What should we call what we do?

1. What should we call what we do? Comprehensive Vulnerability Management Disaster Management Integrated Public Risk Management Public Safety Management Hazards Risk Management Hazards Management Homeland Security Emergency Management

2. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Is the ‘we’ a homogeneous lot???

3. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Is the ‘we’ a homogeneous lot??? We are what we are…

4. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Is the ‘we’ a homogeneous lot??? We are what we are… And we need to be honest…

5. Sometimes things just don’t make sense… and need careful examination…

6. What should we call what we do? It comes down to carefully defining definitions…

7. Hazard A potential or actual force with the capability to cause human injury/ death and/or significant damage to property.

8. Emergency A Hazard impact causing adverse physical, social, psychological, economic or political effects that Challenges the Ability to Rapidly & Effectively Respond. Requires a stepped up capacity and capability (mutual aid, expanded management, etc.) to meet an expected outcome. Commonly requires change from normal management methods.

9. Disaster A Hazard impact causing adverse physical, social, psychological, economic or political effects that Exceed the Ability to Rapidly & Effectively Respond. Expected outcomes are affected… Requires change from normal management methods to manage effectively.

10. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Emergency Management (EM) ??? The current gulf between Academics & Practitioners…

11. What should we call what we do? Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery

12. What should we call what we do? Emergency Management (EM) ‘Emergency management’ is responsible for managingthe four phases of comprehensive emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery

13. What should we call what we do? ‘Emergency Management’ addresses the science of managing people and complex systems under emergency conditions, and managing the programs that comprise CEM* * CEM: Comprehensive EmergencyManagement

14. What should we call what we do? Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery Requires an overall program to demonstrate how these four focus activities are inter-related and coordinated… i.e., ‘managed’

15. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Comprehensive Vulnerability Management Disaster Management Integrated Public Risk Management Public Safety Management Hazards Risk Management Hazards Management Homeland Security Emergency Management

16. What should we call what we do? Necessary – but not sufficient to be ‘EM’ Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery

17. What should we call what we do? Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery ‘Management under stress & uncertainty’

18. What should we call what we do? Comprehensive Emergency Management: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery ‘Management under stress & uncertainty’ Also Necessary – but not sufficient to be ‘EM’

19. What should we call what we do? Emergency Management: The management of: Mitigation Preparedness Response Recovery THIS IS WHAT DEFINES & SEPARATES ‘EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT’ – the ‘are’ in ‘we are what we are…’

20. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Comprehensive Vulnerability Management Disaster Management Integrated Public Risk Management Public Safety Management Hazards Risk Management Hazards Management Homeland Security Emergency Management

21. What should ‘we’ call what we do? Trying to be ‘all things to all disciplines’ through name designation can extend to become ‘nothing to anybody…’