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


Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD

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Documents below are in MS Word or Adobe PDF format.

  • Module 1-0 Course Introduction
  • Module 1-1 Why Should We Be Concerned About Disasters?
  • Module 1-2 Understanding Hazard, Risk and Vunerability Analysis (HRVA)
  • Module 1-3 Understanding Myths and Realities of Disasters and the Potential Influence of HRVAs
  • Module 2-1 Defining Disaster
  • Module 2-2 Understanding Disaster Management, Concepts of Migitation and the Role of HRVA
  • Module 2-2a Handout: Towards A Sustainable America
  • Module 2-2b Handout: "Talking Points" for Meeting Potential Partners
  • Module 2-3 Understanding Hazards Within the Concept of Planning for Mitigation and the Development of Emergency Plans
  • Module 2-4 Understanding Risk
  • Module 2-5 Understanding Vunerability
  • Module 2-6 Understanding Risk Management
  • Module 2-6 Handout: Risk Management
  • Module 2-7 Defining Community and Region
  • Module 3-1 Obstacles to the Integration of HRVA and Decision Making - Historical Factors
  • Module 3-2 Integration of Community Planning and Disaster Management
  • Module 3-3 Why Involve the Public?
  • Module 3-4 Obstacles to the Integration of HRVA and Decision Making - Social Factors
  • Module 3-4 Power Point: Public Apathy
  • Module 3-5 Handout: The Hundred Year Flood Myth
  • Module 3-6 Obstacles to the Integration of HRVA and Decision Making - Organizational Factors
  • Module 3-7 Obstacles to the Integration of HRVA and Decision Making - Political Factors
  • Module 3-8 Fourteen Key Objectives of an Adequate HRV Analysis
  • Module 3-8a Handout: A Systematic Classification of Renn's Pisk Perspective as it Applies to HRV Analysis
  • Module 4-1 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Awarenessand Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL) model?
  • Module 4-1 Power Point: Establishment and Operation of National Apell Centre in NSC, India
  • Module 4-2 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Evaluation of Peacetime Disaster" Model?
  • Module 4-3 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Federal Emergency Management Agency Model #1" (FEMA 1)
  • Module 4-4 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Hazard Identification, Capability Assessment and Multi-Year Development Plans for Local Governments" Model?
  • Module 4-5 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Community Vunerability Assessment Tool: New Hanover County, North Carolina" Model?
  • Module 4-5 Handout: Project Impact Western Territory Workshop
  • Module 4-6 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Guidelines for Municipal Risk and Vunerability Analysis" Model?
  • Module 4-7 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "Seriousness, Manageability, Urgency, and Growth Hazard Priority System" (SMUG) Model?
  • Module 4-8 What are the Strengths and Weaknesses of the "United Nations Disaster Relief Organization" (UNDRO) Model?
  • Module 4-9 Summary of Strengths and Weakness of Exant Models
  • Module 4-9b Handout: Hazard, Risk and Vunerability Analysis Tool Kit
  • Module 5-1 Overview of HIRV Model
  • Module 5-2 The HIRV Process: The Role of Public Participation and Use of the Effective Decision Model
  • Module 5-2 Handout: The Effective Decision Model of Public Involvement
  • Module 5-3 The HIRV Committee
  • Module 5-3 Handout: The HIRV Committee
  • Module 5-4 Implementation of HIRV
  • Module 5-4 Handout: Implementation of the Hazard, Impact, Risk and Vunerability (HIRV) Process
  • Module 5-5 Hazard Identification
  • Module 5-5a Handout: Natural Hazards
  • Module 5-5b Handout: Diseases, Epidemics & Infestations
  • Module 5-5c Handout: Human Induced
  • Module 5-5d Handout: Multi-Hazards
  • Module 5-5e Handout: The National Resources Canada Website
  • Module 5-6 Choosing A Community
  • Module 5-7 Risk Analysis
  • Module 5-7 Power Point: Risk Factor
  • Module 5-7 Form: Risk Analysis
  • Module 5-7c Handout: Risk Analysis
  • Module 5-7b Form: Handout: Completing the Analysis
  • Module 5-8 Vunerability Analysis
  • Module 5-8 Power Point: Personal Vunerability Excercise
  • Module 5-8 Form: Vunerability Factor Analysis Form
  • Module 5-8a Handout: Women, Work and Family in the 1997 Red River Valley Flood: Ten Lessons Learned
  • Module 5-8b Power Point: Vunerability of People
  • Module 5-8b Handout: Vunerability Assessment
  • Module 5-9 Impact Analysis
  • Module 5-9 Form: Impact Factor Analysis
  • Module 5-10 Form: Risk Management Analysis Sheet
  • Module 5-10 Risk Management
  • Module 6-1 Overcoming Resistance to Change
  • Module 6-2 Facilitating Participatory Decision Making
  • Module 6-2 Power Point: Participatory Decision Making
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