA, July 1972, 100 pages.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.Foresight: Defense Civil Preparedness Agency Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1973. Washington, DC:DCPA, U.S. Department of Defense, 1974, 69 pages.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.Local Disaster Preparedness Course Syllabus.Battle CreekMI: DCPAStaffCollege (SC-3691.24), June 1973, 232 pages.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency.Standards for Local Civil Preparedness (CPG 1-5).Washington, DC: DCPA, Department of Defense, April

1978, 38 pages; superseded CPG 1-5, December 1972.

Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hazards Analysis for Emergency Management (Interim Guidance), Integrated Emergency

Management System. Washington, DC: FEMA, CPG 1-101, 44 pages, September 1983.

(4) University of CentralFlorida –Emergency Management & Homeland Security Graduate Certificate Approved:

Dr. Naim Kapucu, Director of the Capacity Building Institute, Department of Public Administration, College of Health and Public Affairs, at the University of Central Florida, reports the following:

“Last week Graduate Studies approved our Departmental proposal for a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Management and Homeland Security. The program consists of 18 semester hours at the graduate level, including four required core courses and two electives; one from a planning tract and one from a management / policy tract.

This certificate will prepare graduate students in the administration of emergency management and homeland security programs. Three new courses were developed to support the required core courses: Foundations of Emergency Management and Homeland Security; Managing Emergencies and Crises; and Cross Sectoral Governance. These three courses plus PAD 6716 Information Systems for Public Managers and Planners will comprise the core courses.

The restricted electives are one from each list of courses with either a planning emphasis or a policy emphasis. Courses in the planning group are: Urban Design; Land Use and Planning Law; Managing Community and Economic Development; Environmental Program Management Research; Regional Planning, Design, and Development. In the Management and Policy emphasis the course choices are: Nonprofit Organization; Public Organizations Management; Transportation Policy; Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism; Health Care Decision Sciences & Knowledge Management; Seminar in American Security Policy; or Seminar in Weapons of Mass Destruction.”

For additional information Dr. Kapucu can be reached at:

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, K-011
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
(301) 447-1262, voice
(301) 447-1598, fax

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