Disaster Response and Recovery
Strategies and Tactics for Resilience
Third Edition
David A. McEntire, PhD
Professor
Department of Emergency Services
Associate Director
Center for National Security Studies
Utah Valley University
This edition first published 2022
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About the Author
David A. McEntire
Dr. David A. McEntire is a professor teaching Emergency Management, Homeland Security and National Security courses in the Emergency Services and Criminal Justice Departments at Utah Valley University. He is an Associate Director for the Center for National Security Studies.
Dr. McEntire attended the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. While pursuing his degree, he worked for the International and Emergency Services Departments at the American Red Cross in Colorado. His dissertation explored disasters in developing countries and made recommendations for disaster policy in the mid‐1990s.
Prior to his arrival at UVU, Dr. McEntire was a professor at the nation’s first degree program in Emergency Management ‐ the Emergency Administration and Planning Program (EADP) at the University of North Texas (UNT). During his tenure at UNT he served as the Coordinator for the undergraduate and PhD programs, as the Associate Dean in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, and as the Director of Summer Session for the university. He has also taught as an adjunct for Florida Atlantic University, Jacksonville State University, and California State University Long Beach.
Dr. McEntire’s academic interests include emergency management theory, international disasters, community preparedness, response coordination and vulnerability reduction. He has received several grants—funded by the Natural Hazards Center, the National Science Foundation, and other sources—that allowed him to conduct research in Australia, California, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, New York, New Zealand, Peru, Texas and Utah.
Dr. McEntire is the author or editor of several books including Introduction to Homeland Security (Wiley), Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management (Charles C. Thomas), and Comparative Emergency Management (FEMA). He has published more than 120 articles and his research has appeared in multiple encyclopedias, Public Administration Review, the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Disasters, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Sustainable Communities Review, International Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Towson Journal of International Affairs, Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, and the Journal of International and Public Affairs. His articles in Disaster Prevention and Management received Highly Commended and Outstanding Paper awards.
Dr. McEntire completed an instructor guide on disaster response operations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He has also published chapters in the Handbook of Disaster Research (Springer), the Handbook of Disaster Management (CRC Press), Emergency Management: Principles and Practices for Local Government (ICMA), Critical Issues in Homeland Security (Westview Press),