DAVID H. HOOVER, PH.D.

Professor

 

The University of Akron                                                          Phone: 330-972-7789

Emergency Management &                                                     Pager:  330-873-7318

Fire Protection Technology                                          e-mail: dhoover@uakron.edu

Akron, Ohio 44325 - 4304                                                                                                                 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. Fire Administration, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1993.  Dissertation:                         "Preparing Fire Officers For Administrative Responsibilities."

 

M.S.  Technical Education, The University of Akron, 1986.                                                                     Specialization:  Supervision and Urban Studies 

 

B.S.  Technical Education, The University of Akron, 1982.

 Specialization:  Fire Protection

 

A.A.S. Fire Protection Technology, The University of Akron, 1979.

 

EMPLOYMENT       

 

The University of Akron, 1980 - Current

Professor of Emergency Management and Fire Protection

Co-Director, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy Research

Director, Training Center for Fire and Hazardous Materials

Program Director, Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management

Program Director, A.A.S. Fire Protection Technology

University Honors Program Advisor

Currently hold Ad Hoc Graduate Faculty Status

- Associate Professor and Program Director 1992-1999

- Assistant Professor and Program Director 1986-1992

- Instructor and Program Coordinator (full-time) 1983-1986

- Instructor and Program Coordinator (part-time) 1980-1983

 

Responsibilities:                 Administration of two degree programs, one training center and one research center with all attendant personnel, funding, and budgetary oversight responsibilities.

                                                                        Curriculum development, student advisement and career counseling and placement; faculty hiring and evaluation; program course scheduling.    

 

            Accomplishments:

* New Research Center:  Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy Research.   Established jointly between The University of Akron and the State of Ohio Emergency Management Agency on a three year continuing Memorandum of Understanding in September 2002.   The center is funded jointly between the two partners and the annual research agenda is determined cooperatively based on disasters and policy initiatives.

The focus is on the practice of emergency management and how it can be improved rather than on the disaster.

There is a strong policy focus so that the results of the research can be applied to improve practice.

Current projects include the After action report on Ohio tornados, November 10, 2002; change in community flood risk in Shadyside, Ohio, ten years after the flood; and the impact of flood mitigation applied in Amesville, Ohio.

 

* New degree program:  Bachelor of Science in Emergency Management

Five new courses were developed as totally new curriculum.

New degree program was instituted Summer I session, 1999.

National Accreditation from International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) awarded for the B.S. Emergency Management and the A.A.S. Fire Protection Technology April 2000.

 

* New degree program under development Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Medical Services.  Preliminary approval from the Ohio Board of Regents to plan for the new degree received in January 2001.

 

* Director, Training Center for Fire and Hazardous Materials: 1984 - Current.

The Center offers certified fire service training programs, hazardous materials response programs and, provides OSHA and EPA certified training programs for business and industry.  Currently offering Homeland Security Training for public and private safety and law enforcement entities.  It also offers students the opportunity to gain required certification to enhance career employment opportunities while maintaining separation between academic education and technical training.

 

Adjunct Faculty, National Fire Academy.  Emmitsburg, MD. August 1989 -1994.  Taught:  Course Design, Instructional Methodology and Organizational Theory In Practice.  Served on curriculum development team:  Executive Fire Officer Program.

 

Adjunct Faculty, Ohio Fire Academy.  March 1988 - 1993.

Taught courses on hazardous materials response preparedness.

 

            Assistant Fire Chief, Jackson Township Fire Department

Canton, Ohio.  1976 - 1983.  Supervised fire suppression, emergency medical service, firefighter training programs; organized a full-time fire prevention bureau; fire investigation; assisted the chief to develop a disaster program and pre-fire and emergency planning systems

 

Part-time Instructor, Fire Science Technology

Stark State College, 1977 - 1978.

 

 

Paid-on-call fire fighter/EMT - Jackson Township Fire Department -

Canton, Ohio.  1971-1976

 

Volunteer firefighter/EMT - Pennsylvania - 1961 - 1970.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

 

Fire Service Administration.  (Co-author with Nancy K. Grant)  Ouincy, MA:  National Fire Protection Association, March 1994.  Adopted as a textbook in a number of fire protection related programs in colleges and universities throughout the United States.

 

SARA Title III: Intent and Implementation of Hazardous Materials Regulations. (Co-author with Frank L. Fire and Nancy K. Grant)  New York:   Van Nostrand-Reinhold, October 1989.

 

Forthcoming

 

The Response to Terrorism in Shanksville on 9/11. Chapter in   Emergency Response Research on Terrorism - 9/11 (Tentative Title).  Boulder, Co:  Natural Hazards Center Publication.  Anticipated publication date - Spring 2003.

