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More About This Title Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies forEffective Programs, Second Edition
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Provides a comprehensive examination of emergency management and offers concepts and strategies for creating effective programs
This book looks at the larger context within which emergency management response occurs, and stresses the development of a program to address a wide range of issues. Not limited to traditional emergency response to natural disasters, it addresses a conceptual model capable of integrating multiple disciplines and dealing with unexpected emergencies.
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, Second Edition starts by focusing on the three pillars on which successful emergency management is based: an understanding of history, knowledge of social science research, and technical expertise in emergency management operations. It provides insight as to how emergency management has evolved and suggests reasons why the current method of response planning doesn’t work as well as it should. The book then goes on to discuss establishing and administering the emergency management program. It looks at the analysis of risk as the basis for strategy development, and considers both the traditional macro view of hazard identification and analysis as well as the micro view required for continuity planning. Strategy development is examined next, followed by coverage of planning process, techniques and methods. The book finishes with chapters on coordinating response, leading in crisis, and crisis management.
- Features two new chapters on the development of national response strategy and leadership in a crisis
- Incorporates the Principles of Emergency Management adopted by many emergency management professional associations and agencies
- Encourages the development of an enterprise wide program to address a wide range of potential threats
- Covers the various phases of comprehensive emergency management
- Integrates academic research with practical experience and case studies
Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs is an important book that will benefit students, law enforcement, and state and local emergency managers and planners involved in emergency management.
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Lucien G. Canton, CEM, CPP CBCP, has over 40 years' experience in hazard and risk analysis, loss reduction, and emergency planning. As the Director of Emergency Services for the City of San Francisco from 1996 to 2004, he was responsible for coordinating the City's emergency management program and served as a policy advisor on emergency management and Homeland Security issues. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Canton was an Emergency Management Specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 1990 to 1996.
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Introduction
1 Historical Perspectives: The Evolution of Emergency Management
Why Study History?
Lessons from History
The Advent of Disaster Legislation
The Growth of Disaster Bureaucracy
From Military to Civilian Leadership
Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Merge
Conclusion
2 Historical Perspectives: Towards a National Response Strategy
The Origins of National Planning
September 11th And the Impact of Homeland Security
The Marginalization of Emergency Management
Capabilities-based Planning Replaces All-hazards Planning
The Pendulum Swings Back: Hurricane Katrina
A Failed Response?
Degraded Capabilities and Confused Planning
Reform and New Planning Concepts
Conclusion
3 Social Science and the Beginnings of Emergency Management Theory
Social Science as an Emergency Management Tool
Social Science Evolves Emergency Management Theory
Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes
Disaster Mythology
Organizational Response
Conclusion
4 The Emergency Manager: Evolving Roles and Shifting Paradigms
Conflicting Roles
The Emergency Manager as Program Manager
Towards Professionalization
Emergency Management as a Field
Emergency Management as a Discipline
Emergency Management as a Profession
Conclusion
5 Establishing the Emergency Management Program
Program Administration
Developing a Governance Structure
The Administrative Plan
Strategic Planning
Formulating Vision
Establishing Goals and Objectives
Developing the Strategic Plan
Enabling Authorities and Legislation
Grant Requirements
Best Practices
Program Elements
Resource Management
Training
Finance
Program Evaluation
Quantitative Assessment Tools
Qualitative Assessment Tools
Exercise Programs
Actual Incidents
Corrective Action Program
Conclusion
6 Assessing Risk
The Nature of Risk
Risk Assessment Methodologies
Hazard Identification
Hazard Analysis
Simple Matrix Analysis
Indicators and Numerical Ranking
THIRA and Context Analysis
Intuition
Impact Analysis
Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
Adaptive Business Continuity
Continuity of Government/Continuity of Operations
Federal Guidance
Critical Functions and Process Analysis
Conclusion
7 Developing Strategy
A New Look at An Old Model
Risk Management Strategy
Mitigation Strategy
Recovery Strategy
Response Strategy
Preparedness Strategy
Using Strategy to Guide Planning
Conclusion
8 Planning Concepts
Plans versus Planning
The Planning Continuum
Planning Methodologies
Planning Assumptions
Scenario-based Planning
Functional Planning
Capabilities-based Planning
Effective Planning
Simplicity in Planning
Operational Phases
All Hazards Planning
Decentralized Execution
Putting the Pieces Together
General Planning Principles
Conclusion
9 Planning Techniques and Methods
Establish A Planning Structure
Use A Meeting Facilitation Process
Meeting Agenda
Conducting the Meeting
The Meeting Memorandum
Develop an Action Plan and Set Deadlines
Managing Multiple Projects
Annual Work Plans
Graphic Planning Tools
Facilitate Decision Making
Use Common Plan Formats
Determining Plan Content
Use Graphic Tools
Use Exercises to Test Concepts
Keep it Simple
Conclusion
10 Coordinating Response
Operational Response
Incident Management Systems
Unified and Area Commands
Multi-agency Coordination Systems
Emergency Operations Centers
Communications and Interoperability
Information processing
Mutual Aid
Resource Management and Logistics
The Joint Information Center
Conclusion
11 Leading in Crisis
Principles of Emergency Management
Program Leadership
Building a Leadership team
Establishing Relationships
Making Decisions
Operational Leadership
The Effects of Crisis
Barriers to Decision Making
Crisis Decision Making
Conclusion
12 Crisis Management
Barriers to Crisis Management
Disengagement and inexperience
Common Leadership Problems
Appropriate Roles for Senior Officials
Crisis Management
Identifying the Crisis
Isolating the Crisis
Preparing for Crisis Management
Hurricane Katrina: Crisis Management Failure
Increasing Organizational Effectiveness
Crisis Communications
Strategic Recovery Issues
Catastrophic Events
Conclusion
