1. The Principles of Emergency Management
The Philosophy, Principles, Doctrine, and Practice of Emergency Management

2. Course Developers Extraordinaire
William L. Waugh, Jr.
Lucien G. Canton
David E. McEntire

3. Course Description
This course focuses on the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of the emergency management profession and the principles that define effective practice. The starting points are current definitions of emergency management, the mission and vision of the profession, and “The Principles of Emergency Management” developed by the Emergency Management Roundtable in 2007.

4. Course Objective
The objective is to stimulate discussion of the core values that underlie emergency management practice and define the profession. Case studies, exercises, and discussions will be used to encourage critical review of emergency management.

5. Readings: The Principles of Emergency Management, 2007.
Canton, Lucien G. Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley InterScience, 2007).
Waugh, William L., Jr., and Kathleen Tierney, eds., Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government, 2nd Ed (Washington, DC: ICMA, 2007).
McEntire, David A., ed., Disciplines, Disasters, and Emergency Management (Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 2007).
Robert Ward and Gary Wamsley, “From a Painful Past to an Uncertain Future,” in Claire Rubin, ed., Emergency Management: The American Experience from

6. Recommended Readings:
Mileti, Dennis, et al., Disaster by Design (Joseph Henry Publishers, 1999)
Tierney, Kathleen et al., Facing the Unexpected (Joseph Henry Publishers, 2001)
Auf der Heide, Erik, Disaster Response: Principles of Preparation and Coordination (1989, on line)
Lindell, Michael et al., Introduction to Emergency Management (Higher Ed edition or Wiley Pathways edition, 2006)
Haddow, George, Case Studies (Higher Education Project)
Drabek, Thomas, The Professional Emergency Manager (Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 1987).

7. Learning objectives Students will:
Develop an understanding of the core principles of emergency management and how they define practice.
Develop an understanding of how the profession of emergency management defines itself.
Develop an understanding of how lessons learned from past disasters have become principles to guide future action.
Develop an understanding of the ethical foundation of emergency management practice.
Be able to identify the major principles of emergency management from case studies and other accounts of disaster operations.

8. 1. Introduction – the context of emergency management (Waugh)
Big ideas in emergency management – increasing vulnerabilities (Katrina examples) - “The emergency management world changed after Katrina”
Emergency management and public administration – the administrative and political context – e.g., accountability, governance, stewardship, transparency, shared authority, dispersed resources
Emergency management and Homeland Security, e.g., turf issues, stovepipe issues, open and closed systems
Emergency management in the private sector
Emergency management and volunteers
Standards – NFPA 1600 and EMAP

9. II. Definition, Mission, and Vision of Emergency Management
What is and what is not emergency management – defining the practice – EM is not emergency services/response, EM is not Homeland Security,
Philosophy – e.g., technocratic, social vulnerability, public administration, civil defense/national security, economic risk reduction
Definition
Mission
Vision
Principles - flyer

10. III. Comprehensive Emergency Management (McEntire)
All-hazards
All stakeholders
All risks
All phases/functions
All variables (leading to disasters)

11. IV. Progressive Emergency Management (McEntire)
strategic view
long-term loss reduction
building capabilities
Disaster resistant and resilient communities

12. V. Risk-Driven Emergency Management (Waugh)
Risk Assessment Overview
Impact analysis
Scenario and local risk based planning
Risk and Decision making – e.g., budget allocations, emergency planning, etc.
Risk case- Dirty Bomb case from Homeland Security and EM course
Risk assessment – Shaw course on Risk Assessment

13. VI. Integrated Emergency Management (Canton)
Institutionalizing broad goals
Developing a “culture of prevention and preparedness”
Integrated planning
Unity of effort

14. VII. Collaboration in Emergency Management (Selves)
Mapping exercise
Collaborative leadership – article by Waugh and Streib
Drabek, Strategies of Coordination in Disaster Response
Building collaborative relationships – trust, communication, sharing information
Customer service – Project Impact examples, full and equal partners
Models of collaboration – Waugh, Safe Construction report
Public-Private partnerships – Partnerships in Preparedness (FEMA series) examples

15. VIII. Coordination in Emergency Management (Canton)
building a common vision and strategy
ICS and other structural mechanisms for coordination
mutual assistance (e.g., EMAC), communication (Canton)

16. IX. Flexibility in Emergency Management
Planning for change
Adaptation - Every disaster is different, no plan survives contact with the enemy
Improvisation - Tricia Wachtendorf, improvisation levels

17. X. Professionalism in Emergency Management
Ethics – case studies, IAEM code
Leadership, including symbolic leadership
Emergency services versus emergency management
Education for emergency management
CEM and related credentials

18. XI. Origins and implications of the principles for emergency management and Homeland Security (Canton)
Disaster relief policy
Emergency management emerges
Impact of DHS
Future policy implications

19. XII. Principles of Emergency Management in the Private Sector
Risk in private organizations
Applicability of the principles
Qualitative differences from public sector
Integrating business concepts and principles
Standardization through principles and standards
Business continuity planning

20. XIII. Principles of Emergency Management in Nongovernmental Organizations (Waugh)
Business continuity planning
Umbrella organizations (NVOAD)
The NGO networks
Nongovernmental roles and resources
Nongovernmental organizations – flexibility and capability issues

21. XIV. Toward an International Emergency Management
Emergency management in the developed and developing worlds
IAEM – Europa, Pacifica, Asia, Canada
The international emergency management and humanitarian assistance networks

22. XV. Conclusion – The Principles of Emergency Management and Disaster Policy
Linking disaster policy to the principles

23. Supporting materials Examinations: Midterm and Final List of Websites
Bibliography

24. For each session: 3-4 contact hours
Readings – required and recommended
Learning objectives
Discussion questions
Exercises – Table tops, etc., and/or case studies/analyses
PowerPoint presentations

25. For Principles sessions:
Definition
Why important
Applications
Literature and examples
Broader implications

26. Questions and/or Suggestions?