How do they match: Emergency Management Directors

  • Change Management Specialist
  • Disaster Recovery Specialist
  • Emergency Management Specialist
  • Emergency Preparedness Program Specialist
  • Emergency Response Specialist
  • Fire Management Specialist
  • Homeland Security Program Specialist
  • Management Specialist
  • Mitigation Specialist
  • Program Management Specialist

  • Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.

  • Attend meetings, conferences, and workshops related to emergency management to learn new information and to develop working relationships with other emergency management specialists.
  • Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
  • Develop and implement training procedures and strategies for radiological protection, detection, and decontamination.
  • Prepare plans that outline operating procedures to be used in response to disasters or emergencies, such as hurricanes, nuclear accidents, and terrorist attacks, and in recovery from these events.
  • Propose alteration of emergency response procedures, based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations.

  • Communicate organizational policies and procedures.
  • Coordinate special events or programs.
  • Develop emergency response plans or procedures.
  • Develop safety standards, policies, or procedures.