Ken Blanchard who is with FEMA and heads up their Higher Education Project at the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), has put together a list of the Top Ten Competencies for Professional Emergency ...

The Office of Life Safety and Emergency Management's Felicity Janczewski and David Morton were awarded their certificates upon successful completion of Basic Training through Emergency Management ...

WAUPUN, Wis. (WBAY) - Train derailments, chemical spills, tornadoes, and flooding - those are just some emergencies that would prompt a big response from multiple agencies. Major events were the focus ...

Emergency Management (EM) Practitioners and Academicians have been investigating key elements to professionalize and standardize the EM career field for over twenty years. This paper presents findings ...

The Disaster Center Highlights resources related to weather, natural disasters, fires, and newspapers/radio/TV links. Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association (DERA) Highlights ...

Emergency management has traditionally been a white man’s profession, following a typical progression from military officer, law enforcement officer or firefighter or fire chief to emergency manager.

The emergency management field can provide extensive career opportunities for transitioning veterans in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Some titles that may interest veterans seeking a new ...

Many articles are written about all of the disciplines in the public safety sector, and both fire operations and EMS have been the focus of many available journals. Yet, emergency management has been ...

Retired Lt. Gen. Julius Becton discusses leadership with attendees at the 2012 Rocks National Conference at Fort Belvoir, Va. (Army photo) The Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency ...

Nearly 40 years ago, I was asked by my fire chief whether I would consider handling media requests for information about fires, emergencies and fire safety. He informed me of a new term that was being ...