1. Issues in Disaster Science and Management A Critical Dialogue Between Scientists and Emergency Managers

2. Goals of the Project To bridge the gap between practitioners and scientists that focus on disasters To describe what each set of stakeholders “knows” about key issues in emergency management To facilitate an exchange of ideas and strengthen the emergency management system

3. Process Step 1: Practitioner summarizes state of practice of a topic area ▫Conventions ▫Federal policies and/or industry standards ▫Impressions of the patterns and variations across the country ▫Trends and future directions ▫Outstanding questions that research may be able to answer

4. Process Step 2: Academic summarizes the body of research ▫Major and minor theoretical approaches ▫Review of empirical research findings ▫Discussion of patterns and variations in conclusions ▫Trends and directions ▫Recommendations for integrating findings into practice

5. Process Step 3: Reactions and Synthesis ▫Preferred Approach – contributors identify  Where agreement exists  Where conflict exists  Approaches to integration  Unanswered questions ▫Contingency Approach  Editors will draft the section

6. Process Step 4: Peer Review ▫By both editors (one academic and one practitioner) ▫By two external reviewers (one academic and one practitioner) Step 5: Revisions by contributors Step 6: Development of teaching aids

7. Contributor Recruitment Open call with targeted outreach to recognized experts ▫Practitioners  IAEM listserv  State EM associations ▫Academics  Natural Hazards Center Listserv  FEMA in Higher Education listserv  IRCD  Associations

8. Proposed Organization Introduction The Great Divide: Insights on the Research and Practice Divide Politics and Disasters Vulnerability and Resilience to Disasters Special Needs and Inequality: Thinking about the Forgotten

9. Organization Evaluating and Acting on Risks Deciding on and Paying for Mitigation Individual Preparedness Community Preparedness The Creation and Maintenance of Plans and Policies

10. Organization Planning and Improvisation During Disasters Reflections on NIMS Issues and Opportunities in the Integration of Volunteers and Non-Profits Alert, Warning, and Notification Systems Evacuation and Evacuation Behavior

11. Organization Media and Disasters Learning from Doing: After Action Reporting, Exercises, and Evaluation Recovery Conclusion: Will focus on themes across the chapters and on steps to further bridge the divide.

12. Timeline Recruit contributors: June 2011 – October 2011 Draft summaries: August 2011 – January 2012 Editor review: September 2011 – February 2012 Draft reactions: October 2011 – April 2012 Reaction and Synthesis: November 2011 – August 2012 Peer review and editorial comments: February 2011 – December 2012 Finalize the manuscript: By April 2013