November 13, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

November 13, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

(1) Bibliography of Emergency Management and Related References – Update Available:

The EMI Webmaster (who does great work) has recently replaced the previous version of the EM Bibliography on the EM HiEd Project with a new version with dozens of new items. It is located in the “EM References” section of the EM HiEd Project website, in the blue column on the left side of the homepage – or directly accessible at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/Wayne%20Bibliography.pdf

(2) BIOWATCH:

Department of Homeland Security. DHS’ Management of BioWatch Program (OIG-07-22). Washington, DC: DHS, Office of Inspector General, January 2007, 30 pages. Accessed at: http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_07-22_Jan07.pdf

(3) Disasters Roundtable Workshops at the National Academies Recently:

Disasters Roundtable of the National Academies. Creating and Using Multi-Hazards Knowledge and Strategies (Workshop 20). Washington, DC: National Academies, June 28, 2007. Accessed at: http://dels.nas.edu/dr/f20.shtml

Disasters Roundtable. Protecting Lives and Property at our Coastlines (Workshop 19). Washington, DC: National Academies, March 28, 2007. At: http://dels.nas.edu/dr/f19.shtml

Disasters Roundtable of the National Academies. Recovering from Disaster (Workshop 21). Washington, DC: National Academies, October 17, 2007. At: http://dels.nas.edu/dr/f21.shtml

(4) Guide to Emergency Management and Related Terms and Definitions Updated:

The EMI Webmaster has recently replaced the “Guide to EM Terms and Definitions, Acronyms, Organizations, Legislation, on the EM HiEd Project Website. Latest web copy is over 370 pages. To access go to EM References “tab” in the blue column, left side of the homepage – or directly at: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/highref.asp

(5) K-12 Education Disaster Preparedness:

United Nations, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Education Tool Kit. 2007. Accessed at: http://www.eird.org/herramientas/eng/index.html

(6) National Response Framework -- Comments From Three Senators:

Lieberman, Senator Joseph I, Susan M. Collins, and Mary L. Landrieu. “Letter to Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (Comments to the Docket on the New National Response Framework).” Washington, DC: Office of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Chairman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, October 22, 2007, 7 pages. Accessed at: http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=285822&

(7) Principles of Emergency Management and National Fire Protection Association:

The FEMA EM HiEd Project has received good news from the National Fire Protection Association that the NRPF has endorsed the Principles of Emergency Management produced by the Emergency Management Roundtable of Emergency Management Stakeholder Organizations. A copy of the NFPA logo/emblem was forwarded to us to incorporate into the two EM Principles documents produced by the EM Roundtable. Currently these documents show the logos/emblems of (1) FEMA/DHS, (2) the International Assoc9ation of Emergency Managers, (3) the Emergency Management Community logo endorsed by the National Association of Emergency Managers, the IAEM, and FEMA. The NFPA logo/emblem will be the fourth to be added. Since receiving news of the NFPA action, we have received communications from EM Roundtable members noting that action on the Principles of EM should be forthcoming soon by both NEMA and the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. The Principles of Emergency Management documents can be accessed on the EM HiEd Project homepage – EM Principles “tab” in the blue column, left side of the homepage – or by going directly to: http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/emprinciples.asp

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

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu

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