EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND …
Emergency Management & Homeland Security/Defense Higher Education Conference
June 5-8, 2006
Emergency Management Institute
Emmitsburg MD
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
With NORTHCOM Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium
THEME – CATASTROPHE READINESS AND RESPONSE
June 9, 2006
June 5, 2006 (Monday) – Pre Conference Workshops (open to all conference participants):
(1) How to Design, Develop and Teach a College Course on Catastrophe Readiness & Response
8:30-5:00 -- K Building, 3rd Floor
Dr. Richard Bissell
Graduate Program Director
Emergency Health Services Graduate Program
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD
Email: Bissell@ndms.umbc.edu
(2) GIS in Emergency Management and Homeland Security (Two Half-Day Workshops)
8:00-12:00 1:00-5:00
Computer Lab Computer Lab
(1st 30 Registered -- FULL) (1st 30 Registered)
Kevin Mickey, Director
Professional Education and Outreach
The Polis Center
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN kmickey@iupui.edu
With:
Dr. Jamie D. Mitchem
Department of Earth Sciences
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA Mitchem@cup.edu; and
Dr. Thomas R. Mueller
Director of California University Crime Mapping Center
Department of Earth Sciences
California University of Pennsylvania
California, PA
June 6, 2006 – Day One of Conference (Tuesday) – Morning Plenary – E Auditorium
7:00 - 8:30 -- Conference Registration
8:30 - 8:40 -- Conference Introduction & Welcome
Richard Callis
Deputy Superintendent
Emergency Management Institute
FEMA/DHS
Emmitsburg, MD
8:40 - 9:05 -- FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Update
Dr. Wayne Blanchard, CEM
Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager
Emergency Management Institute
FEMA/DHS, Emmitsburg MD
9:05 - 9:30 – NORTHCOM Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Update
Dr. Houston H. Polson
Deputy Division Chief
Training and Education
Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)
NORAD-USNORTHCOM J7
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
9:30 – 10:00 – Overview of Catastrophe Readiness and Response Pre-Conference Workshop
Dr. Richard Bissell
Graduate Program Director
Emergency Health Services Graduate Program
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD
10:00 - 10:20 – Break
10:20 – 11:10 – Leadership in Disaster
Admiral Thad Allen
Word
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC
11:10 – 12:00 – The DHS Preparedness Directorate and Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Robert Zitz
Deputy Under Secretary for Preparedness
Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of June 6, Tuesday, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Defense Support of Civil Authority.
Moderator: Dr. Houston H. Polson
Deputy Division Chief
Training and Education
Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)
NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
Presentations: U.S./Canada Bi-National Planning Group Final Report
Dr. Biff Baker
Science Applications International Corporation
Analyst, Bi-National Planning Group
NORAD-NORTHCOM
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
Captain Richard Bergeron
Director, Bi-National Planning Group
NORAD-NORTHCOM
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
USNORTHCOM and Catastrophic Response
Dr. Houston H. Polson
Deputy Division Chief
Training and Education
Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)
NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of June 6, Tuesday, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Con’t)
(2) Highly Vulnerable Populations and Catastrophe.
Description: Topics will include the vulnerability of people, places and things (e.g., the disables, coastal buildings and infrastructure) to natural, technological or terrorist related catastrophes. The focus of the presentation should illustrate how societal vulnerability has been augmented and how it is leading to more deadly, destructive and disruptive events that go beyond routine emergencies and even rare disasters. Recommendations to reverse such trends are especially encouraged.
Moderator: J.R. Thomas
Emergency Management Certificate Program
Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
Speakers: John Lindsay
Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies
Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, lindsayj@brandonu.ca;
Dr. David McEntire
Emergency Administration & Planning Program, University of North Texas
Dr. John Pine
Chair, Department of Geography, Louisiana State University
(3) Analysis of NIMS (National Incident Management System) and NRP (National Response Plan) in Katrina Response.
