21st Century Emergency Manager:Before and After Hurricane Andrew

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21st Century Emergency ManagerBefore and After
Hurricane Andrew

• Frances Edwards-Winslow,
• Ph.D., CEM

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In Honor and Memory

• Robert Smith, Ph.D.
• Julius Mastro, Ph.D.
• Professors and mentors, Department of Political
  Science, Drew University, Madison, NJ

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Emergency Management Before Hurricane Andrew

• ICS
• Seismic Building Code
• Alquist Priolo Zone
• Fire Dept Haz Mat
• Hospital Safety Act
• Field Act (schools) strengthened

• URM regulations
• Highway bridge retrofit
• Seismic Safety Commission
• ICS for Law Enforcement
• CERT

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Emergency Management Before Hurricane Andrew

• Emergency management as a profession CEM
• Emergency management to executive branch
• Witt at Cabinet
• California Governors OES
• Oakland, SJ, LA

• Mutual aid 24 professions
• California mandates SEMS and ICS
• Satellite phones for county EOCs
• RIMS

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Emergency Management After Hurricane Andrew

• Witt to FEMA
• FRP and ESFs strengthened
• Insurance
• FL surcharge
• CEA
• Federal natural disaster policy proposal

• CDM
• technology transfer
• MPA with emergency management concentration
• Terrorism as a threat
• Domestic Preparedness program
• 122 largest cities

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Effective Emergency Management

• Educated, trained, knowledgeable staff
• Effective political support
• Staff
• Facilities
• Training

• Strong intergovernmental relationships
• Secure funding
• Effective public education
• 72 hour independence
• Community assistance

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Qualifications and skills for emergency managers

• Broad liberal arts background
• Collaborative leadership style
• Life experience
• Personality
• Altruistic
• Compassionate
• Future-oriented

• Skills
• Public speaking
• Trainer
• Leadership
• More interested in doing good than in doing
  well.

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Where are we going in 2012?

• 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa by 2010
• Countries wracked by AIDS are most likely to be
  politically unstable . In Somalia Bin Ladens
  terrorist network offered uneducated, orphaned
  Somalis a home, teaching them to hate the United
  States. Then they bombed the American Embassy.
  Until Congressional action providing
  international assistance to stem AIDS is
  effective, and until other programs bring the
  United States into better harmony with the Third
  World nations, the seeds of terrorism may
  continue to be sown.

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Where are we going in 2012?

• All hazards terrorism is a long term threat
• Use technology
• EOC computers
• GIS
• Encourage mitigation
• Building codes
• Public training CERT
• Dont depend on technology
• Manual typewriter, paper forms, HAMs

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Role of the academic sector

• Educate to develop the mind, capabilities or
  character by instruction or study.
• Train to become skillful, proficient or
  qualified by systematic instruction, drill to
  make obedient to orders.
• Education is the role of the academic sector
• An educated person can acquire other skills

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Role of the academic sector

• Federalism
• Government functions
• Political theory
• Public administration theory
• Constitutional law

• Public policy development
• Public finance
• Public personnel management
• Internships

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I wanted to make a difference

• Scott and Bear at WTC
• Despite all of this specialized training, I
  still call on my Drew education every day, says
  Shields. I remember my classes with Professor
  Julius Mastro - what a great teacher and
  influence. I learned how to apply myself and
  accomplish things at Drew. Thats some pretty
  important stuff. Scott Shields

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Speaker Contact Information

• Frances Edwards-Winslow, Ph.D., CEM
• Director, City of San Jose Office of Emergency
  Services
• www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/oes/oes.htm
• Director, San Jose Metropolitan Medical Task
  Force
• 855 N. San Pedro Street, San Jose, 95110
• 408-277-4595frances.winslow_at_ci.sj.ca.us