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Emergency Management Directors

Also called: Emergency Planner, Emergency Management Coordinator, Emergency Management System Director (EMS Director), Emergency Preparedness Program Specialist

Where in the Coast Guard? In the Coast Guard: Management Contingency/Defense; Search and Rescue

What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
  • Develop and implement training procedures and strategies for radiological protection, detection, and decontamination.
  • Collaborate with other officials to prepare and analyze damage assessments following disasters or emergencies.
  • Keep informed of federal, state, and local regulations affecting emergency plans and ensure that plans adhere to these regulations.

Knowledge

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
  • law and government
Business
  • management
  • customer service
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design

Skills

Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
  • looking for ways to help people
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions

Abilities

Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • communicate by writing
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Initiative
  • Leadership
  • Analytical Thinking

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Project management software
  • Alert Technologies OpsCenter
  • National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination NC4 E Team
Data base user interface and query software
  • Relational database software
  • SoftRisk Technologies SoftRisk SQL
Map creation software
  • Digital Engineering Corporation E-MAPS
  • Geographic information system GIS software

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed

These apprenticeships may have sponsors in your area:

  • Production Controller

Job Outlook

Average Outlook
New job opportunities are likely in the future.
Salary
$57,270
per year, on average

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