The Changes In Emergency Management During The 1950's

The 1950s marked a significant period in the evolution of emergency management due to the outbreak of cold war that presented the risk of nuclear wars and fallouts. Communities and

This is a review of Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2010 by Claire B. Rubin and Butler (2012), chapters 1 and 2. Emergency management at the federal level was nonexistent before 1950 when the Federal Disaster relief Act was passed. Disaster relief was the responsibility of state and volunteer agencies like the Red Cross. Several disasters paved the way for emergency management. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the San Frisco Earthquake of 1906, and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 were the disasters that laid the foundation for the 1950 Federal Disaster relief Act (Butler, 2012, pg. 17).

Through the years Emergency Management has taken on new forms. Initially there were over 100 departments overseeing emergency management. It was not until June 19, 1978, that President Carter announced a plan to provide the launching of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The FEMA Director would report to the President of the United States of America.

Emergency Management is the the jelly to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, can't have that without the main ingredient, peanut butter. As the bread, their is the Strategic/ Executive people who make their political objectives into a strategy. Next comes your jelly, the Tactical/ Field people who have the opportunity to go out and have a hands on experience with the disaster. Then you have your peanut butter, there's your Operational/ Agency, they have the most important job because they support everybody. Just like the peanut butter the Operational level holds everyone together by managing information, telling everybody everything, managing resources and finding and solving problems. Being on the Operational level you have to have tell

What you will read throughout this paper is that as the years go by, technology advancement caused our thought processes to became broad and not fall into the tunnel vision and selfish thought process in regards to the “it can’t happen to me” mentality. The primary functions of the ODM were the quick mobilization if assets and materials, along with producing and subsequently stockpiling critical materials on unfortunate event of a war. FCDA operations had a function called emergency preparedness...tow words that have just as an important meaning today as back

An Emergency Management program also, entitled EM program is designed to structure value to the community. By establishing the program emergency management requires a system to develop and document authorities to accomplish the comprehensive emergency management model. The assessment activities that would be involved in includes disaster preparedness planning, emergency evacuation planning and disaster response. This strategic approach of establishing an EM program in a jurisdiction or business would permit the community to be more efficient in their duties for dismantling the most heinous events.

The United States emergency management communities are psychologically unprepared to deal with the loss of lives and property from catastrophic disasters; a price of overwhelming death and destruction affecting the international first response community. Many first responders lament to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (bostock, Matusko,Emp, Paterson & Bryant, 2013) and whereas, the global community has tried for decades to prevent such mental injury, the U.S., since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and hurricane Katrina, is only beginning to understand the cost of sending emotionally unprepared personnel to national disaster front lines.

The book ‘Introduction to Emergency Management’ is written by George Haddow, Jane Bullock and Damon Coppola. George D. Haddow served as White House Liaison and Deputy Chief of Staff to FEMA Director James L. Witt from 1993-2001. Jane A. Bullock served as Chief of Staff to FEMA Director James Lee Witt in the final 5 years of her 21-year career in that agency. Damon P. Coppola is an emergency management planner and analyst with over 15 years of experience providing technical and subject matter expertise to clients in the public, nonprofit, private, and international sectors. It is very important to know the background of the authors. Two of the three authors of the book have served under the FEMA director James Witt. While reading

Various disasters throughout the Nation remain a great threat to our communities. In most cases, many of these disasters catch first responders and emergency managers off guard, and create disruption in the lives and livelihood of individuals, their families, and communities. In this paper, I provide an example and description of the three categories of disasters: natural disaster, accidental human-made disaster, and deliberate human-made disaster. Additionally, I discuss psychological effects of disasters and the differences that distinguish each disaster from each other. Lastly, I conclude with future recommendations for emergency management as it pertains to the three disasters.

The Plan is a “multi-jurisdictional” plan that was prepared pursuant to the Hazard Mitigation and

During or immediately following a disaster is not the time to be testing developed plans. Emergency plans should be developed and tested, constantly, until an emergency occurs. It is emergency planning and conducting that allows and prepares all stakeholders to efficiently and effectively manage a disastrous situation. By studying history, current events, and discussion it is clear to see that emergency planning is invaluable.

Who is an emergency manger and what do they do? Generally, the emergency manager is responsible for the emergency management program within their county, city or designated area of control. From a layman point of view, programs may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and will contain Local Emergency Operations Plan and Hazardous Materials Plan.

Great post as usual, it seems that us have covered the four phases of emergency management, and you struck on a portion that I feel is very important, leadership. Leadership in my opinion can be the most important area when we are dealing with an emergency situation. I have always have the philosophy, that as a public servant we should always give more than we take, an its an honor to do the job and lead from the front not the rear. We must build trust between the police and the citizens that we serve and remember that honor is a word that we give as a guarantee and not betray that faith which was entrusted to us.

After reading the article, “Emergency Management: The Evolution of the Field”, I gained an understanding of how emergency management has progressed as a field in the United States during the last few centuries. There were some information that I had already known prior to reading this article, but there was a substantial amount of intriguing information that I not only read in order to write this journal entry, but for my own benefit as a student who is educating himself in this field. The historical events relating to emergency management listed in this article were definitely worth reading about. For example, in the village of Portsmouth, New Hampshire during 1803, a local fire broke out that lead to a cry for additional help after local

The profession of emergency management attracts a diverse group of professional and students. Critical skills were recognized as having political contributes to the community, military experiences, and management capabilities. The evolution and expansion of EM is currently growing Undergraduate and advance degree were being offered at over 65 national colleges and universities. (appendix 1.1)