the future of emergency management
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THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. George Haddow The George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management Washington, DC 2005 Emergency Management Higher Education Conference FEMA Emergency Management Institute Emmitsburg, MD - June 7-9, 2005. Spring 2003. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
George HaddowThe George Washington University
Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
Washington, DC2005 Emergency Management Higher Education Conference
FEMA Emergency Management Institute
Emmitsburg, MD - June 7-9, 2005
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Spring 2003
“We are optimistic that emergency management can survive and thrive in the future if it embraces the lessons learned from the past and moves forward with a
progressive agenda that will be valued by the American people.”
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Four Lessons
• Maintain an all-hazards approach to emergency management.
• The federal response infrastructure, based on the Federal Response Plan, works.
• Continue to practice the concepts that facilitated the U.S. emergency management system becoming the best system in the world.
• Make mitigation the focus of emergency management in the United States.
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Emergency Management Today (2005)
• Terrorism focus
• National Response Plan (NRP)
• Customer focus, partnerships and communications
• Mitigation
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Five Pressing Issues
• Imbalance of focus between homeland security and natural disaster management
• Challenge of involving the public in preparedness planning
• Lack of an effective partnership with the business community
• Cuts to EM funding• Questions surrounding the evolving
organizational structure of the nation’s emergency management system.
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A History of Imbalance Repeated
• Civil Defense
• Hugo, Loma Prieta, Andrew
• History repeating itself
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More Public Involvement Needed
• Limited role
• Project Impact, Tulsa, Napa
• “Redefining Readiness”
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Public-Private Partnership Effort Failing
• Business Roundtable
• Overall strategy
• Information and planning
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Emergency Management Funding Cuts
• Natural hazards programs
• First responders and plans
• Homeland security offices
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Organizational Uncertainty
• Partnership
• Structure
• DHS
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A New Path for Emergency Management
• Lessons learned
• Single focus
• DHS mission
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Where does emergency management go from here?
• Community level
• New breed of government official
• Consensus building process
• All-Hazards including terrorism
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Conclusion