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JOB TITLE: Emergency Management Director
ONET: 11-9161.00
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: 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.
RELATED TASKS:
* Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
* Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
* 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.
* Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
* Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.
* Propose alteration of emergency response procedures based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations.
* Keep informed of federal, state, and local regulations affecting emergency plans and ensure that plans adhere to these regulations.
* Review emergency plans of individual organizations, such as medical facilities, to ensure their adequacy.
* Develop instructional materials for the public and make presentations to citizens' groups to provide information on emergency plans and their implementation processes.
* Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
* Train local groups in the preparation of long-term plans that are compatible with federal and state plans.
* 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.
* Study emergency plans used elsewhere to gather information for plan development.
RELATED JOBS : Emergency Management Consultant, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Management Specialist, Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director), Emergency Planner, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Program Specialist, Emergency Services Director, Hazard Mitigation Officer, Public Safety Director, General and Operations Managers, Transportation Managers, Logistics Managers, Training and Development Managers, Social and Community Service Managers, Industrial Safety and Health Engineers, Soil and Water Conservationists, Career/Technical Education Teachers (Secondary School/High School), Occupational Health and Safety Specialists, First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
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This career video provides day-in-the-life information about jobs, occupations, and tasks related to Emergency Management positions including Emergency Management Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors, Managers, Officers, Leaders, Consultants, and Specialists.
Check out CareerOneStop's individual career video pages, occupation profiles, and other career tools to find additional training, skills, salary, and job opening information for Emergency Management jobs in your area.
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Additional CareerOneStop Tools and Information
** Emergency Management Directors Career Video page:
careeronestop.org/videos/careeronestop-videos.aspx?videocode=11916100
** Emergency Management Directors Occupation Profile:
careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Emergency%20Management%20Directors&onetcode=11-9161.00&location=UNITED%20STATES
** Emergency Management Certifications:
careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Training/find-certifications.aspx?keyword=Emergency%20Management&location=UNITED%20STATES
** Current Job Openings (across the United States - refine search for your area):
careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Jobs/find-jobs.aspx?keyword=Emergency%20Management&ajax=0&location=UNITED%20STATES
** Search for Emergency Management related Scholarships using CareerOneStop's Scholarship Finder:
careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Training/find-scholarships.aspx?keyword=Emergency&sortcolumns=BestMatch
JOB TITLE: Emergency Management Director
ONET: 11-9161.00
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: 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.
RELATED TASKS:
* Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
* Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
* 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.
* Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs.
* Consult with officials of local and area governments, schools, hospitals, and other institutions to determine their needs and capabilities in the event of a natural disaster or other emergency.
* Propose alteration of emergency response procedures based on regulatory changes, technological changes, or knowledge gained from outcomes of previous emergency situations.
* Keep informed of federal, state, and local regulations affecting emergency plans and ensure that plans adhere to these regulations.
* Review emergency plans of individual organizations, such as medical facilities, to ensure their adequacy.
* Develop instructional materials for the public and make presentations to citizens' groups to provide information on emergency plans and their implementation processes.
* Maintain and update all resource materials associated with emergency preparedness plans.
* Train local groups in the preparation of long-term plans that are compatible with federal and state plans.
* 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.
* Study emergency plans used elsewhere to gather information for plan development.
RELATED JOBS : Emergency Management Consultant, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Management Specialist, Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director), Emergency Planner, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Emergency Preparedness Program Specialist, Emergency Services Director, Hazard Mitigation Officer, Public Safety Director, General and Operations Managers, Transportation Managers, Logistics Managers, Training and Development Managers, Social and Community Service Managers, Industrial Safety and Health Engineers, Soil and Water Conservationists, Career/Technical Education Teachers (Secondary School/High School), Occupational Health and Safety Specialists, First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Learn more about this and other occupations, jobs, and careers at:
CareerOneStop.org
CareerOneStop.org/Videos
CareerOneStop.org/OccupationProfile
CareerOneStop.org/Salary
CareerOneStop.org/FindTraining
CareerOneStop.org/JobSearch
