6601 M4 Reflection

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In your assignment for this week, address the following questions integrating the knowledge you have gained during this week: use the sources below

Following the suggestion that collaboration de-emphasizes leadership and is based on decentralized cooperation and egalitarianism, answer the following:

What value might collaboration add to the emergency management function:

(1) before a disaster event,

(2) during the planning and preparedness phase,

(3) during the disaster event as an element of response,

(4) after the disaster event to facilitate both short- and long-term recovery

(5) as a tool to effect both pre- and post-disaster mitigation?

Sources:

M4 Readings

First source:

Complete the following readings for this module prior to class on 2/12:

Canton, Lucien G. 2020. Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs. Second edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Inter Science.

Chapter 7-Developing Strategy

Other:

*The Bay Area SUASI Program in San Francisco, CA (

http://www.bayareauasi.orgLinks

to an external site. ) and the Regional Homeland Security Coordination Council (

http://www.marc.org/Emergency-Services-9-1-1/MARCE…

to an external site. ) in Kansas City, MO offer two models of regional coordination of emergency planning.

This research paper details whyNew York’s Westchester County’s would adopt an Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS).

The Use of Integrated Emergency Management System in Emergency Operations Center Activities

All videos and readings on the following page:

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

Source:

Kelly, Patrick T. 2002. The Use of Integrated Emergency Management System in Emergency Operations Center Activities. Research paper submitted to the National Fire Academy as part of the Executive Fire Officer’s Program. October 2002.

Second source:

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is a system started by counties and states to share resources between states prior to FEMA being mobilized. The requests for aid must be very specific (i.e. CT needs ten model D 10 bulldozers, estimated usage would be 14 days).