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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

Documents below are in MS Word or MS PowerPoint format.

  • Session 1 - Course Introduction - Definitions, Background, and Differences Between Disasters and Catastrophes
  • Session 1 - Power Point
  • Session 2 - Comparison of Disaster and Catastrophe Response Planning
  • Session 2 - Power Point
  • Session 3 - Large Vulnerability Chart
  • Session 3 - Variables and Relationships
  • Session 3 - Power Point
  • Session 4 - Ethics
  • Session 4 - Power Point
  • Session 5 - Political and Legal Issues
  • Session 5 - Power Point
  • Session 6 - Social and Economic Issues
  • Session 6 - Power Point
  • Session 7 - Section 2 Public Health
  • Session 7 - Power Point
  • Session 7a - Logistics
  • Session 7a - Power Points
  • Session 7b - Critical Infrastructure
  • Session 7b - Power Point
  • Session 7c - Public Health
  • Session 7c - Power Point
  • Session 8 - Mass Relocation
  • Session 8 - Power Point
  • Session 9 - Planning Strategies and Skills: Response
  • Session 9 - Power Point
  • Session 10 - Recovery and Reconstruction
  • Session 10 - Power Point
  • Session 11 - Emergent Organizations and Networks in Catastrophe Environments
  • Session 11 - Power Point
  • Session 12 - New Methods of Planning for Catastrophe Disasters
  • Session 12 - Power Point
  • Session 13 - Pandemic Scenario
  • Session 13 - Power Point
  • Session 14 - Tabletop Exercise Design
  • Session 14 - Power Point
  • Session 15 - Course Summary - Major concepts and their integration, plus final exam
  • Session 15 - Power Point
  • Sample Final Exam
  • Final Exam Answer Key
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16825 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727
(301) 447-1000 Admissions Fax: (301) 447-1658
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