Building an Emergency Response Competency System: Optimizing Emergency Personnel Mobilization

Humphress Rick
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Humphress Rick: Walden University

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2007, vol. 4, issue 3, 17

Abstract: This paper describes the previous attempts at improving the competency levels of first responders, problems with these approaches, and a suggested new approach that focuses on establishing a national emergency response competency system. The analysis focuses on how to derive an improved set of competencies that meet the needs of all stakeholders. It discusses the issue of how to create taxonomies for competencies and their aggregation into clusters, tasks, and roles. It explores the vital linkages between position classification, learning, and performance evaluation. It recommends an approach to performance indexing or scorecarding for ongoing management.

Keywords: competencies; first responders; homeland security; emergency management; FEMA; human resources management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1370

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