The Relationship Between Emergency Management and Higher Education Essa

catch management has been in the process of transforming itself into a recognized profession all over the past several decades. During the last quarter of the 20th century, training and sleep together in preparing for, responding to and recovering from disasters and hazardous incidents were considered the path to becoming an mite director the title was not always there but the responsibilities were shouldered by someone who took responsibility for those functions. Since the late 1990s, the field of emergency management has expand to include programs of higher education which have added a much inevitable third dimension to that progression. What was once considered the domain of civil protection specialists, much(prenominal) as retired military personnel and fire fighters, is now just as likely to be filled by a graduate of a university emergency management (EM) program or one of the intensive credentialing programs offered in the United States. The shift towards the professio nalization of emergency management can be credited to that added educational dimension as well as to the synchronous shift from primarily a reactive role, response and recovery, to a proactive role of managing the processes of the whole disaster cycle, i.e. mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. In other words, the fury is now on management and not just on the emergency (Britton, 2001, p.46). By addressing the management of the disaster cycle and not focusing on just the emergency, the realm of the emergency manager has expanded to include a diverse yet connected set of skills and knowledge. Implementation of successful mitigations projects for example, film a scientifically sound hazard and vulnerability analysis which should be based on applica... ...0B96C927794AF1031D9395C5C20)A_new_emergency_management_for_the_new_millennium.pdf/$file/A_new_emergency_management_for_the_new_millennium.pdfFederal Emergency Management delegation (FEMA). (2007). Principles of Emergen cy Management Supplement. Accessed at http//training.fema.gov/.../edu/docs/emprinciples/Principles%20of%20Emergency%20Management%20Brochure.docFEMA Emergency Management Institute. (2012). The College List. Accessed athttp//www.training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/collegelist/Goss, K. (2011). buns for Higher Education Accreditation in Emergency Management. History and Benefits. Accessed at http//training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/ excogitation%20of%20EM%20-%20FFHEA%20-%20History%20and%20Benefits.pdfSchneider, R.O. (2003). A Strategic overview of the New Emergency Manager. Accessed on 4/26/2012 at http//training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/pracpaper.asp