North Dakota State University Department of Emergency Management
- Slides: 86
North Dakota State University Department of Emergency Management Department 2351 P. O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108 -6050 (701) 231 -5595 A Preview of What Emergency Management Students Study at NDSU
There has been a long history of events labeled emergency, disaster, or catastrophe throughout human history…
These events stay in our collective memory for a variety of reasons including:
The numbers of lives lost
What people believed caused the incident;
The stories, poems, paintings, and songs that are passed down from generation to generation; and,
The significant changes that came about after the events.
In fact, these events, in many cases, were responsible for significant social, cultural, and political change including (among many others):
The RISE and FALL of Empires;
The Destruction of Civilizations;
Shifts in Cultural Beliefs;
Political Revolutions;
Technological Revolutions;
Scientific Advances; and,
Huge Migrations of People.
Just a few of the historical events that standout are…
The Flood and Noah’s Ark
The Biblical Plagues
Sodom and Gomorrah
The Sinking of Atlantis
Pompeii
Rome Burning
Lisbon Earthquake
Humans often perceived these events to have been
Brought on by God’s wrath;
As Inevitable;
As Unstoppable; and,
As a Chance to Start Over.
In modern times, large scale events occur seemingly every day. . .
The large scale events have more and more consequences and costs associated with them…
And there are many more types of large scale events…
We have large scale events triggered by “natural” mechanisms that are similar to those experienced in ancient times such as…
Wildfires
Volcanic Eruptions
Blizzards
Landslides
Tsunamis
Avalanches
Hurricanes
Earthquakes
Famines
Pandemics (i. e. Avian Flu)
Tornados
Floods
Ship Wrecks
In modern times, we also see events triggered by
Technology
Development Patterns
Globalization
Infrastructure
And other Mechanisms that did not Necessarily exist in Ancient Times.
Industrial Fires
Plane Crashes
Building Collapses
Traffic Accidents
Apartment Fires
Train Wrecks
Oil Spills
Terrorism
Hazardous Materials Accidents
Increasingly humans believe that large scale events
Are Caused by Humans Interaction with their Environment;
Are NOT Inevitable;
Are NOT Unstoppable;
Can be labeled variously as emergencies, disasters, catastrophes, or complex humanitarian crises;
And, that while starting over would be ideal it is often not possible.
We now see decreasing numbers of deaths related to large scale events.
We see increasing costs and consequences of large scale events.
Emergency Management was developed as both an academic discipline and profession to help address the increasing costs and consequences of events.
The academic discipline of emergency management studies how human beings create, interact, and cope with hazards, vulnerability, and associated events.
The academic disciplines serves the profession of emergency management.
The profession is charged with protecting "communities by coordinating and integrating all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other manmade disasters" according to the Principles of Emergency Management (2007).
Emergency management professionals work in agencies and organizations in the private and nongovernmental sectors and government.
Think you might want to get a degree in Emergency Management?
Here’s what you will study…
Students in emergency management learn about WHY has there been shift in beliefs, structures, types, and impacts associated with emergencies, disasters, and catastrophes, as well as the beliefs, structures, types, and impacts associated with these events in the UNITED STATES today.
Students learn about why the United States’ experience emergencies, disasters, and catastrophes
how we do,
when we do,
and to the extent we do, and
Most importantly, students learn how we can
Decrease the frequency of emergencies, disasters and catastrophes;
Decrease the impacts and needs generated as a result of these events when they do occur;
And, Cope with these events effectively and efficiently.
Interested in learning more about the Emergency Management degree programs offered at NDSU?
Contact Us: North Dakota State University Department of Emergency Management Department 2351 P. O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108 -6050 (701) 231 -559 www. ndsu. edu/emgt
- South dakota state symbols
- The garden state nickname
- South dakota state university
- What is harmful dysfunction
- Example of proposition in math
- South dakota league of cities
- Psychology texas state
- Jackson state university finance department
- Michigan state physics
- North carolina state university
- Tulane emergency management
- Emergency department nursing orientation manual
- Urgent care centre whittington
- Northwick park emergency department
- Sfgh emergency department
- Dutch north sea emergency medicine conference
- Ekurhuleni north district exam papers grade 4
- North palm beach police department
- Public works north west
- North vancouver city fire department
- North central district health department ct
- True north vs magnetic north
- North east and north cumbria integrated care system
- Lesson quiz 14-1 north and south
- The north pole ____ a latitude of 90 degrees north
- University of arizona emergency medicine
- State of texas emergency assistance registry
- State of emergency declared south africa
- South dakota temporary plates
- South dakota municipal league
- Bowdle south dakota tornado
- Embassy suites south dakota
- Dakotaindianer
- South dakota perinatal association
- South dakota trust situs
- Sdica
- Northwest south dakota
- Skills usa south dakota
- Linda lewis south dakota
- Department of law university of jammu
- Department of geology university of dhaka
- Mechanicistic
- University of bridgeport it department
- Isabel darcy
- Department of physics university of tokyo
- Department of information engineering university of padova
- Information engineering padova
- Manipal university chemistry department
- Syracuse university pool
- Columbia university department of computer science
- Columbia university cs department
- University of sargodha engineering department
- Claudia arrighi
- Claire dees
- Unc chapel hill cs
- Washington state department of social and health services
- Nevada department of business and industry
- State of nevada department of business and industry
- State of florida department of juvenile justice
- State of alabama department of finance
- New york state department of transportation
- The state department us for
- Oklahoma 3rd grade math standards
- Penn state meteorology jobs
- State of nevada department of business and industry
- North carolina's state motto
- North carolina state flower and bird
- North carolina toast
- North central state college jobs
- Chapter 13: north carolina state government
- What is sems
- Emergency management of maxillofacial trauma
- Hennepin county emergency management
- Emergency management
- Walmart crisis management plan
- Story county emergency management
- Raptor reunification
- Emergency management institute
- Emergency management institute
- Emergency management institute
- Emergency management ucf
- Raptor emergency management
- Emergency management
- Canadian emergency management college
- Ims emergency management
- Fgcu emergency management
- Principles of emergency management