Front Cover -- Introduction to Emergency Management -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Historical Context of Emergency Management -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- Early History: 1800-1950 -- The Cold War and the Rise of Civil Defense: the 1950s -- Changes to Emergency Management: the 1960s -- The Call for a National Focus on Emergency Management: the 1970s -- Civil Defense Reappears as Nuclear Attack Planning: the 1980s -- An Agency in Trouble: 1989-1992 -- The Witt Revolution: 1993-2001 -- Terrorism: 2001 -- The Steps Leading to the Katrina Debacle -- Post-Katrina Changes -- The Future Environment of Emergency Management -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercise -- Chapter 2. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risk Assessment -- What You Will Learn -- Introduction -- Natural Hazards -- Technological Hazards -- Chemical -- Biological -- Radiological -- Nuclear -- Hazards Risk Management -- Risk Management Technology -- Social and Economic Risk Factors -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- Mitigation Tools -- Hazard Identification and Mapping -- Impediments to Mitigation -- Federal Mitigation Programs -- The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program -- Nonfederal Mitigation Grant Programs -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 4. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- A Systems Approach: The Preparedness Cycle -- Mitigation versus Preparedness -- Preparedness: The Emergency Operations Plan -- Education and Training Programs -- Emergency Management Exercises -- Evaluation and Improvement.

Preparedness: A National Effort -- Preparedness Grant Programs -- Business Continuity Planning and Emergency Management -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 5. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Communications -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- The Mission -- Audiences/Customers -- Communicating in the Era of Homeland Security -- Disaster Communications in a Changing Media World -- Building an Effective Disaster Communications Capability in a Changing Media World -- Creating Effective Disaster Communications -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 6. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Response -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- Local Response -- State Response -- Volunteer Group Response -- Incident Command System -- The Federal Response -- Federal Assistance -- Key Federal Response Officials -- Other FEMA Response Resources -- The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 7. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Recovery -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- The National Response Framework for Disaster Recovery Operations -- FEMA's Individual Assistance Recovery Programs -- FEMA's Public Assistance Grant Programs -- Other Federal Agency Disaster Recovery Funding -- Recovery Planning Tools -- Long-Term Recovery Planning Annex -- Community Long-Term Recovery Planning -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 8. International Disaster Management -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- Disasters in Developing Nations -- International Disasters -- Important Issues Influencing the Response Process -- The United Nations System.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs -- Nongovernmental Organizations -- Assistance Provided by the U.S. Government -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 9. Emergency Management and the Terrorist Threat -- What You'll Learn -- Introduction -- Changes in Emergency Management and the War on Terrorism -- September 11, 2001 -- Federal Government Terrorism Activity -- The 911 Commission -- State Government Terrorism Activity -- Local Government Terrorism Activity -- The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Terrorism Preparedness and Response -- Conclusion -- Important Terms -- Self-Check Questions -- Out-of-Class Exercises -- Chapter 10. The Future of Emergency Management -- Understanding the Past -- The Obama Administration -- "Those Who Forget the Past Are Doomed to Repeat It" -- Emergency Management Ideas for the Future -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Acronyms -- Appendix B: Emergency Management Websites -- Appendix C: Ready.gov Citizen Preparedness Recommendations -- Appendix D: A Day in the Life of Homeland Security -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.