How Leadership Impacts FEMA’s Whole Community Approach during Emergency Management’s Preparedness

Abstract

Disasters stipulate unfortunate remembrances of susceptibilities within society. Disasters often suddenly affect communities and result in the untimely loss of functions and social systems. Therefore, formulating preparedness policies and awareness of uncertainty is essential when addressing emergency management. The success of the emergency management approach within the community often relies on the leadership structure imposed. Leadership also helps to promote emergency management practices and provide new reserves to support emergency preparedness and funds for sustainability and resilience. This study concentrates on the whole community principle in handling disasters and emergencies. The whole community management strategy further maps preparedness-related capacities and community engagement in disaster control. Partnership with participants across the entire society program and efficient community management can result in significant disaster preparedness and response. The research will constitute a quantitative methodology, specifically, a survey on members of the Safeguard Iowa Partnership (SIP), an emergency management firm, on the organization's whole community emergency leadership strategy. The Whole Community leadership model in emergency management proved its effectiveness through the survey conducted in SIP. Data will also be collected using the Organizational Leadership Evaluation Survey (OLA) from all the SIP members from various economic sectors. The OLA has six features that help gauge the organization's leadership strength. The quantitative methodology suggested an association between the perceived essence of Whole Community management and the perceived efficiency of FEMA's role in the emergency management preparedness process.

Communication, Leadership, and Organizational Skills in Emergency Response

“…Since the Second World War, emergency administration has concentrated mainly on emergency preparedness (Shawe & McAndrew, 2023). Initially, this constituted planning and getting ready for an unexpected enemy assault; however, other stages of emergency management exist, such as alleviation, preparation, counteraction, and healing (Shawe & McAndrew, 2023). Moreover, contemporary researchers distinguish specific aspects vital in ensuring the efficiency of the response.…”