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introduction to emergency management
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Introduction to Emergency Management
Explain what is involved in developing academic support for a profession.
Many laws define liability and immunity. Describe the Stafford Act and the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act.
You are writing a job description for the director of FEMA. What experience and credentials do you want the director of FEMA to have and why?
You are writing a job description for the emergency manager of Chattanooga, TN. It is a mid-size city and is close to the Sequoyah nuclear plant. What experience and credentials do you want the
You are presenting information on academic programs to a group of emergency managers. You are asked by one of the audience members why it took so many years for universities and colleges to offer
You have been asked to speak to prospective emergency managers. What skills do you describe as important to emergency managers?
You are presenting information on academic programs to a group of emergency managers. You are asked by one of the audience members when hazard mitigation started to become recognized as important.
You are writing a report about the legal responsibilities of an emergency manager. What do you include in the report?
Define signal value.
Explain why there is a conflict between the goals of economic development and private property rights.
List two important professional challenges confronting emergency managers.
Explain the duties that professors must perform in addition to the service activities they perform for emergency management agencies.
Why is climate change especially important for emergency managers?
Explain how natural disturbances can be healthy events that lead to a better use of land.
How do you prepare for a terrorist threat?
Why is cooperation not easy between emergency managers and disaster researchers?
Name and explain the two objectives that pre-impact recovery planning accomplishes.
What are some examples of technology that aid in emergency management?
If wildfires burned hundreds of acres in California, destroying many homes, how would you explain the environmental benefits to the homeowners?
Why is standardization important?
You are asked to make a presentation about the new opportunities in emergency management education. What would you say in your presentation?
If you were recruiting new employees at a job fair, what qualities in the applicant would you look for?
You are rolling out a new software and database system in your office that will coordinate and track relief and response efforts. What are some of the challenges in transitioning to this new system?
Define megadisaster.
Explain the effects of the population growth.
Explain what could happen if the needs of developing countries are not met.
Explain what is meant by rising income inequity.
Explain some uses of emergency management information technology.
Name websites that are helpful to mitigate hazards.
Define Emergency Alert System.
List three reasons for adopting new information technology.
Explain how property owners in disaster prone areas are being subsidized by the rest of the taxpayers.
Explain how a diverse population makes disaster recovery challenging.
What can Americans learn from the disasters world-wide that should be implemented into our emergency response preparedness?
What characteristics of the United States hinder emergency management and emergency response efforts? What characteristics of the United States are beneficial to you as an emergency manager?
Define emergency managers.
Define emergency responders.
Describe the differences between public and private sector emergency managers.
Describe the differences among local, state, and federal emergency managers.
Define profession and certification.
Name three qualities of a profession.
Name the three ways that the Higher Education Project is defining the emergency management body of knowledge until an accrediting body is established.
Describe how practicing emergency managers should be involved with research.
Name two groups that emergency managers can belong to in an effort to further their professional development.
Explain how to assess the worth of certification programs.
Describe the CEM certification.
Discuss why it’s important to develop degree programs for emergency management.
Describe how the FEMA Higher Education Project and the IAEM have taken active roles in shaping the vision of emergency management knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Explain the two areas of legal concern that commonly arise and what they have to do with damaging people or property.
Explain when negligence can exist.
What type of events do emergency responders respond to?
Describe the distinction between education and training.
What are the four phases of becoming a Certified Emergency Manager?
Describe some of the professional associations related to emergency management.
Describe the skills emergency managers need.
In recent years, a large number of natural disasters have struck the continent of Asia. What would you do to better prepare that continent for disasters?
What does the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tz’ Chi Foundation do to help victims after disasters?
Landslides are the most common cause of deaths from natural disasters in Brazil. List a few factors that contribute to this situation.
Explain how the United Nations is devoted to promoting improved emergency management practices.
What are the “specialized assets” mentioned that affect emergency management?
Identify the goals of Seveso II.
Identify the three goals of The National Plan of Colombia.
Outline the stages used in the Patanka project.
Explain why famine not been as serious a problem in India in recent years.
Describe the role of the military in society and emergency management?
Define civil society.
Explain why the degree of political centralization in a country an important issue.
Explain why emergency management is low on the priority list in poorer countries.
The EMAP commission is going to perform an on-site evaluation of your organization. What information do you need to prepare for this assessment?
You have two excellent employees who excel in all areas. Not only do they do their job well, but they consistently go above and beyond the call of duty for the organization. Unfortunately, there has
You have to evaluate the LEMC. What LEMC tasks do you evaluate and over what time period? Why? What type of objectives do you set in your evaluation?
As an emergency manager, you have been asked to write a report on the steps FEMA uses to organize full-scale exercises. Describe the steps you need to include in the report.
You have been asked to describe the criteria for the NFPA 1600 standard. The current version of NFPA 1600 defines criteria for what two types of programs?
One of your employees is a poor performer and always seems to have a negative attitude. Should you wait until the end of the year to discuss his performance during the annual performance appraisal
What are the four criteria for judging the success of training programs?
Name the steps FEMA organizes its emergency exercises into.
Describe the difference between a drill, a functional exercise, a table-top exercise, and a full-scale exercise.
Describe how to evaluate a LEMA versus a LEMC.
What are four of the typical performance appraisal categories?
What four functions does an appraisal serve?
Explain the difference between a treatment group and a control group.
Define behavior criteria and results criteria.
Explain how the procedures for evaluating training and risk communication programs are different from other types of evaluations.
Define reaction criteria and learning criteria.
Describe the difference between taskwork and teamwork.
You have been asked to develop pre-impact plans for disaster recovery in your area. Describe the plans you would develop.
If a tornado struck your community, are there mass care facilities that are prepared for a disaster?Explain the solutions you would recommend to a town that doesn’t have mass care facilities.
You live in a town made up of independent, small businesses. The town’s chamber of commerce has asked you to outline how small businesses can minimize their vulnerabilities to disasters. What do
Interview your local Red Cross chapter director to find out if there proper plans in place should a disaster strike. If not, what steps need to be taken to ensure proper preparedness?
Your community has been the target of a terrorist attack. What extra steps do you take around the impact area because it was the site of a terrorist attack?
You are the emergency manager for New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, many homes were severely damaged and were not safe to enter. You want to demolish the structures and remove the remaining
Does your local government have a recovery operations plan? If not, pick a hazard and identify the area of your community that is most vulnerable to that hazard. Identify the disaster recovery
Who do you need to involve in forming your local recovery/mitigation committee?
Define development and reward.
List other forms of compensation you can offer if you do not have enough money to give an employee a raise.
Define legal protection and internal research.
Define functional exercise.
Describe what a controller and evaluator do.
Give three reasons why employee performance appraisals are important.
Define entity.
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