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

  • 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 instructional materials for the public and make presentations to citizens' groups to provide information on emergency plans and their implementation processes.
  • Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, response efforts, or plan implementation.
  • Keep informed of federal, state, and local regulations affecting emergency plans, and ensure that plans adhere to those regulations.
  • Study emergency plans used elsewhere to gather information for plan development.

  • Coordinate special events or programs.
  • Present information to the public.