How do they match: Emergency Management Directors

  • 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.

  • Apply for federal funding for emergency-management-related needs, and administer and report on the progress of such grants.
  • Propose alteration of emergency response procedures, based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations.
  • Provide communities with assistance in applying for federal funding for emergency management facilities, radiological instrumentation, and related items.

  • Prepare proposals or grant applications to obtain project funding.