Proper planning is the only way to ensure that our profession moves forward and to create a more successful transition to our eventual retirement.
Professionalization
How Much Decision Accuracy and Data Collection Is Too Much for First Responders?
Today, we want to run first responder organizations like businesses. But how much accuracy in data-driven decisions and data collection is sufficient?
Is Communication Our Excuse for Our Lack of Competence?
If emergency management agencies do not commit time and resources, as well as create an honest and objective feedback system for training and exercises, we will never be fully competent.
First Responders: How Will You Take Care of Yourselves after Retirement?
Retirement used to begin at an age when your first responder body was beat up, but you still had time to enjoy your retirement. Things are different now.
Using Conferences to Overcome Limited Exposure
Education or Experience: Which One Qualifies You?
“You are qualified and reputable to complete this project because you have a Ph.D.” I asked, “What was I qualified to do the day before I graduated?”
International Retribution: And So it Begins
The EDM Professionals’ Civil War?
Emergency Management Plans for Hospitals Participating in Medicare: Flawed Policy?
HHS is requiring that Medicare hospitals have emergency management plans to effectively coordinate with state, local, federal and tribal levels of government. The policy could potentially have problems, but, ultimately, the policy will need to run its course for policy analysts to determine if the policy is sound.
Education in EDM: Why We Need Academic Research
As the education levels of both elected officials and public administrators rise, EDM professionals must recognize that their boss likely has an advanced degree that introduced research and fact-based practices.
