Emergency Management/ Preparation/ Response and Disaster Recovery

This category contains information on mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. It contains assessments, reports, best practices, information on professional organizations, and specific information helpful to emergency planners and managers. (Researchers interested in planning and response by the medical community should also see the primary category "Public & Individual Health, Safety and Security - Public Health - Preparedness" for information on health preparedness.)

Best Practices & Professional Resources

This secondary category contains manuals, guidelines, plans, glossaries and case reports of successful practices. Researchers should also see the category Hurricane Katrina - Lessons Learned, for related documents.

Disaster Relief and Recovery

 

Emergency Communications

 

Emergency Preparedness

This folder contains information relating to preparing for, and mitigating the effects of, an emergency. Topics include emergency planning and training. The folder may also contain manuals, guidelines, plans, and case reports of successful practices in emergency preparedness.

Emergency Response

The contents of this folder relate to communities and government response to an incident and include damage mitigation; emergency communication; incident managment; and search and rescue. Contents may include manuals, guidelines, plans, and case reports of successful practices. Also included in this folder are the National Response Plan and the National Incident Managment System.

Evacuations

This category deals with general issues and policies regarding evacuations. For information dealing with evacuation of health care facilities and health issues related to evacuations, please see the Public & Individual Health - Public Health - Evacuations category.

Mitigation & Resilience

Contents of this subcategory relate to theories and best practices of resilience and mitigation against natural disasters and other emergency situations.

Organizations

This secondary category contains information on the history and development of the emergency management field, professional organizations, and the Homeland Security Operations Center.

Catastrophic Disasters: Enhanced Leadership, Capabilities and Accountability Controls Will Improve the Effectiveness of the Nation's Preparedness, Response, and Recovery System

 

CDC Support for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC)

 

Citizen Preparedness: Helping Our Communities Help Themselves, Testimony of Graham Hill, Member, National Council on Disability

 

A Comparison of Disaster Paradigms: The Search for a Holistic Policy Guide

 

Continuity of Operations: Agency Plans Have Improved, but Better Oversight Could Assist Agencies in Preparing for Emergencies

 

CRS Report to Congress on Disaster Relief - August 2005

 

Disaster Law and the Legal Academy: Curriculum, Research and Law Reform

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Craig Fugate

 

Emergency Management: Implications from a Strategic Management Perspective

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Cynthia Bascetta

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Irwin Redlener

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Nicole Lurie

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Teri Fontenot

 

Emergency Management: Testimony of Mark Shriver

 

Final Interim Report of the National Commission on Children and Disasters

 

The Future of Emergency Management

 

Homeland Security: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters

 

Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina and the Role for Standards and Conformity Assessment Programs

 

NEMA Profile of State Emergency Management Directors and Their Agencies: Results of FY 2007 Survey

 

Principles of Emergency Management

 

The Political Economy of Urban Disaster Assistance

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Brigadier General Donald Dunbar, Adjutant General, State of Wisconsin (on behalf of the National Governors Association)

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of the Hon. David Loebsack, Representative for the 2nd District of Iowa

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of David Maxwell, Vice President, National Emergency Management Association

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Francis McCarthy, Analyst, Emergency Management Policy, Congressional Research Service

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Jane Bullock, Bullock and Haddow, LLC

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Joseph Becker, Senior Vice President of Disaster Services, American Red Cross

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Mitchell Moss, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, New York University

 

Post Katrina: What it Takes to Cut the Bureaucracy, Testimony of Russell Decker, President, International Association of Emergency Managers –USA Council

 

Revolutionary and Evolutionary Change in Emergency Management: Assessing Paradigm Shifts, Barriers, and Recommendations for the Profession

 

The Role of Social Science Research in Disaster Preparedness and Response

 

Secure Border Initiative: Technology Deployment Delays Persist and the Impact of Border Fencing Has Not Been Assessed

 

Science and Technology Directorate Tech Solutions

 

UC Ready: A Continuity Planning Tool for the University of California, Demo Version

 

U.S. Northern Command Has a Strong Exercise Program, but Involvement of Interagency Partners and States Can Be Improved

 

Wildland Fire Management: Federal Agencies Have Taken Important Steps Forward, but Additional Strategic Action is Needed to Capitalize on Those Steps