This study examined the strategic planning practices of county-level emergency management agencies (EMAs), with a specific focus on strategic planning adoption and its relationship to local program quality. The study utilized a descriptive, cross-sectional survey design to collect planning- and program-related data from more than 300 county-level EMAs across the United States. The study findings revealed that most of the county EMAs included in the final sample had previously engaged in strategic planning activities, with nearly all of them continuing to use strategic planning as part of their general management practice. The study findings further revealed that strategic planning had a direct and significant impact on the overall quality of local emergency management programs, and that the strategic planning EMAs had significantly higher mean quality scores across all program dimensions when compared to the non-strategic planning EMAs.
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- Research Articles
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedStrategic Planning in Emergency Management: Evaluating the Impacts on Local Program QualityLicensedJuly 1, 2020
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Publicly AvailableRepresentative Bureaucracy in Emergency Management: Attitudes About Contemporary Emergency Management Policy and Politics in Local AgenciesSeptember 14, 2020
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedMore Monitoring, Less Coordination: Twitter and Facebook Use between Emergency Management AgenciesLicensedSeptember 21, 2020
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedFirst Responders’ and Librarians’ Intention to Use Web-Based Resources for Response Information During Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Terrorism EventsLicensedJune 30, 2020
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedA Decision Methodology for Determining Suitable Post-Disaster Accommodations: Reconsidering Effective Indicators for Decision-making ProcessesLicensedAugust 18, 2020
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedComparing Actions and Lessons Learned in Transportation and Logistics Efforts for Emergency Response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane HarveyLicensedSeptember 23, 2020
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Open AccessEvaluation of Basic Trainings for Rescue ForcesAugust 20, 2020
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedGeospatial Analysis in Responding to a Nuclear Detonation Scenario in NYC: The Gotham Shield ExerciseLicensedAugust 31, 2020
- Opinion
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Requires Authentication UnlicensedBridging Gaps in the Development of CBRN Defense Technologies Through Multi-Sectorial Collaboration–A Call for ActionLicensedSeptember 7, 2020