Al Fluman
Acting Director
NIMS Integration Center, FEMA, DHS
(4) The Psychology of Avoiding Disaster Readiness Disasters
Dr. Robin Dillon-Merril and Cathy Tinsley
McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Abstract: In the brutal aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, people are questioning the readiness decisions made by individuals, government and first responder organizations. Poor decisions appear to have been made at every level, and tracing the roots of these poor decisions often leads to a discussion of how prior events shape perceptions. Our research examines how individuals, organizations, and communities cognitively interpret past events and currently available probability information. This seminar discusses the importance of integrating behavioral decision theory with disaster readiness and response in training to improve decision making.
2:50 – 3:10 – Break
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 6, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) National Homeland Security Joint & Intergovernmental Education & Training Initiatives
Moderator: Dr. Stan Supinski
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
Speakers: Dr. Stan Supinski, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA
Dr. Todd Stewart (Major General, USAF Ret.), Director
Program for International and Homeland Security, and
Executive Director
National Academic Consortium for Homeland Security
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Patrick N. Newman, JD.
Program Manager
Coast Guard Office of Strategic Analysis,
U. S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
On: The DHS Strategic Studies Program Initiative, the Proposed DHS Academy, and Post-Katrina Education and Training Recommendations.
(2) Reports:
Moderator: Dr. Joanne Nigg
Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware
Newark DE
Emergency Management Curriculum -- Academic Goals and Aims:
Dr. Michael O’Connor
Adjunct Faculty
Tiffin University
Emergency Management Body of Knowledge 2006 Survey:
Carol Cwiak
Emergency Management Doctoral Student
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Innovative Local Funding For Disaster:
Dr. James F. Smith
Professor of Environmental Studies
American Public University System
Floyd, VA
3:10 – 5:00 – 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 6, Day One, Afternoon Breakout Sessions (C’ont)
(3) How to Surge in Catastrophe.
Moderator : Dr. Sharon Stanley
Program Director
Center for Public Health Preparedness
School of Public Health
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Presenters: Dr. Donna Barbisch (MG, ret.),
President, Global Deterrence Alternatives
Director
Institute for Global and Regional Readiness.
Ms. Lissa Westerman
Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management
George Washington University
Washington, DC
(4) Distance Learning Methodologies
Moderator: Jamie A. Wilke Corvin
Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action
University of South Florida
Tampa, DL
Presenters: Dr. Wayne Westhoff -- From Pony Express to the Internet: What Next?
Global Center for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Action
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Nicola Martinez
Director of Curriculum and Instructional Design
Center for Distance Learning
Empire State College, State University of New York
Saratoga Springs, NY
Dr. Bob Jaffin, Program Management
School of Military Studies and Public Law
American Public University System, Charles Town WV
Gene Carroll
Institute for Biosecurity
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Dr. Barbara Audley, Executive Director
Extended Education and Summer Programs
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225
5:30 – 7:00 – Log Cabin Cookout
7:00 – 8:00 – Foundation of Higher Education Colloquia Social – Building K, Room 302
Craig Marks, CERP, CEM, Executive Director, Foundation of Higher Education
Kay C. Goss, CEM, Chair, Foundation of Higher Education
June 7, 2006, Wednesday, Day Two, Morning Plenary Session, E Auditorium
8:20 – 8:30 – Conference Welcome:
E.G. Pino, SES, DAFC
Director, Training and Exercises
NORAD-NORTHCOM J7
8:30 – 9:25 – Catastrophe Readiness and Response Perspectives -- Federal Coordinating Officers
Moderator: Richard Sexton
Disaster Operations & Recovery Section
Emergency Management Institute, FEMA/DHS
Emmitsburg, MD
Panelists: Scott Wells
Louis Botta
Michael Bolch
9:30 – 10:25 – The Emergency Management Assistance Compact & Catastrophe Readiness/Response
Moderator: John Peabody
EMI Readiness Section Chief
Emmitsburg, MD
Speaker: Leon Shaifer
Senior EMAC Advisor (Emergency Management Assistance Compact)
National Emergency Management Association
Brandon, MS
10:25-10:45 – Break
10:45-11:00 -- International Emergency Management Student Association (IEMSA) Survey Report:
Present Status and Future Trends Report.
