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BACKGROUND “THINK PIECE” FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ROUNDTABLE MEETING EMI, MARCH 5-6, 2007 ON WHAT IS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? AND WHAT ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT B. Wayne Blanchard, PhD, CEM Emergency Management Higher Education Project Manager Emergency Management Institute, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security Emmitsburg, Maryland March 2, 2007 Draft CONTENTS Background What Is Emergency Management? -- Definition and Discussion OneSummary of Emergency Management Definition, Mission and Principles Outline of Emergency Management Fundamentals Fundamentals of Emergency Management Sections Appendix A: What Is Expected of Participants of the March 5-6, 2007 EM Roundtable Appendix B: Historical Example of Community Capability Building versus Catastrophe Focus Appendix C: Examples of Fundamental Principles of Disaster Management, Dr. David Etkin Appendix D: Principles of Emergency Management from Introduction to Emergency Management (2nd Ed.) by George D. Haddow and Jane A. Bullock (2006) Appendix E: Principles of Emergency Management, IS 230, Principles of EM (EMI/FEMA) Appendix F: Auf der Heide Principles of Disaster Response Preparation and Coordination Appendix G: EM Concepts and Principles Derived From ICDRM/GWU Course for Veterans Affairs: “Emergency Management Principles and Practice for Healthcare Systems,” 2006. Appendix H: Select Definitions of “Doctrine” Appendix I: Selected Definitions of the word “Principles” Appendix J: References BACKGROUND The following is meant to assist in jumpstarting a planned meeting at EMI, March 5-6, 2007 on the topic of “basic” emergency management in the United States. This “investigation” started last summer when I emailed several people seeking input for an upcoming “all-hands” meeting at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute on the future of training and education at EMI. Mike Selves, the Emergency Manager for Johnson County Kansas, and President of the Int