How do they match: Emergency Management Directors

  • Public Safety Director

  • Apply for federal funding for emergency-management-related needs, and administer and report on the progress of such grants.
  • Attend meetings, conferences, and workshops related to emergency management to learn new information and to develop working relationships with other emergency management specialists.
  • Conduct surveys to determine the types of emergency-related needs to be addressed in disaster planning, or provide technical support to others conducting such surveys.
  • 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.
  • Provide communities with assistance in applying for federal funding for emergency management facilities, radiological instrumentation, and related items.

  • Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
  • Prepare reports related to compliance matters.
  • Present information to the public.