Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations
eBook - PDF

Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations

Bridging the Gap

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations

Bridging the Gap

About this book

Is emergency management education undoing an age-old tradition in the American Fire Service? Has the time arrived to educate emergency managers in college classrooms rather than in twenty years of tactical operations experience? Over one hundred forty-three (143) institutions of higher education are now offering certificate or degree programs in emergency management with no tactical operations experience required for admission. Resistance by veteran law enforcement officers and fire fighters may have to be overcome if we are to prepare emergency managers with required skill sets. Dr. Tom Phelan explores the skills being taught to emergency management students and addresses the concerns of experienced first responders in accepting their leadership.*Discusses the value of emergency management education in the post-9/11 world*Makes clear the need for educating emergency managers to prepare them for emergency manager leadership*Helps bridge the gap between emergency management and first responders*Should be required reading in every college emergency management curriculum*The book is clear, concise, and an "easy read"

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Information

Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780750687126
eBook ISBN
9780080878607
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Information Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: There Never Used to Be a Gap
  10. Chapter 2: Tactical Operations vs. Management Skills
  11. Chapter 3: The Demands of Managing According to the Incident Command System (ICS)
  12. Chapter 4: The Incident Commander: A Chief or a Manager?
  13. Chapter 5: What Colleges Have to Offer
  14. Chapter 6: The Career Path in Emergency Management
  15. Chapter 7: Case Study: Ground Zero
  16. Chapter 8: Case Study: The Tsunami Response in Sri Lanka
  17. Chapter 9: Case Study: Private and Public Perspectives from Katrina
  18. Chapter 10: The "Manager" In Emergency Management
  19. Chapter 11: Resistance
  20. Chapter 12: Working Together
  21. Appendix: National Incident ManagementSystem (NIMS): Five-Year NIMS Training Plan
  22. Index