Bridging the Gaps in Emergency Management through CE
1. Bridging the Gaps in Emergency
Management through Continuing Education
Jason A. Junkens, MA, CEM, PMP, MEP
Emergency Manager
2. Outline
• Introduction
• EM Professional Development Triangle
• Academics & internships
• Continuing education/training
• Integration of Basic Academy
• Professional certifications
• Lifelong learning
• Conclusion
3. Introduction
• Gap between theory and practice
– Not unique
– Training & Education Synergy Focus Group & others
– Address through internships, not complete
• Entry into the profession
– Appointment, secondary duty, transitional career, EM grads
• Connection to the profession
– Fractured identity (academics and practitioner)
• Ultimately, prepared graduates
5. Academics
• Broad education of the profession
• Develop critical thinking, evaluation, and professional writing
– Soft skills (certificate programs)
Internships
• Address experience piece
- Significant weight in practitioner community
• Resources on EMI website
• Inclusion as part of strategic plan
• EM volunteer
6. Continuing Education/Training
• Practitioner Requirement
– Lack of knowledge or importance
• Challenges in Implementation
– Enormous task
– Schedule conflicts
– Which courses?
• Independent Study Courses
– Related to a course
• Additional importance
– Extra credit
– High value IS courses (some meet multiple requirements)
– Minimal standard (IS 100, 200, 700, & 800)
7. Continuing Education/Training (Continued)
• Resident Courses
– During week
– Sponsor training (infrastructure)
– Multiple formats
• Weekend seminars
• Summer programs
• Intersession
• Embedded in program
• Credit, audit, or both
– Practitioner engagement (multiple)
– High value courses (ICS 300 & 400, FEMA APS & MCP, Basic Academy,
state requirements)
8. Integration of Basic Academy
• Academy’s purpose
– Gateway into career
– Foundational education
• Pinnacle of EM training
– 19 days (not consecutive)
• @ EMI (Higher Ed specific?)
• Local delivery (credit)
• Practitioner and student benefits
– Networking
– Mentorship & guidance (observed)
9. E0101
•E0101 Foundations of Emergency Management
•Provides the knowledge and skills needed to perform at an entry level within
the Emergency Management career field.
E0102
•E0102 Science of Disaster
•Overview of scientific principles and concepts that shape our increasingly
dangerous world.
E0103
•E0103 Planning: Emergency Operations
•Basic concepts and planning steps to those new to the field of Emergency
Management so that they may apply planning discipline and skills to
challenges in their jobs.
E0104
•E0104 Exercise Design
•Fundamentals of exercise simulation and design as an integrated system of
resources and capabilities.
E0105
•E0105 Public Information and Writing
•Introduces what the Public Information Officer (PIO) does in Emergency
Management along with basic information about the Integrated Public Alert
and Warning System. FEMA 2015
10. Professional Certifications
• Training requirement
• Associate Emergency Manager/Certified Emergency Manager
• State certifications
• Other certifications
• Epsilon Pi Phi Honor Society (Silver and Gold levels)
11. Lifelong Learning
• Develop a culture
– Disciplinary Purview Focus Group 2013
• Overview or orientation to the profession
– Placement in textbooks
• Independent study course development
12. Conclusion
• Competitive within the profession
• Student as change agent
– Disciplinary Purview of EM Focus Group 2012
• Academics, practitioners, & students
• Set our destiny
13. Special Thanks
• Patti Buhl – NSU Public Safety
• Susan Perkins – Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
• John and Crystal Pennington – Advanced Academy Instructors
• Billy Golden – Oklahoma Highway Patrol
• Ed and Diana Soderstrom
15. References
• Boone, W. (2011). Bridging the CIP Capability Gaps. Homeland Security Review, 5(3),
297-319.
• Cwiak, C. (2015). Advancing Higher Education Efforts: 2015 FEMA Higher Education
Program Report. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/readinglist.aspx
• FEMA Emergency Management Institute. (n.d.). Independent Study Course List. Retrieved
from https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx?all=true
• FEMA Emergency Management Institute. (n.d.). The National Emergency Management
Basic Academy. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/empp/basic.aspx
• FEMA Higher Education Program Disciplinary Purview Focus Group. (2013). Scholarship
and Research to Ground the Emerging Discipline of Emergency Management. Retrieved
from https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/synergy_between training_and_ education_report -
508%20compliant.pdf
16. References (Continued)
• FEMA, Higher Education Program Focus Group (2012, September). Report of the
Disciplinary Purview of Emergency Management Focus Group. Retrieved from
https://training. fema.gov/hiedu/synergy_between_training_and_education_report-
508%20compliant.pdf
• FEMA Higher Education Program Training and Education Synergy. (n.d). Do 1 Thing:
Ways to Contribute to Emergency Management Training and Education Synergy.
Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/trainingeducatonandsynergy.aspx
• FEMA Higher Education Program Training and Education Synergy Focus Group.
(2014, April). Synergy between Training and Education: Advancing the Dialogue and
the Efforts. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/synergy_between
_training_and_ education_report -508%20compliant.pdf
• IMDb (2016). Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Retrieved
from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/quotes
17. References (Continued)
• International Association of Emergency Managers. (2015, March). CEM Brochure.
Retrieved from http://www.iaem.com/documents/CEM-Brochure-Mar2015.pdf
• Makuch, A. (2016). Education vs. Experience in Emergency Management: Winning
Undergraduate Division Essay. IAEM Bulletin, Pages 7-9.
• McEntire, D. (n.d.). I Feel Your Pain: How and why the Academic and Professional
Communities Must Work Together. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/
synergy_between_training_and_ education_report -508%20compliant.pdf
• Northeastern State University. (n.d.). D23: Innovate. Retrieved from
https://www.nsuok.edu/d23/Innovate.aspx
• Northeastern State University. (2015). Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Degree Sheet. Department of Criminal Justice.
18. References (Continued)
• Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. (2015, January). New Director
Training Requirements. Retrieved from https://www.ok.gov/OEM/Programs_&_
Services/Training _ Information/2009newdirector.html
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2015, September). National Preparedness
Goal (2nd ed.). U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
