Comments on: MCNY Presentation - The Titanic Remembered http://www.metropolitan.edu/disastercentral/index.php/events/mcny-presentation-the-titanic-remembered.php Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY)'s Emergency and Disaster Management Blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David Longshore http://www.metropolitan.edu/disastercentral/index.php/events/mcny-presentation-the-titanic-remembered.php#comment-2196 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:18:15 +0000 http://www.metropolitan.edu/disastercentral/index.php/events/mcny-presentation-the-titanic-remembered.php#comment-2196 Hi Mary, The most important qualification for any would-be emergency manager is a desire to save lives through saving systems. You're 100% correct when you stress the importance of education in emergency management and homeland security - not simply in terms of learning, but in terms of transforming the social paradigm which holds that only a government agency or organization can effectively serve the emergency management community. EM's exist at all levels of government and society to prepare for, respond to, and assist in recovering from, emergency situations. But at the heart of this equation lies the human being, the families and businesses that can be negatively impacted by emergency situations. Our MPA program in Emergency Management and Homeland Security seeks to provide a venue by which all people can gain experience and qualifications in EM through education - then, in turn, take that gained knowledge back to their organizations, their companies, their communities, and their families in an effort to close any gaps in our collective knowledge. Through doing so, EM can become better ritualized, become a more accepted participant in the educational matrix, and hopefully (when disaster does strike) a system by which everyone can be educated on how to be better prepared. Please email me at dlongshore@metropolitan.edu I'd like to set up a telephone call or a meeting to discuss with you in greater detail how you can take your valuable professional and life experience, and transform that into a new mission area for your life. Thanks again, Mary. Keep prepared. Keep safe. Professor Longshore Hi Mary,

The most important qualification for any would-be emergency manager is a desire to save lives through saving systems. You’re 100% correct when you stress the importance of education in emergency management and homeland security - not simply in terms of learning, but in terms of transforming the social paradigm which holds that only a government agency or organization can effectively serve the emergency management community. EM’s exist at all levels of government and society to prepare for, respond to, and assist in recovering from, emergency situations. But at the heart of this equation lies the human being, the families and businesses that can be negatively impacted by emergency situations. Our MPA program in Emergency Management and Homeland Security seeks to provide a venue by which all people can gain experience and qualifications in EM through education - then, in turn, take that gained knowledge back to their organizations, their companies, their communities, and their families in an effort to close any gaps in our collective knowledge. Through doing so, EM can become better ritualized, become a more accepted participant in the educational matrix, and hopefully (when disaster does strike) a system by which everyone can be educated on how to be better prepared.

Please email me at dlongshore@metropolitan.edu I’d like to set up a telephone call or a meeting to discuss with you in greater detail how you can take your valuable professional and life experience, and transform that into a new mission area for your life.

Thanks again, Mary. Keep prepared. Keep safe.

Professor Longshore

]]> by: mary williams http://www.metropolitan.edu/disastercentral/index.php/events/mcny-presentation-the-titanic-remembered.php#comment-2052 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:04:46 +0000 http://www.metropolitan.edu/disastercentral/index.php/events/mcny-presentation-the-titanic-remembered.php#comment-2052 I am very interested in disaster and emergency management. I do not have a bachelor's degree, but I have been a Registered Nurse since 1974. I have wanted to become involved in disaster relief, and my plan has been to pursue that interest when I retired, which is now going to happen in a few months. I have worked in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation since 1985.To me, Rehab is the guts of nursing;you have to deal with every disability, every medical emergency, and you must be coherent in every situation. I am very pragmatic and my colleagues believe me to be an excellent problem solver. So, my questions are, what course should I pursue to gain the fastest acceptance into a program such as yours, and are any of your classes the kind that I could enroll in without prior study? I feel that I am very well positioned to make a difference in this field, and I will be grateful to receive your assessment. I just want to leave one more comment before I log off. I think emergency management is a subject that should be taught now starting in middle school or before. Call it personal security to national security, with an emphasis on recognizing signs of eminent breaches of safety. I think it should become a required course for college freshmen. It can't be something that only people in security or law enforcement learn, because more and more our lives are depending on us being pro-active in prevention. Thanks again, Mary Williams I am very interested in disaster and emergency management. I do not have a bachelor’s degree, but I have been a Registered Nurse since 1974. I have wanted to become involved in disaster relief, and my plan has been to pursue that interest when I retired, which is now going to happen in a few months. I have worked in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation since 1985.To me, Rehab is the guts of nursing;you have to deal with every disability, every medical emergency, and you must be coherent in every situation. I am very pragmatic and my colleagues believe me to be an excellent problem solver. So, my questions are, what course should I pursue to gain the fastest acceptance into a program such as yours, and are any of your classes the kind that I could enroll in without prior study? I feel that I am very well positioned to make a difference in this field, and I will be grateful to receive your assessment.
I just want to leave one more comment before I log off. I think emergency management is a subject that should be taught now starting in middle school or before. Call it personal security to national security, with an emphasis on recognizing signs of eminent breaches of safety. I think it should become a required course for college freshmen. It can’t be something that only people in security or law enforcement learn, because more and more our lives are depending on us being pro-active in prevention. Thanks again, Mary Williams

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