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Advice on Emergency Managment Roles

Veteran

Samuel Comer Fayetteville , WV

I retire this fall and I am interested in finding a role in the Emergency Management community. I am a certified Incident Commander and I am currently working as a Liaison Officer and Program Manger for the Oregon National Guard Domestic Operations Reaction Force. The logical career choice would be Homeland Security or FEMA however, I am interested in corporate roles in this field and finding networking opportunities in the Emergency Management or Disaster Response community.

Thanks,

Sam

9 March 2012 3 replies Career Exploration

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Advisor

Joyce Fankulewski Pittsburgh , PA

Emergency Management often falls to a company's Environmental Department and in many cases, the current staff does not have the applicable experience. My suggestion would be to become involved with Environmental Associations (for instance Air and Waste Management Association, which is National but also has local chapters). It does not seem like an intuitive choice, but these are great networking opportunities to meet with industry contacts as well as environmental consultants who often are looking for staffing of these skills.

Good luck,
Joyce

Veteran

Samuel Comer Fayetteville , WV

Bob,

Thanks for the information, this is something I am considering and I would like to have further information on this subject.

Thanks,

Sam

Advisor

Bob Kidwell Granbury , TX

Hello Sam.

All commercial nuclear power plants have an Emergency Planning department, and we all have 1 or 2 people who focus mainly on interface with our offsite planning partners (local/state/FEMA). Backgrounds such as yours provide a good solid platform upon which to launch a second a career Some good websites for networking in the field include:
- www.emforum.org
- www.iaem.com and especially their Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) program www.iaem.com/certification/generalinfo/intro.htm

Let me know if this sounds like what you're considering and if you want further information.

Bob

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