Michael Kemp
IEMSA President
North Dakota State University.
Fargo, ND
11:00 – 12:00 – Leadership in Disaster Response
James Lee Witt
James Lee Witt Associates
Washington, DC
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 7, Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day
(1) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact & Catastrophe Readiness/Response
Leon Shaifer, Senior EMAC Advisor, National Emergency Management Association
(2) Challenges of Incorporating Current Events, Field Work, Research Projects and Service
Learning Into Emergency Management Program Curriculum.
Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Emergency Management Program Co-Director
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
(3) Comparative Emergency Management
Moderators: John Lindsay, Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies
Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada
lindsayj@brandonu.ca; And
Dr. Chris Webb, Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand
(4) Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response – Non Governmental Organizations.
Panelists will examine underlying assumptions and guiding principles related to the role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) in disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The premise is that a deeper understanding of what motivates NGO’s to work in the disaster field will help others, especially government sector personnel, understand how best to be partners, and build coalitions with NGOs to meet the common disaster mission. The panel will also examine the strengths and challenges in disaster by detailing the wide scope of activities performed, the versatility, innovative problem solving, flexibility and other characteristics of NGO’s in the disaster cycle.
Moderator: Ben Curran, FEMA Liaison
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Panelists: Craig A. Nemitz, CEM
Disaster Services Coordinator
America’s Second Harvest
Rev. Gerald A. Collins
Director, Disaster Response
Catholic Charities USA
Alexandria, VA
Peter C. Losi, Vice President
Response Government Operations
American Red Cross National Headquarters
Washington, DC
1:00 – 2:50 – 1st Round of Wednesday, June 7, Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day (C’ont)
(5) Papers, Reports and Initiatives:
Moderator: Dr. Barbara Klingensmith
Fire and Emergency Services Program
Division of State Fire Marshal
Bureau of Fire Standards and Training
Florida State Fire College
University of Florida
Ocala, Florida
barbara.klingensmith@
Cultural Conflict in Homeland Security
Description: A great deal of criticism has been directed at the Department of Homeland Security for matters ranging from the Hurricane Katrina response to priorities for funding. This paper posits that an important source for less than optimal performance by the Department may rest with the cultural differences of the organizations that were brought together under the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to create DHS. The paper describes the characteristics of some of the organizations and makes suggestions for improved mutual understanding.
William C. Nicholson
Department of Criminal Justice
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
And
Dr. Richard T. Sylves
Professor of Political Science
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Local Government Managers’ Views of Homeland Security: Results from the 2005 ICMA Survey of City and County Managers
Description: This report presents results of the International City and County Management Association’s study of city and county managers’ views of homeland security in the spring and summer of 2005. It thus represents a pre-Katrina baseline for the perceptions of local managers on topics of management, funding, and training needs.
Dr. Carmine Scavo
Associate Professor & MPA Program Director
Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Security Studies
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
2:50-3:10 – Break
3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day, Wednesday, June 7
(1) Maintaining & Growing Existing EM & HS/D Collegiate Programs – AD Level
Moderator: Carolyn Richmond Teich
Senior Program Associate, Economic Development
American Association of Community Colleges
Washington, DC 2003, CTEICH@aacc.nche.edu
(2) Maintaining & Growing Existing EM & HS/D Collegiate Programs – Upper Division
Undergraduate and Graduate Levels.
