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15th Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference
June 4-7, 2012


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Catastrophe Readiness and Response Course

Documents below are in MS Word,  MS PPT or Adobe PDF format.

  • Cover Page – Catastrophe Readiness and Response - 12KB Word
  • Session 1 - Course Introduction - Definitions, Background, and Differences Between Disasters and Catastrophes - 98KB Word

  • Session 1 - Power Point - 157KB PPT

  • Session 2 - Appendix 1 - Long-Term Global Threat Assessment - 271KB PDF

  • Session 2 - Comparison of Disaster and Catastrophe Response Planning -141KB Word

  • Session 2 - Power Point - 408KB PPT

  • Session 3 - Variables and Relationships - 107KB Word

  • Session3 - Power Point - 255KB PPT

  • Session 4 - Ethics - 296KB Word

  • Session 4 - Power Point - 173KB PPT

  • Session 5 - Political and Legal Issues - 211KB Word

  • Session 5 - Power Point - 261KB PPT

  • Session 6 - Social and Economic Issues - 185KB Word

  • Session 6 - Power Point -119KB PPT

  • Session 7 - Section 2 Public Health - 105KB Word

  • Session 7 - Power Point - 50KB PPT

  • Session 7a - Logistics - 95KB Word

  • Session 7a - Power Point - 2,389KB PPT

  • Session 7b - Critical Infrastructure - 96KB Word

  • Session 7b - Power Point - 177KB PPT

  • Session 8 - Mass Relocation - 168KB Word

  • Session 8 - Power Point - 189KB PPT

  • Session 9 - Planning Strategies and Skills: Response - 105KB Word

  • Session 9 - Power Point - 424KB PPT

  • Session 10 - Recovery and Reconstruction - 397KB Word

  • Session 10 - Power Point - 511KB PPT

  • Session 11 - Emergent Organizations and Networks in Catastrophic Environments - 152KB Word

  • Session 11 - Power Point - 2,791KB PPT

  • Session 12 - New Methods of Planning for Catastrophic Disasters - 168KB Word

  • Session 12 - Power Point - 321KB PPT

  • Session 13 - Pandemic Scenario - 102KB Word

  • Session 13 - Power Point - 82KB PPT

  • Session 14 - Tabletop Exercise Design - 12,105KB Word

  • Session 14 - Power Point - 1,166KB PPT

  • Session 15 - Course Summary - Major concepts and their integration, plus final exam - 77KB Word

  • Session 15 - Power Point - 95KB PPT

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