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Disasters Roundtable: The Emergency Manager of the Future
Disasters Roundtable: The Emergency Manager of the Future
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To address these issues, the Disasters Roundtable held its eighth public workshop to identify and discuss the role and responsibility of emergency managers of the future and the resources needed to meet forthcorritng challenges. Some challenges discussed included the need for emergency managers to maintain an "ah-hazards" approach, despite the recent focus on homeland security, and the need to enhance interoperability among key stakeholders especially in terms of training, communications, and organization.
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, an all-hazards approach (including natural and man-made disasters) .4 Today's "all-hazards" approach to emergency management extends far beyond the focus of the 1950s and 1960s "civil defense" to address epidemic risks, terrorism, and other societal threats.5 This National Research Council (NRC)
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be well-versed in elements of criminal justice, seismology, meteorology, chemistry, public administration, public health, public budgeting and community planning. Emergency managers could be 6 Duncan, Otis Dudley and Leo Schnore.
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Thomas continued by stating that emergency managers should also work towards regionalization to better integrate individual community emergency plans into a multi-jurisdici'onal response that would affect a more cohesive and seamless approach to a large scale event. He concluded by expressing the need for emergency managers of the future to have shared visions, where multi-discipline administration and organization, and interoperability (e.g., training, communications, language, and culture)
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In the open discussion that followed, particular challenges and concerns were noted. One of the greatest challenges to emergency managers, is that they cannot plan for every event.
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has announced awards to ten states for enhancing the response and preparedness capabilities for first responders and state and local governments.~° Also, in terms of science and technology, DHS has implemented a Science & Technology Directorate, which is "tasked with researching and organizing the scientific, engineering and technological resources of the United States and leveraging these existing resources into technological tools to help protect the homeland." HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGER OF THE FUTURE This panel discussed emergency management, and how university-based programs can best meet the needs of future emergency managers and decision makers given the challenges they will face this century. Lacy Suiter, Naval Postgraduate School and former Assistant Director of FEMA, moderated this panel.
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These guides cover a range of disciplines, specialties, and sub-herds. Blanchard noted that among the goals of the Higher Education Project is helping emergency managers to learn management principles and skies, master tools of their trade, draw from experts studying the legal, political, economic, social, ethical, planning, geographical, and administrative aspects of emergency management, and advance their own ability to pursue research in their field.
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Because of a significant lack of qualified faculty, universities must educate not only emergency managers, but the future professoriate as well. Some of the discussion comments for this session pertained to several key issues in developing higher education programs in emergency management such as the lack of teaching materials, appropriate education and training, and increasing the number of doctoral graduates.
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The emergency management community has embraced the Incident Command System, which manifests many command and control features. However, Wenger observed that research suggests that in contrast emergency managers usually work in a decentralized, flexible environment that values consensual, brokering behavior.
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R Thomas, maintained that emergency managers need to be familiar with basic public administration and public budgeting.
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The need for the development of more effective technologies, warning systems, and decision support systems was also discussed as well as the need to apply existing technology and knowledge in the emergency management enterprise. THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN FURTHERING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT This moderated discussion consisted of experts familiar with modern technological tools, such as GIS, that can help meet today and tomorrow's emergency management challenges.
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technology might make it easier for emergency managers to identify who among their personnel is in an unsafe location. Tablet personal computers and hand held palmtop computer devices operated in wireless mode might help revolutionize future emergency responses.
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He anticipates that more emergency managers will be prepared for regional deployment and will get "pull downs" of city specific information and broad national overviews (e.g., displaying the location of various emergency resources or specialists)
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{ames Kendra, Research Coordinator, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at University of North Texas, identified various challenges facing emergency managers, from earthquakes, tornadoes, and chemical spills to threats of terrorist attacks and weapons of mass destruction.
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. He stated how the next generation will likely be comprised of more corporate practitioners because of boardroom recognition of need, insurance constraints, increased monetary loss due to incidents, smarter emergency managers, and public sector budget constraints.
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Better relationship building and collaboration, especially between researchers and practitioners, are important for the advancement of emergency management. Technology and research should also play a vital role in the advancement of emergency management.
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