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What is a Profession?

What is a Profession?. Characteristics of an Emergency Manager. The Stereotype. · White, male, limited college education · Emergency management is second or third career · Job obtained other than with emergency management knowledge, skills or abilities

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What is a Profession?

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  1. What is a Profession? Session 4

  2. Characteristics of an Emergency Manager The Stereotype · White, male, limited college education · Emergency management is second or third career · Job obtained other than with emergency management knowledge, skills or abilities · Disaster response planning oriented · Works primarily with emergency services · Bureaucratic · Never conducted a risk assessment, or developed a mitigation plan or a strategic plan · Knowledge base is experiential · Never reads professional journals nor joins professional associations · Frequently wears other hats · Not well paid or well funded · Many part-time and volunteer positions Session 4

  3. “Does the stereotype of emergency managers give an impression that emergency management is a ‘professional’ field?” “What is needed to decrease peoples’ thinking that emergency managers fit the stereotype described above?” “What events have prompted the shift to a more ‘professional’ field of emergency management?” Session 4

  4. Characteristics of an Emergency Manager · College education in emergency management or a closely related field · Has taken emergency management training courses · Professional and knowledgeable · Knowledge base: science and research · Technologically proficient · Younger · Emergency management is career of first choice · Building disaster resistant communities focus · Proactive · Lifelong learner – reads disaster literature · Plans with jurisdiction stakeholders · Better paid and better funding for emergency management programs · Upwardly and geographically mobile The ‘New Generation’ Session 4

  5. “Does emergency management fit our profile of a profession today?” Session 4

  6. · Natural hazards (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods) · Technical hazards (hazardous materials, chemical stockpile emergency preparedness) · Professional development · Leadership · Disaster operations and recovery · Readiness and technology · Disaster mitigation ·Emergency preparedness · Instructional methodology · Exercise design and evaluation · Information technology · Public information · Integrated emergency management · Train-the-Trainer EMI Training Programs Session 4

  7. · Basic Skills in Emergency Management: Leadership and Influence · Decision Making & Problem Solving · Developing Volunteer Resources · Disaster Response and Recovery operations · Effective Communication · Emergency Planning · Introduction to Mitigation · Mitigation for Emergency Managers · Resource Management · Principles of Emergency Management · Warning Coordination · Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Management and Operations · Incident Command System (ICS)/Emergency Operations Center Interface Higher Education Program Coursework Session 4

  8. Certification Programs · IAEM · Florida Emergency Preparedness Association (FEPA) · Oklahoma Certified Oklahoma Certified Emergency Manager Credential Program · Michigan State Police Professional Emergency Manager (PEM) Program Session 4

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