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There are 100 States, Not 50

When it comes to emergency management there are differences in size.

Every state in the union really operates with two different types of emergency management organizations.  There are the urban areas and there are the more rural parts of the state.  Same mission, same responsibilities, but different capabilities and techniques used to be successful.

See my Disaster Zone column from the new edition of the Summer Emergency Management magazine that just hit the streets in print, When it Comes to Emergency Management There Are 100 States, Not 50 

Anyone care to comment?  A different opinion?

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.