Norman E. Groner developed and maintains this professional web site. He is a research psychologist and independent consultant with 20 years of experience applying organizational and human factors analyses to emergency planning problems. In 2003, he recently joined the faculty of the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. This site provides information on Dr. Groner's areas of research that fall outside of the scope of traditional fire safety and emergency planning fields. Much of this information is unavailable elsewhere.