Teaching Disaster and Emergency Management The whole world has turned into a place where people encounter experiences with diverse forms of disaster. Most of the disasters are usually extremely complicated and strike unexpectedly in any region causing massive damages and loss of lives. The complexities accompanying the catastrophes require the existence of well-trained personnel oftentimes ready to deal with disasters as they occur before causing irreparable harm to people and property. In some regions, many people have lost lives and properties destroyed because of the slow response by the people dependable for handling the emergencies. This calls for the training of new and many people who provide quick and efficient response to the disasters whilst saving lives. Various regions and countries have taken up the initiative of training people expected to play a critical role in the management of disasters. There has been an argument whether teachers handling disaster management programs need to have practical field experiences coupled with their academic qualifications...

Evidently, many graduates from colleges have had many problems fitting in the emergency response systems of various departments because of the poor training they receive. Tutors majorly focusing on the theoretical aspects of disaster management arising from the lack of any practical skills normally teach such graduates (Alexander, 2000). For the better training of students, teachers should have an extraordinarily strong practical experience about the issue at hand.
The justification for the required experience gives all people the capacity to handle and mitigate the occurrence of disasters in all possible ways. Through this, they encounter the real disasters and respond to them amicably. This will help them in understanding the real response infrastructures, plans, and works that are available in the various emergency response centers. This…