New Book Covers Emergency Management’s Origins and Evolution

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was largely unknown to many Americans before September 11, 2001. However, since then, the agency’s goals and objectives have risen to the top of the nation’s list of priorities. A new book by George Washington University researcher George Haddow and Jane Bullock, a former FEMA official with Duke University, charts this evolution of emergency management in the US from the first disaster legislation passed by Congress in 1803 right up to the creation of FEMA in 1979 and then the Dept. of Homeland Security two years ago. Introduction to Emergency Management is described by the publishers at Butterworth-Heinemann as a useful reference guide for professionals seeking to understand the process of disaster response planning and mitigation. In addition to the history and functions of FEMA, the book lays out the roles and jurisdictions of federal, state and local emergency management systems and how these systems are intended to function in concert following an emergency or disaster. A full chapter of the book is devoted to an evaluation of the changing role of emergency management since 9/11. The work also features a series of case studies, detailed appendices, a glossary of terms and even a directory of emergency management organizations nationwide.

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