r/EmergencyManagement

I know there are or were a few people on here that where managing homelessness and/ or migrants across America.

Not in the USA. Aus instead but I do have some questions. I do DEM in my day job for private orgs but for this question I am a community member.

I want to facilitate the delivery of 2 hot water outdoor showers to eventually about 500 parks across my local government area.

The basic action plan is to cost this out, find avenues for funding and then put together a comms piece to get the community to push my local government to do this.

Has anyone here delivered public amenties such as showers for the general public to utilise either across a long term as part ther disaster lifecycle or facilitated some other community project that i can draw parrels from.

Either way I would like to hear from you.

My company is currently exploring options for an emergency notification system that can be scaled across multiple campuses. Additionally, it is essential that the system integrates seamlessly with our existing access control, video surveillance, and fire alarm platforms.

Can anyone provide information on the systems available that meet these criteria? We would also appreciate insight into the advantages and disadvantages of each option to help us make an informed decision.

FDEM not GDEM. Fat fingers on mobile.

Kevin Guthrie has resigned after Jay Collins named Guthrie as his running mate. Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has accepted Guthrie's resignation.

"If people want to choose politics, more power to them. I didn't necessarily think that was something that Kevin aspired to, but given that he's doing that, I think it's important that we have emergency management just focused on emergency management," DeSantis said.

"I don't want to be in a situation where there's politics and emergency management. I think you've got to choose one or the other."

FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue will take over as DEM Director.

Hello! I am the EM for a mid-sized city and we are looking for some recommendations on project management software for our office. What are you all using? Any recommendations, ones to avoid, etc?

I’m thinking of building something similar to Liveuamap (the

real-time conflict map that aggregates news and social media)

but focused on natural disasters: earthquakes, fires,

floods, hurricanes, etc.

The idea would be to combine official data (USGS, NASA, NOAA) with

news reports and social media, all on a map that is

updated in real time.

Before I get stuck into building it properly, I’d like to know:

- Do you think it would be useful? What would you use it for (curiosity, travel,

work, family safety)?

- Do you already use something similar? Which one, and what’s missing from it?

- What would you add or remove?

Any feedback (even “this is useless because…”)

is a huge help to me.

I recently made the career move from emergency management to higher education (teaching EM and related classes) and I was hoping you fine EM ladies and gents could share your best EM memes that I can add to lectures. I used to have a large repository but somehow they flew to a cloud and disappeared.

Do your best (or worst)!

Has anyone heard from the TDEM about the CLO positions in Gregg county or dallam county? When should they post the results of the interviews?

Looking at getting my doctorate from Walden university in public safety and leadership. Does anyone know if there is a doctorate in emergency management? What would yall recommend?

Hello! I am a 18m in Chicago looking to get into emergency management. My original career path was to become a dispatcher due me finding a huge interest in it while volunteer firefighter! However after a wave of tornadoes and strong winds I knew i had to do something more boots on the ground and with the help of family members already in FEMA i was encouraged to go and do FEMA CORPS. which I am in the process of doing (i’m on step 5) and awaiting invitation!

However I must admit i’m very clueless on what to do or how to even go about really maxing my career in emergency management. I thought that doing FEMA EMI certificates would help but after researching it seems like it’s not cared for. After looking into getting an emergency management degree it’s also seemed to not to be cared for. And now I really don’t know where else to look and doing this job has a very personal and emotional connection to me and I want to seek out as much wisdom as I can to really start doing the best I can.

Right now i’m just going over things like NIMS and the NRF, while also learning GIS because I heard that’s also helpful but i don’t want to either do too less and not get in and also not do too much and having extra things not looked at. I love nature and conservation and I’m interested into getting a degree in it if needed (ideally not) But ultimately I want to pursue and do whatever I need to as i’m a huge open book! I’m ok with computers, administrative, reconstruction, etc. To me I just want to learn and be useful in anyway i can to help others! and while im not 100% on board with college other then like a academy or trade I am willing to go and pursue a degree if it means the greater good for my FEMA career. I cant say specifically what I want to most get into because I think everything within it is cool and my interests for things is to just get my hands on everything and expand my knowledge the best i can.

I’ve been trying to help anyone and everyone I can while also not over achieving? or trying to take over/do the work of others. So my biggest question is please give me advice on what to do and how can I make the most out of this career. I understand to some it’s not that deep but to me it’s a very important goal of mines and something I truly inspire to work in and with the help of family and other workers I am asking for any advice and what I can do and the things you did to get into E.M as this has been something on my mind since I was at least 16!

Thank you so so much for reading and I really do hope to hear from you guys! and sorry for any grammar or typos i made i don’t have my computer on and i hate typing on phone .

I’m currently applying for an Emergency Management Coordinator position within a medium sized city. I have significant experience as a 911 first responder in multiple facets and in supervisory/acuity levels. As someone currently in EM, what do you look for on a resume for an “ideal” candidate? Asking so I can tailor it appropriately! Thank you :)

I just got my first emergency preparedness job with a local health department. I have no formal education in emergency management and was curious what certifications and certificate programs I should get to help me in my career long term.

Anyone else have strong thoughts on the theme for this year from FEMA? I was fairly onboard until some of the kinda politicized language they snuck into the advisory.

Hey y'all! I got a lot of great responses and interest on my EM gaming post last week. I wanted to share the Kickstarter page for anyone interested in bringing this to their agencies.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vkluge/ground-truth?ref=7mo1ce

I would love any and all feedback that can make this the most useful for everyone. This is especially true for the Training Tier I have. Let me know what you would need straight away to implement a card game into your training reserves!

Edit: yes, I used AI to assist with copy editing. I’m an emergency manager, not a marketing expert. The game itself was created by me, and the upcoming artwork is done by a REAL HUMAN ARTIST.

I’ve been following some of the wildfire evacuations in Western Canada and became curious about what happens operationally after an evacuation order is issued? If you suddenly have hundreds or thousands of people who need accommodation, meals, transportation, pet support, etc., how is that actually coordinated? I imagine the answer "we plan ahead of time and we execute with software that does for this? (I work in B2C tech, so I'm always curious about the world of B2B and B2G tech)

My home burned down in the 2020 CZU fire. You'd think that if you lost your home to a natural disaster, the information you need would be available somewhere, but that's not the case. Each person must proceed as if they were the first person in history to ever experience something like this. Eventually, yes - the municipality will provide some information, but in the beginning, there's nothing. So someone shell-shocked is expected to hunt around for answers.

This was the most infuriating part of the experience for me in the beginning. And folks who had already gone through the experience, even recently, weren't much help, due to Disaster Brain and a desire to forget such a traumatic experience. So I took copious notes while I made my way through it and created this document, which contains everything I wish I had known those first few months.

Also, in light of this, what I recommend for folks to do to prepare, just in case, is take pictures NOW. Every room, every closet, every drawer, under the bed, etc. Then the contents of the garage, attic, outbuildings, etc. Then take pictures of the outside of your house and your back and front yards. Make sure these are uploaded somewhere. If your house becomes a casualty, you'll need these.

https://drive.google.com/drive/home?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-%5Bmodule%5D-goto

If you can't get to it through this link, I also have it posted here:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7191240331487596544/

Working with my daughter to decide what career she’s interested in. She’s always been a critical thinker, a planner and is very intelligent. She’s graduating HS this year and is very sure EM interests her more than other field. What are her chances of landing a job with a certification vs a degree? Is this field being threatened by AI? And suggestions on which direction to research for jobs (healthcare vs federal etc)? Are there weather/natural disaster positions?