Emergency Management History and Trends

Looking at the past and present state of this important field

Did you know that the first federal emergency management effort was in 1803? Or that losses owing to natural hazards totals more than $1B every week? This collection of historic facts and information about modern trends in emergency management from Emergency-Management-Degree.org will educate you in a hurry.
history of emergency management infographic

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For more resources, see the Free Management Library topic: Crisis Management
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[Jonathan Bernstein is president of Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc., an international crisis management consultancy, author of Manager’s Guide to Crisis Management and Keeping the Wolves at Bay – Media Training. Erik Bernstein is vice president for the firm, and also editor of its newsletter, Crisis Manager]