{"id":5220,"date":"2016-10-27T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T16:51:30","slug":"how-public-service-professionals-respond-to-an-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/how-public-service-professionals-respond-to-an-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"When Disaster Strikes, the World Depends on Public Service Professionals [visual]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public service is a diverse field. It encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including criminal justice, emergency management, social work, public administration, and human services. Public service professionals work in government, as well as nonprofits, and sometimes, of course, politics.<\/p>\n<p>But while the application of public service principles takes many forms, the core value that informs it is a commitment to civic values, says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/faculty\/bio\/dr-micheal-kemp\/1225933\/\">Micheal Kemp<\/a>, PhD, faculty chair within the School of Public Service Leadership at Capella University. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot about giving back to the community,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>People in public service often make \u201ctremendous sacrifices\u201d in order to help others, Kemp says. That\u2019s particularly true when disaster strikes and public service employees are called upon to work long hours and endure considerable stress. But being part of the team that gets a community through a crisis can also be incredibly rewarding, Kemp observes.<\/p>\n<p>Following is a look at all the public service professionals who get involved in the early stages of an emergency\u2014in this scenario, a plane crash. Though their specialties range from fire-fighting to aeronautics to child psychology, the people who fill these roles are united by their passion to deliver assistance, justice, and even basic necessities like food and clean water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to do something meaningful with your life, this is a field you should consider,\u201d Kemp says. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely fulfilling\u2014in that you know that everything you do is going to have an impact on somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5221\" src=\"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/public-service-crisis-infographic_d2.jpg\" alt=\"public-service-crisis-infographic_d2\" width=\"660\" height=\"1716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/public-service-crisis-infographic_d2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/public-service-crisis-infographic_d2-115x300.jpg 115w, https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2016\/10\/public-service-crisis-infographic_d2-177x460.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 660px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Learn more about Capella\u2019s public service offerings: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-criminal-justice-degrees\/\"><em>criminal justice degree<\/em><\/a><em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-criminal-justice-degrees\/\">emergency management degree<\/a>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-human-services-degrees\/\"><em>human services degree<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-public-administration-degrees\/\"><em>public administration degree<\/em><\/a><em>, and <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-social-work-degrees\/\"><em>social work degree<\/em><\/a><em> programs.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><em>See graduation rates, median student debt, and other information at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/capellaresults.org\/outcomes.asp\"><em>Capella Results<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes a wide range of public service professionals to respond to a crisis. From law enforcement to case managers, here\u2019s a look at who\u2019s on the scene in the first 24 hours after an urban plane crash. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[316,320],"tags":[317,318,327],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5248,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions\/5248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}