THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AT 70 From Civil Defense to Emergency Management in an Education and Training Institution / PATRICK S. ROBERTS.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Patrick S., 1975-

Contributor:

Rand Corporation. Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center

Rand Corporation

Emergency Management Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; A1523-2

Report ; A1523-2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency Management Institute (U.S.).

Emergency management--Study and teaching--United States.

Emergency management.

Emergency Preparedness.

Local Subjects:

Emergency Preparedness.

Physical Description:

xv, 99 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2023

Summary:

This report traces the 70-year history of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) from the founding of its predecessor in 1951 to the present. The story of these institutions' development can inform current strategy about EMI's future. EMI trains primarily state, local, tribal, and territorial officials in emergency management (EM). It also trains some federal officials and leaders in the nonprofit and private sectors and provides course materials for higher education. Emergency managers have been asked to respond to a growing number of hazards and disasters, including nontraditional missions, such as managing pandemic response and addressing homelessness. EMI will need to adapt to increasing EM responsibilities in an expanded all-hazards era by building new partnerships and training professionals in disaster management skills applicable to a wide variety of events. EMI also has an opportunity to grow from a technically focused institution into a thought leader and educator of the next generation of EM leaders. The primary data sources include documents, research reports, peer-reviewed literature, and current and historical EMI materials. In addition, interviews and discussions with the EMI sponsor team and five current or former senior EMI staff members with long tenures added context.

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: The Analytic Approach and Emergency Management as an Emerging Profession

Chapter Three: From Civil Defense to Emergency Management, 1951-1979

Chapter Four: Building the Field of Emergency Management, 1979-1992

Chapter Five: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Reputation Restored: The James Lee Witt Era, 1993-2001

Chapter Six: The Homeland Security Era, 2001-2020

Appendix: Methods and Data Limitations.

Notes:

Title from PDF document (title page; viewed September 8, 2023)

"HSOAC - HOMELAND SECURITY OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS CENTER"

"PREPARED FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE AND THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY"

Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-99)

Description from electronic resource

ISBN:

1977410987

9781977410986

OCLC:

1396743979