Reputation and Federal Emergency Preparedness Agencies, 1948
Reputation and Federal Emergency Preparedness Agencies, 1948
Reputation and Federal Emergency Preparedness Agencies, 1948
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Figure 5.<br />
Major professional emergency management associations <strong>and</strong> their founding dates<br />
National Fire Protection Association (1896-)<br />
National <strong>Emergency</strong> Management Association (1974-)<br />
(NEMA began as a civil defense organization, but gradually devoted itself to natural hazards<br />
<strong>and</strong> reduced its role in civil defense)<br />
International Association of <strong>Emergency</strong> Managers<br />
Began as U.S. Civil Defense Council (1952-1983). Then became the National Coordinating<br />
Council on <strong>Emergency</strong> Management in 1983. Then renamed the International Association of<br />
<strong>Emergency</strong> Managers in 1998<br />
The American Civil Defense Association (1962-)<br />
Has refashioned itself as a homel<strong>and</strong> security <strong>and</strong> counterterrorism defense association<br />
American Strategic Defense Association (1970-)<br />
Natural Hazards Center (1976-)<br />
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (1979-)<br />
<strong>Reputation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Federal</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Preparedness</strong> <strong>Agencies</strong>, <strong>1948</strong>-2003 35
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