Emergency Management and Tactical Response Operations : Bridging the Gap

Phelan, Thomas D.

Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd（2008/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 312 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780750687126
• DDC分類 363.348071073

Full Description

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.

Contents

There Never Used to Be a Gap; Tactical Operations vs. Management Skills; The Demands of Managing According to the Incident Management System; The Incident Commander: A Chief or a Manager?; What Colleges Have to Offer; The Career Path in Emergency Management; Case Study: Ground Zero; Case Study: The Tsunami Response in Sri Lanka; Case Study: Private and Public Perspectives from Katrina; The "Manager" in Emergency Management; Resistance; Working Together