The Role of County Emergency Managers in Disaster Recovery
By
Mariama Yakubu
Brian Thomas
Sarah Bundy
Jessica Jensen
The Role of the County Emergency Manager in Disaster Recovery
Presented by: Sarah Bundy
Based on research by: Jessica Jensen, Sarah Bundy, Brian Thomas, and Mariama Yakubu
FEMA Higher Education Conference, June 4-7, 2012
Research Motivations Comprehensive Emergency Management (CEM)
Approach National Governor’s Association (1979) Principles of Emergency Management (2007)
Historic Preparedness and Response Bias Practice Research
Literature Review Definition and goals of recovery
Tasks in recovery Short-term Long-term
Recovery context
Emergency manager role
Methodology Purposive and convenience sampling
Semi-structured telephone interviews
54 county emergency managers
11 states represented
Two stepped coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1998) Open coding Axial coding
Findings Unclear, minimal recovery roles
Generic terms Support role Limited involvement
Possible explanations Discounted explanations Ambiguity of definitions Local expectations and dependence Navigating FEMA Importance of response
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