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Case Study Analysis

 

Case studies are real world examples of emergency management in action. Case studies are valuable to ensuring our understanding of the topics and four major functions of emergency management.  They are utilized to acquire lessons learned and identify and implement best practices.    

 

Each student will research and produce a written case study analysis.

 

Students have a large number of natural and man-made disasters from which to select a case study. The case study cannot come from the Haddow and Bullock textbook. Please obtain the approval of the instructor for your proposed case study.

   

Approach this assignment this way: If you were providing a written analysis for a group of elected officials or the senior staff of an emergency management agency, what would you want them to learn and retain about this case? Think of this case study presentation as an “after action report” on the emergency management function for this event.

 

Key elements of your written analysis should include:

 

· Summary description of the event (history/background, key facts)

 

 

· Notes the significance of this event in emergency management      

 

 

· Identify best practices/lessons learned from the event (there will be a list of several for each event). What can we learn from this event? You can bullet point this! The key is to successfully identify and articulate all of the lessons learned from your specific case study. How did our emergency management system perform?  What were our strengths and our limitations/deficiencies?  Do we need to change plans, policies, procedures, personnel, technology, resources, training, etc. for future events?  Can we identify and successfully remedy performance gaps within our system?        

 

The written case study analysis should be no more than 2 pages of content (not counting the cover and reference pages - double or single spaced is fine).  A cover page, reference page, and use of internal citations are required.  APA style governs. 

 

Students can bullet point the list of lessons learned and best practices obtained from this case study. Only one source is required for this assignment but more than one source is allowed. Students are required to clearly identify all sources of research associated with their case study via the reference page.  This assignment is worth 25% of your final grade.    

 

The instructor can suggest sources for research on specific issues in emergency management and students should avail themselves of the web-based resources identified within this syllabus. Likely sources for case studies could be professional associations devoted to the profession and discipline of emergency management (e.g. NEMA), peer reviewed journals, research center reports, government agencies, and books.  Students can also avail themselves of the web-based resources identified within this syllabus to identify possible case studies. Please obtain the approval of the instructor for your proposed case study.

 

Please use two subheads on your assignment such as Summary and Significance of this Event and Best Practices/Lessons Learned.

 

Please review the example I provide to you. If the example differs from the syllabus in anyway (e.g. subtitles used), follow the specific requirements of the syllabus.

 

A student also cannot write on an event or topic for any assignment in this class that they have written on for another class. All students will submit the case study assignment to Turn It In prior to the class when it is due.        

 

Emergency Management Web Resources

 

Here are a number of web-based research resources from federal, state and local emergency management agencies, university institutes, and professional associations within the discipline and profession of emergency management. These research resources could assist you in locating research for your case study analysis and presentation. 

 

Florida Statutes Chapter 252: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=Ch0252/titl0252.htm&StatuteYear=2008&Title=%2D%3E2008%2D%3EChapter%20252 (Links to an external site.)

 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security: http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm (Links to an external site.)

 

Federal Emergency Management Agency: http://www.fema.gov/ (Links to an external site.)

 

FEMA National Response Framework Resource Center: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nrf/ (Links to an external site.)

 

FEMA On-line Library:

http://www.fema.gov/library/index.jsp (Links to an external site.)

 

FEMA Higher Education Project: http://www.training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/collegecrsbooks.asp (Links to an external site.)

 

FEMA Emergency Management Institute: http://www.training.fema.gov/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Florida Division of Emergency Management: http://www.floridadisaster.org/index.asp (Links to an external site.)

 

Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan:

http://www.floridadisaster.org/documents/CEMP/BasicCEMP.pdf (Links to an external site.)

 

FDEM On-Line Library: http://floridadisaster.org/internet_library.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

Duval County Emergency Management:  http://www.coj.net/Departments/Fire+and+Rescue/Emergency+Preparedness/default.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

St. Johns County Department of Emergency Management: http://www.sjcemergencymanagement.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Putnam County Office of Emergency Management:

http://www1.putnam-fl.com/live/emg.asp (Links to an external site.)

