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.

Brian Stoll with the University of Illinois Chicago sent me some questions and asked me to provide answers based on my perspective and experience. The ability to work in concert with others and build ...

FEMA has announced the agency is establishing a new university called National Disaster & Emergency Management University (NDEMU) to help train emergency managers to keep pace with the rapidly ...

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 ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

In my last article, I focused on the use of NFPA 1600 in creating a solid foundation to build or improve an emergency management (EM) program. Although there are other guidelines that should be ...

We have all been there: you’re committed to picking up the kids, attending a ballgame or meeting with a teacher when disaster strikes and your role as emergency manager requires you to respond to the ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Tech University StudentMisty Suttonstood before the 70th annual conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers with a message for her fellow disaster ...

The International Association of Emergency Managers has awarded Gwinnett County Emergency Management Specialist Michael Shaw with the Certified Emergency Manager credential. According to Gwinnett ...

Kevin Mathews had only been in his role as emergency management director for McLeod County for two months in 1998 when a severe tornado outbreak swept across southern Minnesota. Fourteen tornados ...

Emergency management crews from around the state came together for their annual awards banquet at the Ramada Downtown. Throughout the year, emergency management departments deal with tornadoes, floods ...