• The Role of the County Emergency Manager in Disaster Mitigation 

  Savitt, Amanda (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Scholarship on disasters in the United States would suggest that emergency managers should play a role in hazard mitigation. Yet, little empirical research has investigated precisely what role or roles emergency managers ...

• Organizational Characteristics of A Disaster Call Center ;\ Study of Information Management 

  Khatchadourian, Marc Adrian (North Dakota State University, 2011)

  This study examines how information was managed in a call center during the response to a major flood event on the Red River in the upper Midwest. The event affected the cities of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, ...

• Pursuit and Achievement of Emergency Management Program Accreditation 

  Ferreira, Marcelo (North Dakota State University, 2022)

  While accreditation of emergency management programs has been available for more than two decades, very few emergency management programs are accredited, particularly at the local level. This study examined what may ...

• The Quality of Mitigation Plans in Large Jurisdictions in the Upper Midwest 

  Bhandari, Aastha Singh (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  This study sought to evaluate the plan quality of Hazard Mitigation plans of 30 larger jurisdictions counties in the upper Mid-West. Better plans serve as better guidance for communities to choose better actions and inflict ...

• The Role of the County Emergency Manager in Disaster Mitigation 

  Savitt, Amanda Miller (North Dakota State University, 2020)

  Scholarship on disasters in the United States would suggest that emergency managers should play a role in hazard mitigation. Yet, little empirical research has investigated precisely what role or roles emergency managers ...

• Case Study of the Gold King Mine Spill 

  Black, Erica Elizabeth (North Dakota State University, 2018)

  The Gold King Mine spill happened on August 5, 2015 near Silverton, Colorado when the abandoned mine was damaged during maintenance. This single, holistic exploratory case study uses document review and analysis to answer ...

• Avoiding the Windshield Wiper Effect: A Survey of Operational Meteorologists on the Uncertainty in Hurricane Track Forecasts and Communication 

  Hyde, James Tupper (North Dakota State University, 2017)

  The first line of defense for the threat of an oncoming hurricane are meteorologists. From their guidance, warnings are drafted and evacuation plans are made ready. This study explores uncertainty that operational ...

• Social Capital and Preparedness: Key Concepts and Recommendations for Emergency Managers 

  Burkhardt, Vincent Paolino (North Dakota State University, 2018)

  This paper reviews and synthesizes the research surrounding social capital and its implications and applications for disaster preparedness and response. The purpose of this effort is to focus and synthesize the many ways ...

• Red River Flooding in Fargo: Organizational Learning Through Repeated Events 

  Thompson, Steven Andrew (North Dakota State University, 2016)

  This research is a case study of the spring flooding from the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota. The 1997 record flood level broke a long standing record. However, in the last 7 years there have been three additional major ...

• Are We Just Guessing? An Exploratory Study of Minnesota Emergency Managers' Perceptions of Citizen Preparedness 

  Koval, Breanna Colette (North Dakota State University, 2015)

  Emergency management research suggests that citizen preparedness is paramount to household survival in disasters. Thus, having a citizenry that is well prepared is ideal for individuals who work directly in emergency ...

• An Evaluation of the Protective Action Decision Model using Data from a Train Derailment in Casselton, North Dakota 

  Savitt, Amanda (North Dakota State University, 2015)

  This study was designed to answer the questions: a) What factors affected peoples' decision to evacuate or not evacuate after a train derailment and explosion in Casselton, ND; and b) What factors affected the amount of ...

• An Exploration of the Creation and Maintenance of Local Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster 

  Jorissen, James Daniel (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  This study sought to explore the factors that influence the creation and maintenance of Local Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (LVOADs). Semistructured interviews were conducted and data was analyzed following ...

• Factors Explaining the Risk Perception of County Emergency Managers 

  Huibregtse, Jared Jon (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  This thesis attempted to explore how county emergency managers understand the risks most likely to manifest in their jurisdiction using an internet survey. This study addressed the following research questions: 1) What ...

• A Conceptual Model of the Individual and Household Recovery Process: Examining Hurricane Sandy 

  Gould, Laura Ann (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  This study examined how comprehensively the Bolin and Trainer (1978) model of recovery reflects the recovery process of individuals and households. A review of the literature since 1978 suggested that various revisions and ...

• A Comparative Study of Nuclear Power Risk Perceptions with Selected Technological Hazards 

  Duff, David Edwin (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  How people perceive risk or threats is important to many disciplines that seek to assist policy makers in developing policies, regulations and laws. Using the previous work of Slovic et al. (Fischhoff, Slovic, Lichtenstein, ...

• Formation and Lifespans of Emergent Recovery Groups in Post-Katrina New Orleans 

  Montano, Samantha Lea (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, numerous groups emerged to address recovery related needs in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. The phenomenon of emergent groups is widely noted in the disaster literature, but there ...

• Pre-Disaster Integration of Community Emergency Response Teams within Local Emergency Management Systems 

  Carr, John Alexander (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  This study explores how Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) were integrated within local emergency management systems pre-disaster. Semi-structured interviews were conducted following Rubin and Rubin’s (2005) ...

• Jurisdictional Leaders' Perception of Factors that Contribute to Hazard Mitigation Planning 

  Abe, Daiko Nephi (North Dakota State University, 2014)

  Recent disasters have demonstrated the importance of mitigating their potential impact to not only protect human lives, but to also reduce the seemingly unending cycle of repeated damages. The Disaster Mitigation Act of ...

• Coordination in Disaster Recovery: Implications for Policy and Practice 

  Bundy, Sarah Jo (North Dakota State University, 2013)

  Disaster scholarship and recent disaster policy in the United States have suggested that coordination of efforts in the disaster recovery process will allow impacted jurisdictions to maximize positive recovery outcomes. ...

• Local Nonprofit and Government Organization Conceptualizations of Disaster Response Effectiveness 

  Borkosheva, Nazgul (North Dakota State University, 2013)

  This study attempted to explore how nonprofit and government organizations conceptualize disaster response effectiveness using an internet survey. Unfortunately, the data collected through this method was insufficient for ...

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