Moderators: Dr. Rob Schwartz, Head
Department of Emergency Administration and Management
Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AK; and
Drs. Jennifer Wilson and Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel
Emergency Management Program Co-Directors
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Panelists: Dr. David McEntire
Emergency Planning and Administration Program
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Dr. David Neal
Fire and Emergency Management Program
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
Dr. Joseph Barbera
Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
George Washington University
Washington DC
(3) Getting New Emergency Management & Homeland Security/Defense Programs Started
Moderators: Randy Egsegian
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC; and
J.D. Richardson
Chair
Protective Services Department
San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas
Email: jrichard@accd.edu
3:10-5:00 – 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2nd Day, Wednesday, June 7 (Con’t)
(4) Non-Traditional Colleges and Emergency Management and Homeland Security Programs
Description: Adults already working in the fields of Emergency Disaster Management and Homeland Security are often unable to attend a traditional college to complete their degrees in their area of employment. There are several options now available at the undergraduate and graduate levels for adults to complete degrees. These options take into account location, time, cost, and work schedules in the development of methods used to earn credit. They recognize that college-level learning often takes place outside of the college classroom and can be recognized for college credit through carefully constructed programs of prior learning assessment. This panel will explore several models currently available.
Moderator: Dr. Judith Krom
Dean, Heavin School of Social and
Behavioral Sciences
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, NJ
Panelists: Dr. Esther Taitsman
Associate Dean
Graduate Programs
Thomas Edison State College
Trenton, NJ
Al Lawrence, Director
Criminal Justice Programs
Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Robert Frederick
Assistant Director of Admissions
Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT
6:00 – 7:30 Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium Membership Meeting – K 302
Dr. Houston H. Polson
Deputy Division Chief
Training and Education
Chair, Homeland Security/Defense Education Consortium (HS/DEC)
NORAD-USNORTHCOM, J7
Peterson Air Force Base, CO
June 8, 2006, Thursday, Day Three, Morning Plenary Session – E Auditorium:
8:30-9:30 -- Local Emergency Management Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Moderator: Dr. Anthony E. Brown, Associate Professor and Coordinator
Fire & Emergency Management Program, Political Science Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Panelists: Marg Verbeek, Emergency Manager, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Canada
President, International Association of Emergency Managers
Mike Selves, Director of Johnson County Department of Emergency Management and
Homeland Security, Olathe, Kansas
President-Elect, International Association of Emergency Managers
Matthew McCracken, Director of Marion County Emergency Management Agency, Hamilton, AL
9:30–10:20 – FEMA Reengineering For Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Robert F. Shea, Acting Director of Operations, FEMA, Washington, DC
10:20-10:40 – Break
10:40-11:40 – Private Sector Perspectives on Catastrophe Readiness and Response Panel.
Moderator: Kay Goss, CEM
Vice President for Homeland Security, Emergency Management, Business Continuity
U.S. Government Solutions, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corporation, Herndon, VA
Presentations: How do we turn private sector preparedness into an investment rather than a cost of doing business?
Dr. Greg Shaw, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University, Washington, DC)
Public/Private Partnerships in Illinois For Homeland Security:
Margaret Larson, Illinois Governor’s Office
Seeking Standards for Public-Private Sector Emergency Management Collaboration Phil Padgett, Boeing, Chair, Private Sector Committee, Emergency Management Accreditation Program, National Emergency Management Association
11:40-12:00 – Foundation of Higher Education for Disaster/ Emergency Management/Homeland
Security, Inc.
Craig Marks, CEM,
Durham Technical Community College,
Durham, NC
June 8, 2006, Thursday, Day Three (Continued)
12:00-1:00 – Lunch – K-Building Cafeteria
12:15-12:45 - Keynote Luncheon Speaker:
The Honorable James S. Gilmore III
Chairman
National Council on Readiness and Preparedness – Public/Private Partnerships to Strengthen Homeland Security
The ReadyAmerica Homeland Initiative
Moderator: Patrick N. Newman, JD.