 

Articles and Reports

 

“Intergovernmental Cooperation in Action: The Response to The Crash of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania”  (co-author Nancy K. Grant) Pennsylvania Borough News.  July 2002.

 

“Terrorism in Shanksville: a Study in Preparedness and Response”  

(Co-Principle Investigator Nancy K. Grant and Research Associates:  Annemarie Scarisbrick-Hauser, and Stacy L. Muffet.) Quick Response Report #157.  Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 7/30/2002

 

“After-Action Report of the Medina Steam Engine Explosion”  (co-author Nancy K. Grant) July 2001.  Completed for the Medina County Emergency Management Agency and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency.

 

"Training Requirements for Hazardous Materials Responders."  Management of Chemical Disasters  Taiwan, Taipei: National Poison Center, VGH. November 1991, Vol. II, pp 29-48.

 

"Interagency and Intergovernmental Cooperation Requirements for Small Communities Under SARA Title III."  (co-author Nancy K. Grant)  New Directions in Public Administration Research.  October 1990.  pp 65-71.

 

"Statistics in Fire Service Administration" (co-author Nancy K. Grant)  Fire Engineering.  Vol. 143, No. 3.  March 1990.  pp 93-97.

 

Non-Refereed Journals and Proceedings

 

"Emergency Response Capability Analysis"  (co-author Nancy K. Grant) Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Hazardous Materials Management Conference/Central Tower Conference Management Co.  1991.  pp 969-978.

 

"On the Job in Ohio:  Shadyside" (co-author Nancy K. Grant) in Firehouse.  November 1990.  pp. 36-40.

 

"Working with Hazardous Materials: A Chance to Do It Right" (co-author Nancy K. Grant) in the Selected Preprints of the International Conference on Ergonomics, Occupational Safety, Health, and the Environment.  The Darling Downs Institute of Higher Education of Australia. October 1988.

 

 

FUNDED RESEARCH AND GRANTS

 

Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.  Rapid Response Grant. “Assessing the Impact of Mitigation Attempts” Awarded November 2002. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Nancy K. Grant)

 

Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado, Boulder.  Rapid Response Grant.  Awarded September 12, 2001 “Terrorism At Shanksville, Pennsylvania”. (Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Nancy K. Grant)

 

Urban University Program Grants:

 

1) Pre-School Awareness Program - Learn Not to Burn Train the Teacher project for teachers and teachers aides in the Summit County Head Start Program.  January-February 1997.

 

2) Urban Terrorism Symposium - Collaborative Statewide conference designed to provide the information infrastructure for the development of a statewide policy and action plan for terrorism preparedness and prevention for the state of Ohio.  May 1998.

 

A Comprehensive Environmental Technology Transfer Program.  Ohio Board of Regents. Awarded June 1994.

 

SELECTED PAPERS PRESENTED

 

“Is Your Business Prepared to Survive a Disaster?” Business and Industry Council on Emergency Planning and Preparedness.  Cleveland, Oh.  January 23, 2002.

 

“Alternative and Innovative Uses of Resources in the Shanksville Response and Short-Term Recovery of United 93 on 9/11” National Disaster Medical System 2002 Annual Conference.  Atlanta, GA.  April 2002.

 

“What’s Happening in Higher Education?  Student Needs and University Responses” 27th Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop.  Boulder, CO.  July 2002

 

“National Overview of Disasters” at Mass Disaster:  Managing Logistics, Managing Stress.  Critical Incident Stress Services Conference.  May 2002.

 

“Chief’s Seminar: Administrative Officer Development,” 22^nd Annual Fall School, Hanover County Fire Department and The Virginia Department of Fire Programs, Ashland, Va, October 7-8, 2000

 

“The Future: Higher Education and Emergency Management,” 1999 Annual Business Survival and Recovery Seminar, Contingency Planners of Ohio, Columbus, OH, October 26, 1999

 

“The 2+2+2+2+2 Emergency Management Education Solution at The University of Akron,” 2^nd International Emergency Planning and Emergency Readiness Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, October 14, 1999

 

“Stop The Madness,” 23^rd Inland Spills Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1999

 

“New Concepts of Duties and Performance Expectations in Emergency Management,” ASPA 59^th National Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 9, 1998

 

“A Paradigm for Maximizing Employee and Community Environmental Safety,“ May 1994, Academy of Business Administration Conference, London, England (Paper presented by colleague)

 

“Professional Education for Emergency Managers,” American Society for Public Administration, July 26, 1994, 55^th ASPA National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.