The devastating effects of large scale and complex disasters and emergencies--hurricanes, pandemics, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, civil unrest, and terrorism—has made the nation keenly aware of the need to prepare for emergencies of all types, both natural and human-caused. 

Since 9/11, the nation's public safety organizations have been struggling to create the systems and coordination methods to address rapid policy and program changes, process billions in federal funding, design prioritized approaches to public safety, and to engage with the public and interdisciplinary stakeholders in an orderly and effective way.

This talk will outline the critical need for the public safety profession to develop and institutionalize collaborative concepts for emergency management and homeland security programs and policies.