 

Flagler County Emergency Management:

http://www.flagleremergency.com/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Clay County Emergency Management: http://www.claycountygov.com/Departments/Public_Safety/Emergency_Management.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

Emergency Management Assistance Compact: http://www.emacweb.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Emergency Management Accreditation Program: http://www.emaponline.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management

(closely affiliated with the authors of our course textbook): http://www.gwu.edu/~icdrm/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder:  http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/ (Links to an external site.)

 

University of Delaware Disaster Research Center: http://www.udel.edu/DRC/ (Links to an external site.)

 

International Association of Emergency Managers:  http://www.iaem.com/index.htm (Links to an external site.)

 

National Emergency Management Association: http://www.nemaweb.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Florida Emergency Preparedness Association: http://www.fepa.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security The Ready Campaign: http://www.ready.gov/ (Links to an external site.)

 

Institute for Business and Home Safety:

http://www.disastersafety.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

The Four Phases of Emergency Management

From the St. Johns County Department of Emergency Management Website: http://www.sjcemergencymanagement.org/ (Links to an external site.)

 

 

Mitigation

 

 

Taking sustained actions to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards and their effects.

 

Mitigation is sustained activities and measures aimed at eliminating or reducing the long-term risk of property damage and loss of life from hazards and their effects. Because mitigation involves reducing risk, it can occur before or after an emergency or disaster when plans are put into action to minimize or eliminate damage. Mitigation also can involve educating businesses and the public in simple measures they can take to reduce loss and injury.

           

Cost-effective mitigation measures are the key to reducing disaster losses in the long term. In hazard-prone areas, mitigation can break the cycle of having to rebuild and rebuild again with every recurrence. There is also a need for planning to take advantage of mitigation opportunities in the aftermath of an emergency or disaster, when hazard awareness is high, funds may become available, and disruption of the status quo makes it possible to rethink design and location of some facilities and infrastructure. Attention to mitigation opportunities can make safer communities for us all.

 

 

Preparedness

 

 

Building the Emergency Management profession to effectively prepare for, mitigate against, respond to, and recover from any hazard by planning, training, and exercising.

 

Since emergencies often evolve rapidly and become too complex for effective improvisation, a government can successfully discharge its Emergency Management responsibilities only by taking certain actions before hand. This is preparedness. For citizens, protective planning and preparation is likewise critical prior to a calamity and is termed preparedness.

 

Preparedness involves establishing authorities and responsibilities for emergency actions and garnering the resources to support them: a jurisdiction must assign or recruit staff for Emergency Management duties and designate or procure facilities, equipment, and other resources for carrying out assigned duties. This investment requires upkeep: maintenance of facilities and equipment, use of forecasting and warning systems, training of staff, and other activities.

           

Accordingly, preparedness measures should not be improvised. A key element of preparedness is the development of plans that link the many aspects of a jurisdiction's commitment to Emergency Management.

 

 

Response

 

 

Conducting emergency operations to save lives and property by positioning emergency equipment and supplies; evacuating potential victims; providing food, water, shelter, and medical care to those in need; and restoring critical public services.

 

The onset of an emergency creates a need for time-sensitive actions to save lives and property, as well as for action to begin stabilizing the situation so that the jurisdiction can regroup. Such response actions include notifying Emergency Management personnel of the crises, warning and evacuating or sheltering the population if possible, keeping the population informed, rescuing individuals and providing medical treatment, maintaining the rule of law, assessing damage, addressing mitigation issues that arise from response activities, and even requesting help from outside the jurisdiction.

 

Recovery

 

 

Rebuilding communities so individuals, businesses, and governments can function on their own, return to normal life, and protect against future hazards.

 

Recovery is the effort to restore infrastructure and the social and economic life of a community to normal, but it should incorporate mitigation as a goal. For the short term, recovery may mean bringing necessary lifeline systems up to an acceptable standard while providing for basic human needs and ensuring that the societal needs of individuals and the community are met. Once some stability is achieved, the jurisdiction can begin recovery efforts for the long term, restoring economic activity and rebuilding community facilities and family housing with attention to long-term mitigation needs.