BLUEPRINT FOR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: A TEXT FOR MANAGING
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
by Patrick ‘Rick' LaValla and Robert Skip' Stoffel

"Individuals do not respond to large emergencies and disaster . . . the entire community
does! Everyone gets involved. In this publication, all the basic tenets of community
emergency preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery are presented and examined.
Content is based on findings from Disaster Research. This is also the text that is used in the
40-hour course that is sweeping the country."

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CONTENTS

Preface
Emergency Management: A Brief History
1. Philosophy and Concepts of Emergency Management
2. Blueprint for Community Emergency Management
A Design for CEM: The Tennessee Experience
3. The Emergency Manager: The Job and Responsibilities
4. Designing a Local Emergency Management Committee
5. Emergency Management Program Review
6. Lessons Learned from the Disaster Research
7. Case Study: What Really Happens?
8. Professionalism in Emergency Management
9. Hazard Analysis
10. Hazard Mitigation
11. Legal Issues in Emergency Management
12. Disaster Planning: The Process and the Document
13. Creating Interagency Cooperation and Coordination
14. Disaster Resources
15. Exercise Design
16. External Influences
17. Emergency Preparedness Education
18. Direction and Control Organization
19. Communications and Warning
20. Technology in Emergency Management
21. On-Scene Management (Managing Field Operations)
22. Emergency Operations Center Management
23. Evacuation
24. Psychological Problems in Emergency Management
25. Disaster Assistance and Recovery
26. Demobilization
27. Post Disaster Activities
28. Advice from the Researchers
29. Class Exercises, Problems
30. References

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1991, 406 pages Order #DR-240.
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