Program Manager
Coast Guard Office of Strategic Analysis,
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT
Background: The ReadyAmerica Homeland Initiative is a series of programs to educate and train the private sector and citizens on their role in community preparedness and response to terrorism. NCORP’s mission is to establish community-level programs and public/private partnerships that strengthen homeland security through education, training and communication between citizens, businesses, governments and responders/law enforcement and medical professionals.
Former Governor Jim Gilmore (Virginia) established NCORP to continue the work of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (known as the Gilmore Commission, 1999-2004) which issued a recommendation to develop a broad and central role for the citizen and private sector in homeland security.
NCORP has launched four programs that generally represent the various stakeholders in community readiness and preparedness: ResponderCorps, ReadyCorps, GuardianCorps and CitizenGuardian. These programs are developed by an institute that NCORP has established called the Institute for Community Preparedness and Response (ICPR), which works with academic and government organizations to identify and develop on-going action plans for each of these programs.
ICPR is developing the role and responsibilities of the Crisis Response Officer (CRO), a new corporate position with specific duties to integrate corporate assets and employees into community preparedness and readiness plans with the governmental and responder/law enforcement sectors. CROs will be a corporation’s internal and external coordinator preparing for, responding to and recovering from crisis. ICPR is also forming partnerships with academic & government organizations to develop regional Community Preparedness and Response Training Centers (CPRs) to train responders, community leaders and CROs in a joint program to improve the communication between the responder/law enforcement and corporate sectors, and increase the knowledge and understanding about the unique challenges, needs and capabilities of the other; and to create an exchange of information on products, methods, materials and procedures that could help the responder community perform their role in a cost efficient and effective way.
1:00-2:30 – 1st Round of Day Three, June 8th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
(1) Defense Coordinating Officers Point of View on Catastrophe Readiness/Response
Moderator: Dr. David H. McIntyre, Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security
Texas A&M University, McIntyredh@tamu.edu
Panelists: Colonel Leverm “Bullet” Young
Defense Coordinating Officer, Katrina, Mississippi
Mr. John Olivar
Deputy for Training
Army of the North (ARNORTH) G7, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas
(2) Reports:
Moderator: Dr. James (Jim) V. Porto
Director, Executive Programs Health Policy and Administration
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
FEMA Catastrophic Disaster Planning Initiative
Melvin Jones
FEMA Response Division
Washington, DC
Purdue Homeland Security Institute’s Inter-Disciplinary Area of Specialization
Tim Collins
Managing Director, Purdue Homeland Security Institute
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Dr. Dean Larson
Lecturer, Purdue Homeland Security Institute
Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, IN
(3) Command and Control versus Cooperation and Coordination Disaster Response Models.
Dr. David Neal
Director, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events
Professor, Fire and Emergency Management Program, Department of Political Science
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
2:30-2:45 – Break
2:45-4:15 – 2nd Round of Day Three, June 8th, Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) How to Design, Develop, Teach College Course on Catastrophe Readiness and Response
Moderator: Dr. Richard Bissell
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
(2) Integration of Academic Emergency Mgmt. and Homeland Security Degree Programs.
Moderator: Dr. Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel
Emergency Management Program Co-Director
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Speakers: Dr. David Neal
Fire and Emergency Management Program
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Dr. Thomas Drabek (Professor, Emeritus)
Department of Sociology
University of Denver, Denver, CO
(3) Grantsmanship 101
Moderator: Kay Goss
Vice President for Homeland Security, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, EDS Corporation, Herndon, VA
Panelists: Julian Gilman
Director of Grants
Virginia Department of Emergency Management, Richmond, VA
Scott Kelvert
Technical Assistance Division Director
Office of Grants & Training, Preparedness Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC
Dr. Craig Zachlod
Project Director
Northern California School Emergency Management and Crisis Response Program
(4) Pandemics, Bio-Hazards & Bio-Terrorism
Dr. Bill Stanhope
Associate Director for Special Projects
Institute of Biosecurity
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO
4:30 – 5:00 – Conference Wrap-Up
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