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

Comparative Emergency Management

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• Course Syllabus and Final Detailed Work Plan
• Session 1 - Course Introduction
• Session 2 - The Importance of Comparative Emergency Management
• Session 2 - Power Point
• Session 3 - The Global Historical Context of Emergency Management
• Session 3 - PowerPoint - Comparative Emergency Management
• Session 4 – International Efforts to Improve Emergency Management
• Session 4 - Power Point
• Session 5 - Disasters and Development
• Session 5 - Power Point
• Session 6 - International Disaster Trends
• Session 6 - Power Point
• Session 7 – Hazards
• Session 7 - Power Point
• Session 8 - Hazard Identification and Profiling
• Session 8 - Power Point
• Session 8-1 Handout
• Session 9 – Risk Assessment, Analysis, and Evaluation
• Session 9 – PowerPoint
• Session 11 - Risk Perception
• Session 11 - Power Point
• Session 12 - The Emergency Management Cycle
• Session 12 – Power Point
• Session 15 – Nonstructural Mitigation
• Session 15 – Handout – Case Study 1
• Session 15 – Handout – Case Study 2
• Session 15 - Power Point
• Session 16 – Risk Transfer, Sharing, and Spreading
• Session 16 – Power Point
• Session 17 – Assessing and Selecting Mitigation Options
• Session 17 – Power Point
• Session 18 – Preparedness
• Session 18 – Handout 18-1 – Media Article
• Session 18 – Handout 18-2 – Planning Stakeholders
• Session 18 – Handout 18-3 – Case Study
• Session 18 – Power Point
• Session 19 - Public Preparedness Education
• Session 19 - Handout 19-1
• Session 19 - Handout 19-2
• Session 19 - Handout 19-3
• Session 19 - Handout 19-4
• Session 19 - Handout 19-5
• Session 19 - Handout 19-6
• Session 19 - Handout 19-7
• Session 19 - Handout 19-8 Case Study
• Session 19 - Power Point
• Session 20 - Response and Response Life-Saving/Life-Sustaining Functions
• Session 20 - Handout 20-1: Cyclone Evacuation Saved Thousands in Bangladesh
• Session 20 - Handout 20-2: Field Hospital in Qingchuan Open to Patients
• Session 20 - Handout 20-3:Evacuation Ordered as Chilean Volcano Begins to Spew Ash
• Session 20 - Handout 20-4: Disaster Assessment
• Session 20 - Handout 20-5: Nepal-Floods and Landslides
• Session 20 - Handout 20-6: Mass Fatality Management following the South Asian Tsunami Disaster: Case Studies
• Session 20 - Handout 20-7: Violence Against Women in Disasters
• Session 20 - Power Point
• Session 21 - Command, Control, Coordination, and Disaster Declaration
• Session 21 - Handout 21-1 - AIIMS Manual
• Session 21 - Handout 21-2 - CIMS
• Session 21 - Handout 21-3 - British Columbia Emergency Response Management System
• Session 21 - Power Point
• Session 22 - Disaster Recovery
• Session 22 - Power Point
• Session 23 - Types of Recovery
• Session 23 - Power Point
• Session 24 - Midterm
• Session 25 - Governmental Emergency Management Agencies
• Session 25 - Power Point
• Session 26 - Nongovernmental Organizations
• Session 26 – Power Point
• Session 27 – Multilateral Organizations
• Session 27 – Power Point
• Session 28 – International Financial Institutions
• Session 28 – Power Point
1. Supplemental Reading 28-1 – World Banking Risk Reduction Project Bogota
2. Supplemental Reading 28-2 – World Banking Risk Reduction Project India
3. Supplemental Reading 28-3 - World Banking Risk Reduction Project Haiti
4. Supplemental Reading 28-4 - World Banking Risk Reduction Project Indonesia
5. Supplemental Reading 28-5 – World Bank Disaster Recovery Loan Haiti
6. Supplemental Reading 28-6 – World Bank Disaster Recovery Loan Yemen
7. Supplemental Reading 28-7 - World Bank Disaster Recovery Loan Madagascar
8. Supplemental Reading 28-8 - World Bank Disaster Recovery Loan Bangladesh
• Session 29 – Final Exam